… in a little red shed in my backyard. It had dirt floors and a little wood stove for heat. I had a background in woodworking, my brother in business, and our father in finance. So with a little bit of hokey electrical work and an old Shopsmith, we turned the backyard shed into our first wood shop! At first, we started by building tables. Dining tables, coffee tables, sofa tables etc. All with a bit of a rustic-modern vibe that was really inspiring to us at the time. After about a year of prototyping we were excited to share our unique aesthetic with the world so we took our products down to a furniture show in Vegas to do just that! To our surprise, one of our tables even made it on the cover of the trade show magazine. While it was exhilarating to see the interest in our products, things didn’t really take off for Dogberry until we added our Dogberry signature style to fireplace mantels, sliding barn doors, shutters and wall panels. We continue to add to our line up all the time with real wood that is responsibly sourced.
