While woodworking is not the easiest or cheapest hobby out there, it's surprisingly gratifying and fulfilling. Many are starting to take it up as a way to reconnect with themselves, put their hands to work and create something tangible along the way. Being able to take a meaningless piece of wood and turn it into something beautiful is a perfect combination of skill, creativity and patience.
Just take a look at the subreddit called r/Woodworking. With over 3.5M members, it’s a home "for furniture, toys, tools, wood, glue, and anything else that has to do with woodworking as a hobby or profession."
Bored Panda has collected some of the most unique hand-made projects from this page. Check them out below, upvote your favorites and don’t forget to check out more "things made from trees" right here, here and here.
#1 Made This Rocking Chair In ‘97 Wood Shop Class When I Was 14. Had No Idea Why I’ve Kept It For 24 Years. 38 Now And I Have Finally Realized It Belongs To My Son. Might Be A Dumb Post, Sorry, But His Face Makes All Those Years Worth It
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#2 I Built This Crib For My Son. The Most Meaningful Project I've Made
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#3 I'm Not A Carpenter, But I Am Proud Of How This Turned Out
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#4 I Carved This Hellboy Pipe Out Of Briar Wood For Ron Perlman And He Sent Me A Photo
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#5 Custom Made Bed For My Son. He Is Beyond Excited
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#6 Long Time Lurker, First Time Poster. Trying My Hand At Carving Lime Wood
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#7 Custom Hand Made Catscape / Catwall By Happy Happy James
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#8 Me - Carving Nezuko Out Of Wood - The First Female Character I Ever Made
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#9 My Wife Wanted New Cabinets For The Laundry Room. Instead Of Going To IKEA, I Spent 6 Months And Double The Money Building These
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#10 I Was Told By The Fellas In Daddit That Y’all Would Appreciate This Bed I Made For My Son
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#11 Is This A Good Design Of Dog House?
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#12 An 80 Drawer Apothecary Cabinet I Recently Finished. Solid Oak, Mahogany, And Maple
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#13 Made My 3 Year Old Her First Big Girl Bed, Just Needs Paint Now
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#14 Bear,raccoon, And Fox Bench
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#15 Here Is A Very Classy Looking Keyboard Build That I Made! Case Is Made From Walnut
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#16 Custom Kitchen By My Husband And I - From Rendering To Real Life
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#17 New Set Of Comfort Birds. Made From Various Scrap Wood And Epoxy Giving New Life To Material Destined For The Trash Bin
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#18 I Started Woodworking Two Years Ago Today. Here Some Of My Projects And Joinery
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#19 My Proudest Project So Far. I Built A Canoe For My Father In Law
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#20 I Carved My Forearm!
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#21 Made A Tension Table As My Last Project In 9th Grade And Would Like To Share It
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#22 I Was Asked To Make A Memorial Chest For One Of The Soldiers Killed At Kabul Airpot
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#23 Latest Creation
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#24 Louis Xiv Style Barrel Top Desk. Walnut And Walnut Burl With Kingwood
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#25 Hotwheels Display For My Grandson
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#26 Honeycomb Shelf With A Twist
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#27 Although An Instrument, This Is My First Guitar I’ve Ever Built. This Was Built With Almost All Hand Tools. Used A Router For The Electronic Cavities And A Drill Press For Any Holes That Needed To Be That Perfect. Thank You For Stopping To Look At It
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#28 Stuck In The Shed During Covid Lockdown. Another Project
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#29 Solid Maple Bedside Table. All Cut By Hand. Definitely Over 100 Hours Of Work. Really Wish We Had A Cnc
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#30 Just Finished! Working On An 8 Foot Live Edge Piece Of Walnut Now!
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#31 Rocket Ship Bookcase I Built For My New Son
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#32 My Stepdad Asked Me To Make Him A Gavel For When He Becomes Worshipful Master Of His Lodge Next Year. I Know Nothing About Freemasonry, But I Tried My Best
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#33 I Built This Shield From Ply Wood, Inspired From The Legend Of Zelda. I Tried To Go For Realism. This Is My First Wood Working Project, Criticism Is Welcome!
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#34 We Did A Best-Chair-In-An-Hour-Out-Of-A-Single-2x4 Challenge
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#35 My First Work Out Of Birch With Dremel Since I Got Paralysed, Im Actualy Quite Proud With The Results
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#36 New To The Forum. Wanted To Show My Graduate Project. Palladian Roman Doric Colonnade
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#37 11' X 6' Teak Headboard Carving V2
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#38 As Requested, A Picture Of The Entire Side Of The NYC Chess Set I’ve Been Working On!
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#39 A Few Months Of Pattern Work. Mainly Just Playing Around, Trying To Find What Style I Want To Stick With
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#40 Made A Slim Version Of My Mechanical Iris Ring Box
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#41 I Made A Ramp For My 13 Year Old Dog To Get On My Bed
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#42 Backyard Bridge 6’ X 50’
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#43 My Daughter Wanted An Entertainment Stand. I Wouldn’t Let Her Buy Particle Board Crap
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#44 Pretty Much Every Portion Of This Build Was A First For Me. So Happy To Finally Be Done And Proud Of The Final Results
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#45 I've Been Working With Some Wood This Summer
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#46 Wife Wanted A Study/Hobby Table And I Wanted To Experiment With Epoxy Resin. This Is My First Epoxy Resin Table And There Are Lots Of Mistakes Up Close, But All In All Not A Bad Build
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#47 I Made 90 Bottle Openers Out Of Recycled Skateboards For Our Wedding Favors...yes, There Was Quite A Bit Of Sanding
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#48 Last Year His Big Brother Got A Jeep Bed, So This Year Little Man Gets A Bulldozer Bed For His 3rd Birthday! Far From My Best Work, But He's Gonna Happy
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#49 Sometimes Small Projects Are The Most Important
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#50 Built My Deck This Summer
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#51 Mohican Scout
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#52 Built A Custom Bookshelf For My Wife In Our Living Room! Biggest Project I've Done So Far
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#53 Christmas Present For My Two Boys
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#54 My Wife Found This Console Table For $1,200 I Told Her I Could Make It For Less…saved A Little Money (Not Much) And 13ish Hours. She Picked The Curly Maple…how’d I Do?
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#55 My Daughter Wasn't So Happy About The Bike, But I Turned That $60 Bike Into A $900 Commission
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#56 TV Cabinet
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#57 Black Walnut And Bolivian Rosewood Desk
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#58 Spalted Maple Bench
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#59 We Make This Where I Work
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#60 Struggling To Sell These For £300. Does That Seem Too Much?
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#61 Little Lamp I Made For Some Good Friends As Their Wedding Gift. Made Out Of Oak And Beech Stripes. Cast With Green Resin
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#62 There’s A Dragon Hiding In Here, And He’s Guarding Something Silly
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#63 24"×48" Kumiko Panel With Cherry Frame. 790 Pieces Of Hand Fitted Basswood. 1st In A Series Of 3
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#64 My Daughter’s Pens Are Done. Thank You All So Much For All Of The Positive Comments On The Lathe Post. She Was Ecstatic About Your Feedback
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#65 Last Day Of Trade School Today And My *final* Project Is Nearly Done! I Doubted Myself The Whole Time, But I’m Super Proud Of How It Turned Out
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#66 I Built A Porch On To My House! Used Trex Boards And Hidden Fasteners
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#67 My Wife Said Absolutely No To The Slabs When I Was Picking Them, I Present The Georgia O’keefe Spalted Maple Dining Table
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#68 My First Big Project With The Help Of My Dad. Might Not Be Perfect But Learned A Lot And It Is Up To Code
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#69 Massive Bookmatched Sliding Door I Built For Our House
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#70 I Was Lacking Some Shelves So I Designed A Pair
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#71 1st Cutting Board For Wife, But She Wants Me To Sell It
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#72 Redid Our Entire Living Room Last Christmas. Learned A Hell Of A Lot And We Just Love This Room Now! Entire Wall Was About $300
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#73 The “Aquatainment” Center I Built Over The Last Several Weeks
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#74 Jewelry Box For My Girlfriend, Made Completely With Non Electrical Tools. Birch, Walnut Burl And Ebony Details. Hope You Guys Like It
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#75 I Made This Table Out Of Old Skateboards, I Started Almost A Year Ago And This Week I Finally Finished It! Wdyt?
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#76 Walnut Bookcase I Finished
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#77 Me - Carving Venom Out Of Wood In A Month
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#78 My First Real Attempt At Wood Carving! Basswood With A Tung Oil And Renaissance Wax Finish
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#79 Walnut Dining Table And Chairs Finished In Rubio Just In Time For The Holidays
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#80 I Made Minimalist Christmas Trees To Celebrate The Holidays (Early) !
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#81 Beer Advent Calendar! Nice Little Gift Everyday Leading Up To The Big Day. Just Need To Paint/Decorate It And It’s Good To Go
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#82 I'm Going To Be A Dad! Still Needs A Finish And Some Closet Rods In The Chimney, But I Hope My Daughter Is As Proud Of It As I Am
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#83 My Wife.saw A $30 One At The Store. I Spent 10 Min Picking Up Sticks
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#84 Took A Stab At A Making A Miter Saw Station
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#85 Saw It On Amazon, Decided I Could Do It Better
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#86 I Made A Workshop
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#87 Really Pleased With My Dovetails For This Cabinet
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#88 My First Public Sculpture!
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#89 My Client Said She Wanted An Accent Wall, And It Spiraled From There. Here’s A 9’ By 20’ Reclaimed Chevron
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#90 Little Bit Different Type Of Wood Working. 100% Custom Dodge Ram Sub Box I Built And Covered Today. What Ya Think!
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#91 Finished Just In Time For The Turkey!
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#92 Made My Girlfriend A Custom Desk To Fit In Her Tiny Apartment So She Can Stop Working At The Counter. First All Hand Tool Project
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#93 5 Year Anniversary Is Wood, So I Made A Gift For My Wife To Use While She Bakes
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#94 Little Pokémon Shelf For My Nephew
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#95 After Some Very Appreciated Angle Math From Another Redditer I Final Finished The Curved Path!
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#96 Laundry Room Folding Shelf And Cabinetry
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#97 Wrap-Around Breakfast Nook Slatted Bench With Half-Lap Joints
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#98 My Dad Needed A Pipe For A Murder Mystery Dinner Prop. I Made Him One That Burns Incense To Appear Smoking
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#99 All Done!!! My First Accent Wall.. It Was Pretty Simple For The Most Part But The Archway Was A Nice Challenge What Do You Guys Think?
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#100 A Client Came To Us With This Monstrosity Of A Reclaimed Wood Bathroom Vanity That Their Contractor Supplied. We Modified The Design And Remade It Using The Same Wood. Before And After Photos
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#101 Making Drunk Lumber
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#102 I Often Drop Eggs. So I Made This For Eggs
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#103 Some Years Ago Made A Hub-Less Wooden Geodesic Dome For My Son’s Kindergarten
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#104 Just Finished Building The Body For My Model A Speedster Project
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#105 We Became First-Time Homeowners During The Pandemic, So I Picked Up Woodworking And Have Done Some Projects Around The House. Just Finished Building This Bookshelf/Cabinet Combo
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#106 Butcher Block Restoration
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#107 Made A Fashion Mirror For My Daughter... Critiques Welcome!
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#108 Just Finished! I Moved Recently And This Is The First Piece To Come Out Of My New Shop
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#109 Wife Was Mad With My Maps Being Everywhere So I Made A Map "Tool Box" Antique White Oak , With Some Reclaimed Iron Railing As The Handle.. I Love A Map!
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#110 I Made A Trash Can For My First Woodworking Project So I Could Have Somewhere To Put All My Future Projects
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#111 Hidden Extension For An Island I Designed And Built!
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#112 Shaun Boyd - Glenn Lounge Chairs
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#113 Was Told To Share My Latest Christmas Decor I Made Myself
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#114 Selling My Home And The Inspector Said My 240 Receptacle Had To Have A Cover… So I Made A Cover
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#115 Walnut Sideboard With Brass Pulls. Mid Century Modern Feel To It
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#116 Made A Larger Pliers Wall Rack To Accommodate Newly Acquired Pliers
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#117 It’s Nothing Close To The Amazing Projects People Post On Here, But I’m A Total Newbie And I Made This, And I’m Thrilled With It!
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#118 Wanted A Desk For Myself. Made From Recycled Pallets And Poured 4 Different Colors Of Epoxy
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#119 First Attempt At A Honeycomb, I Will Be Adding A Little Handcarved Bee To It Very Soon. I Used A 3/16 Downcut And Only Went In About A 1/4". Metallic Pineapple Epoxy Sanded Flush To 500g With Black Walnut
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#120 Today I Made A Watch From A Broken Skateboard! Job Was Entirely Done With Jigsaw And A Dremel. Let Me Know What You Guys Think
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