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Artful Solutions

At Overbay Houseworks, we concern ourselves with the dance between form and function. Whether you have a penchant for Arts-and-Crafts, Mid-Century Modern, Contemporary, or a uniquely personal style, we design and build bench-crafted furniture and handsome interiors that will efficiently serve your needs, endure decades and be treasured for lifetimes. Using time-honored joinery techniques, meticulous selection and matching of grains, painstaking attention to detail and enduring finishes, we passionately build truly fine furniture.

Inspired Design

Consulting with homeowners, builders, or architects, Ed develops innovative and intensely personal design solutions keyed to home and lifestyle. With a thorough understanding of architectural, structural, historical, functional and aesthetic needs, he creates elegant interiors with cohesive design language and beautiful flow.

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master craftsmanship

With a rich background in furniture making, residential design, construction, and project management, Ed Overbay and his talented crew have been designing and crafting fine cabinetry and unique interiors in northwest homes since 1974.

I recently got my hands on a borrowed copy of: The Boy Mechanic Book 1: 700 Things For Boys To Do 800 Illustrations Showing How 1913 This is really an eye opener of a how-to book. It is quite the reminder of just how much we have lost, as a cultur
When milling furniture and architectural components close to their intended dimensions, we find it to be a wise and time-honored precaution to then sticker and stack the material and simply allow it to relax for a while and settle itself. When wood
This is my very non-traditional bench I built to suit the various kinds of tasks I routinely do. As a "spare time" project, it is coming along. I made the top last year, and I just now finished the base. The drawer chest is next. I have f
From gritty to sublimity. Slabs of elm are shown stacked in a European-style method to ensure they are kept in the order in which they grew. This allows us to sequence and bookmatch grains for projects such as the panels for the entry door shown. T
Last year, I decided to make a new top for my primary bench to better accommodate the various vises I routinely work with. I am finally getting around to making the new base for it. The base rail is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" white oak, and the other
The moment of truth! Here we are fitting a curved/arched top door into its jamb. • • • #curveddoor #customdoor #customentrydoor #entrydoor #doordesign #archedtopdoor #archdoor #woodendoor #woodworking #finewoodworking #finecraftsmans
This week I was surprised to have gotten a visit at the shop from an old, dear friend- one of my very first chairs. This walnut chair was part of a dining room set I’d crafted about 45 years ago as a bright eyed, bushy tailed woodworker just st
I have had to take an on-again-off again approach to my Curved Entry Door project in order to fit other projects in between. I am now making the casings. This door has a compound half-round curve at the top requiring that the casings follow that comp
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Contact

Feel free to contact us with any questions or inquiries.

Email
overbayhouseworks@hotmail.com

Phone
(503)861-1379