CEDAR GROW BOXMilwaukee, Wisconsin

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Paul's own photos — planters, tables, chairs, and custom installs, from the shop and out in the wild around Milwaukee.

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Cedar planters, tables & custom work

Raised garden beds, raised planter boxes and pine picnic tables, built to order in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Sizes and prices are on the Products page.

Ten-foot pine picnic table built by Paul in Milwaukee, seats 10 to 12 — The 10' pine picnic table — seats 10–12, free delivery.

4 foot raised cedar planter built by Paul — The 4 ft raised cedar planter, straight off the bench.

4 foot raised cedar planter planted up with trailing plants — A 4 ft planter at home, planted up and trailing over the sides.

10 foot cedar harvest table built by Paul — The 10 ft cedar harvest table.

1 foot pine planter with trellis built by Paul — The 1 ft pine planter with trellis.

5-gallon modular cedar planter built by Paul — The 5-gallon modular cedar planter.

Cedar window planters built by Paul — Cedar window planters.

Cedar Adirondack chair built by Paul — A cedar Adirondack chair, fresh from the bench.

Custom cedar porch planters built around a customer's porch posts — Custom porch planters built around the posts — fresh cedar.

The same custom porch planters, painted to match the house — The same porch planters, painted to match the house.

Picnic table tops under construction on sawhorses in the Milwaukee shop — Picnic table season — up to 10 ft, powder-coated steel frame.

Before and after: built-in cedar deck planters — Built-in cedar deck planters — from worn-out to wow.

Finished cedar picnic table with steel frame on a lawn — A finished picnic table — cedar top on a powder-coated steel frame.

Checkered end-grain cutting board — End-grain cutting board — walnut, maple, and purpleheart.

Dark-stained picnic table delivered in a customer yard — Filling orders — a finished table, delivered.

Table saw workstation on a deck in the Cedar Grow Box shop, black and white — The deck-top workshop, where every piece starts.

3 foot raised cedar planter box on a deck — The 3 ft raised cedar planter.

Picnic table frame being fitted under a cedar top — A table build coming together in the yard.

Sanding wide cedar planks — Sanding a fresh plank, mid-build.

Large cedar table top during finishing — The big table, mid-finish — poly or seal?

Long cedar table build on the workbench — That grain, though — at the bench.

Wooden frame for a table or planter under construction in the tent shop — A wooden frame under construction in the shop.

Build in progress — frame and lumber in the shop — Parts laid out along the way.

Raised cedar planter planted with greenery — Spring raised cedar planters, planted up.

Raised cedar planter box from the spring batch on a deck — A raised cedar planter from the spring batch.

Chunky cedar chair built by Paul — A cedar chair from the spring batch.

Stack of rough lumber boards for custom woodwork at Cedar Grow Box — From rough grain — the lumber, before the first cut.

Hand holding a patterned wood block — Keeping it simple didn’t last long.

Patterned wood strip on the table saw — The pattern, coming off the saw.

End-grain pattern panel from above — End grain, laid out.

End-grain panel in a mold — Into the mold — end grain all the way.

Finished 3D-pattern end-grain board — The finished end-grain board.

Pattern board tilted on a stand — Geometrical — the board at an angle.

Two patterned boards, oiled and waxed — Oiled & waxed.

Finished pattern board on the bench — The hard part: letting it go to a customer.

Pattern board resting on a bench — A 3D-pattern board takes shape.

Pattern board on the saw during the grip-recess cut — Rolling the grip recess.

Finished 3D-pattern board on a wooden bench — The pattern board, finished on the bench.

Large cedar table top on finishing day — Let finishing commence — the big top.

Close-up of cedar boards during finishing — Finish day, up close.

Cut cedar planter parts stacked on the table saw, ready for assembly — Another planter ready for assembly — parts on the saw.

Stacks of milled cedar boards for raised planter boxes — Milled and stacked, ready to build.

Cedar planter bench with a live-build banner — The cedar planter bench.

Hand sanding a plank, dust flying — Sanding by hand, mid-build.

Finished picnic table with benches under an umbrella — One last table to rule them all!

Paul building an eight-foot pine picnic table — Building the 8-foot pine picnic table.

Laser engraver working on walnut — Laser-engraving walnut coasters for the holidays.

Laser-engraved spalted maple anniversary gift box — Custom laser-engraved spalted maple anniversary gift.

Inside Paul's workshop with a long cedar build on the bench — In the shop — a long build on the bench.

Stack of fresh lumber outdoors, ready for the next planter or table build — Fresh lumber, ready for the next build.

Hand-carved wooden eagle in progress — Hand-carved eagle, in progress.

Cedar Adirondack bench with matching planter boxes installed in front of a Milwaukee home — The cedar bench, flanked by a pair of planted boxes — installed out front.

Several Cedar Grow Box picnic tables installed on a venue patio with umbrellas and planters — A full patio install — Cedar Grow Box tables on the job.

Cedar Grow Box picnic tables on a venue patio, seen from the far end — More of the patio set, from the other end.

Picnic tables and cedar planters settled in on a venue patio — Tables and planters, settled in at the venue.

A long run of Cedar Grow Box picnic tables on a patio — The long view — a commercial run of tables.

Ten-foot pine picnic table finished in slate grey on a lawn — The 10-footer in slate grey.

Eight-foot pine picnic table, sealed, on a gravel drive — An 8-footer, sealed and ready.

Finished pine picnic tables lined up in a driveway, ready for delivery — Finished tables, lined up and ready to roll.

Epoxy river table top in spalted maple with a blue river, still in the mold — The epoxy river table — spalted maple and a blue river.

Cutting board glue-up in clamps on the bench — Glue-up day — a board in the clamps.

Paul working at the bench in the Cedar Grow Box shop — Paul at the bench, mid-build.

Close-up of walnut grain on a board in progress — Walnut grain, up close.

Cedar Adirondack chair with two matching planter boxes in the shop — The bench-planter set — chair and matching boxes.

A pair of tall cedar planter boxes fresh off the bench — A tall pair, fresh off the bench.

Before & after: porch planters, swapped for cedar.

Like what you see? Sizes and prices for these raised planter boxes and pine picnic tables are on the Products page — or contact Paul about a custom cedar planter built to your size.