Top 10 Holiday Gifts for the Home Chef
A Season for the Kitchen Small Business Saturday always brings a shift in pace — a reminder to shop slower, think local, and choose things that last. For cooks and home chefs, that means tools with substance. These are gifts that make time in the kitchen warmer, easier, and a little more inspired. 1. Fellow […]
Spencer Peterman Featured in Yankee Magazine’s NewEngland.com Gift Guide
We got a bit of good news this week. Yankee Magazine’s website, NewEngland.com, added our spalted maple bowl to their holiday gift guide. People around here look forward to that guide every year, so it was good to see our work in the mix. If you know Yankee, you know the kind of attention they […]
Press
Boston Magazine Feature Peterman’s Boards and Bowls Takes an Eco-Friendly Approach to Crafting Kitchenware “It’s the local community that makes these national sales possible. About 99 percent of the company’s wood comes from Franklin County, and their employees are all from the area. Spencer and Michele have worked hard to foster a family-like atmosphere among […]
FAQ
What is the difference between a classic round bowl and a live edge oval bowl? The classic round bowl has a finished flat top, while the rim on our live edge wooden exposes the outer edges of the log. The live edge cut is a more natural shape and tends to be more oval.  […]
Our Story
Spencer Peterman is always on the lookout for fallen trees rotting in the woods. He gets excited about this kind of stuff. So do his customers. Hidden in those fallen trees — especially the ones covered by moss and dirt — is wood disfigured by the beginnings of decomposition. Turning that wood on a lathe […]
