https://leebuild.com 2026-03-13T21:32:03+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2489286616104892529640965789808/241014_NS_LIttle_WoodChucks_Portraits_Lee_0052.jpg https://leebuild.com/work 2025-09-04T04:50:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://leebuild.com/sea-ranch-seaside-beds 2025-09-07T15:54:51+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2489358072980709697225417414768/sea-ranch-murphy.jpg Downstairs Murphy bed: full size, solid fir &#x26; plywood, osmo finish<br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2489393922991885098800443152496/searanchbed_house.jpg Upstairs: <br />- queen bed w/ drawers, solid maple &#x26; ply, ash slides, opaque conversion varnish spray finish <br />-2x floating fir bedside “tables” w/ ash slides osmo finish https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2489394478773837295595523790960/sea-ranch-bed---2-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2489394999636102960858423220336/searanchbeth.jpg Thanks to Beth Ahlstrand for installation support https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2489435513445348798050836273264/bedside-table-detail.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2492602428959019663926933969008/murphy-mov.mov https://leebuild.com/temescal-slatted-walls 2025-09-07T15:57:28+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2492487506259949287484233734256/sm_G8A6520.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2492487506278396031557943285872/sm_G8A6540.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2492489396608494984944245135472/sm_G8A6713_profile.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2492491798946422448212861638768/DWELL.png Photos curtesy of <a href="https://www.benedictelassalle.com" target="_blank">Bénédicte Lassalle </a>and Dwell Magazine https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2492495131387632851990780172400/DWELL-2-copy.png https://leebuild.com/pacific-palisades-dining-set 2025-09-07T16:00:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2492544838131787822338241058928/lee_SR_table_w_bench.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2492544838076447590117112404080/shiva_blog.jpeg <i>“It’s the heart of the house,” says Shiva of her table, which sits under a chandelier made of ribbons. “Lee, this wood nymph from up north, made it for me. I picked out the walnut slab, and she turned it into a table.”</i> <br /> -One Kings Lane home tour blogpost, <i><a href="https://Tour Shiva Rose’s Cali-Cool Ranch House" target="_blank">Tour Shiva Rose’s Cali-Cool Ranch House</a></i> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2492544838094894334190821955696/lee_SR_table_detail.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2492544838113341078264531507312/lee_SR_table_top.jpg https://leebuild.com/inverness-daybed-to-queen 2025-09-07T16:00:45+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2492632858246875053360540932208/IMG_6739.mov https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2492632858320662029655379138672/corner-joinery-detail.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2492632858339108773729088690288/top-closed.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2492632858376002261876507793520/top-open.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2493692076083865094959130859632/animation4.mov https://leebuild.com/oakland-hills-expanding-dining-table 2025-09-04T04:50:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2492596554205987765572321269872/dutch_pullout8.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2492596554076860557056354408560/dutch_pullout1.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2492596554132200789277483063408/dutch_pullout4.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2492596554169094277424902166640/dutch_pullout6.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2493762013040204309245077084272/lighter-dutch-pullout-vid---1.mov https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2495459893792259905907782441072/dutch_pulloutvid.gif https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2495467800343471058927248332912/dutch-pullout-anim-cropped---1-1.mov https://leebuild.com/echo-park-knock-down-bed 2025-09-04T04:50:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2493765299327661040601697474672/RL-156.jpg 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https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2498663017884917478125170186352/Whiskey_Pong_2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2498663017958704454420008392816/Whiskey_Pong_5.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2498663017921810966272589289584/Whiskey_Pong_3.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2498663017977151198493717944432/Whiskey_Pong_6.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2498663017866470734051460634736/Whiskey_Pong_1.jpg https://leebuild.com/downtown-la-city-blocks 2025-09-07T16:01:23+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2520060319909148725460689344624/VWH_wouldworks_2018_698.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2520060319927595469534398896240/VWH_wouldworks_2018_738.jpg photos by <a href="https://www.victoriawallharris.com/" target="_blank">Victoria Wall Harris</a> for <a href="https://wouldworks.com" target="_blank">Would Works</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2520060319835361749165851138160/VWH_wouldworks_2018_696.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2520092679150709338608715028592/VWH_wouldworks_2018_735.jpg https://leebuild.com/piedmont-commercial-cabinets 2025-09-07T16:02:54+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2493725868582100003118188451952/3_4portrait---1.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2493730017992711943344728954992/FACE2.jpg Photo credit: Maria Calderon https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2493731914318002720686635079792/face-5.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2493738106225905478329568712816/DSCF0324-copy.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2493739813896344613843890460784/DSCF0308-copy.jpeg https://leebuild.com/skid-row-mobile-health-cart 2026-03-26T20:48:42+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2495313785488827117939858987120/c3-profile---1.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2495316994097044554905557522544/c3-profiles---2.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2495317658069150744007158388848/08.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2495317658050703999933448837232/07.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2495317658106044232154577492080/10.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2495332043338241512705666439280/C3-CART-480.mov https://leebuild.com/berkeley-abacus 2025-09-04T04:50:34+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2517712215962664485137223637104/abacus_08.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2517712215981111229210933188720/abacus_09.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2517712215870430764768675879024/abacus_02.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2517712215778197044400128120944/abacus-LBhome.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2517712215999557973284642740336/abacus_12.JPG https://leebuild.com/outdoors-structures 2025-09-07T16:02:54+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2498710791576314220375007680624/azumaya_04.jpg 2012, redwood pergola for the Japanese Tea Gardens at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2498710791520973988153879025776/azumaya_01.JPG Designed with Nick Offerman, built with the <a href="https://offermanwoodshop.com/about/" target="_blank">Offerman Woodshop</a> crew. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2498852065025018777216871684208/open.JPG 2013, Explainers Shed: designed for Exploratorium science educators doing public experiments and outreach. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2498852064988125289069452580976/table-and-shed.JPG All materials salvaged from Northern California barn and winery timbers. Build with J.D. Sassaman. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2498861723297493913769068583024/shed_door_lift---1.jpeg Shed door lifts off of hinges to create work table for demonstrations.  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2498861723260600425621649479792/treehouse-syms---1.jpeg 2021, Treehouse for my own little woodchucks. Salvaged materials from pre-existing goat house, craigslist free and LeeBuild projects past. Finishing touches added by Symeon, age 2. https://leebuild.com/san-francisco-exhibit-fabrication 2025-09-07T16:04:32+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2495483462367059401284952381552/trikeride.jpg Museum on wheels: mobile trike designed with Jesse Marsh to bring the museum experience out to the public on the Embarcadero. Assorted reclaimed barn woods and marine ply, trike chassis by <a href="http://www.nijland.com/" target="_blank">Nijland</a>. 2011 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2495486235097161120567655782512/mahogany_pinball_table-1.JPG Pin “bell” machine--rebuild of original Exploratorium exhibit.  On the museum floor the table top will get outfitted with metal rings that users manipulate to create adjustable interactive soundscape pinball game. Solid Mahogany with rubber surface, 2013 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2498571650110055982514571696240/9_IMG_1094_shopped.jpg “Space Cubes”: 8 foot long interactive geometry tunnel designed by <a href="https://www.maryelizabethyarbrough.com/" target="_blank">Mary Elisabeth Yarborough</a>. Apple ply CNCed and stack laminated. 2012 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2498571650091609238440862144624/7_TriangleTunnel.jpg Museum on wheels: mobile trike designed with Jesse Marsh to bring the museum experience out to the public on the Embarcadero. Assorted reclaimed barn woods and marine ply, trike chassis by <a href="http://www.nijland.com/" target="_blank">Nijland</a>. 2011 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2498589535279899856126307850352/pie-toss-edit-3-white.jpg This “Pi Toss” exhibit redesign illustrates “Buffon’s Needle” experiment. The user tosses brass rods at random and records how many cross the brass lines over a series of throws-divide that number by the number of throws and the result approximates Pi (3.14) Black walnut with brass inlay, 2024 https://leebuild.com/writing 2026-03-17T19:43:55+00:00 always 0.5 https://leebuild.com/press-+-publications 2026-03-19T14:15:17+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2492491798946422448212861638768/DWELL.png 2024, <a href="https://www.dwell.com/article/before-and-after-temescal-modern-craftsman-renovation-laura-boutelle-architecture-cbd6d362" target="_blank">Dwell Magazine article</a> featuring my <a href="temescal-slatted-walls" rel="history">Temescal: slatted walls</a> project https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2532372975905213406762122991728/Woodchucks_final-retouched.jpg 2025, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of Little Woodchucks, written with Nick Offerman. Available for purchase <a href="https://offermanwoodshop.com/store/library/books/little-woodchucks-autographed/" target="_blank">here</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2532374553230958917444753021040/good-clean-fun-cover.jpeg 2016, Contributing writer for fun how-to woodworking book. My chapter covers my <a href="echo-park-knock-down-bed" rel="history">Echo Park: knock down bed</a> project. Purchase <a href="https://offermanwoodshop.com/store/library/books/good-clean-fun-autographed-copy/" target="_blank">here</a>. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2532378698177458791833582033008/PW_end_grain.jpeg 2016, article on teaching woodworking at Cal State Long Beach for <a href="https://www.popularwoodworking.com/editors-blog/popular-woodworking-magazine-december-2016/" target="_blank">Popular Woodworking Magazine volume #229</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2533857100712223524821152422000/BAM.jpeg 2019, Brown Alumni Magazine cover feature and article about <a href="downtown-la-city-blocks" rel="history">LA City Blocks </a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2533914611628160039100067731568/alex_cohen_2048x.jpeg 2019, I talk about <a href="https://wouldworks.com" target="_blank">Would Works</a> on <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/shows/inside-the-issues" target="_blank">Inside the Issues</a> on Spectrum News 1 with host Alex Cohen  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2539996801617581190888408078448/Zeus-fww.jpg 2014, <a href="https://www.finewoodworking.com/2014/05/08/a-lazy-suzan-for-zeus-himself?srsltid=AfmBOop66PniHLbE2Vdxwnr4eqnxpYKOB-Nf7kDYE5mADHGG795xvRJb" target="_blank">article</a> for Fine Woodworking Magazine’s “The Woodworking Life” on building this wild round table. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2836905012677547363910579247216/DSC02444.jpg 2025-2026 <a href="tour-press" rel="history">Selected press</a> from book talks + Big Woodchuck comedy tour with Nick Offerman  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2844879173419339817728289921136/Stinger_4x5_v04.gif 2026, I’m honored to be an Eames Institute 2026 <a href="https://www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/2026/" target="_blank"> Curious 100</a> Honoree!  https://leebuild.com/header-desktop 2026-03-13T19:32:12+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2489444277973073563375257376880/lee_build_logofinal.png https://leebuild.com/header-mobile 2026-03-13T19:32:12+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B2489444277973073563375257376880/lee_build_logofinal.png https://leebuild.com/footer 2026-03-13T19:32:12+00:00 always 0.5