The Team at WOODWORKERS NAPLES - Master Artisan, Chris Schoener

"Accentuating the natural character of the wood makes each piece unique.  Lacquer and tung oil create an iridescence like a pearl." 

Chris Schoener

Woodworkers Naples pride ourselves in consistently being the leading provider of fine interior woodwork and finishes in Naples, Florida.  This accolade would not be possible without our team of passionate skilled artisans, who share decades of combined experience transforming blueprints into beautiful furniture, fine cabinetry and architectural details.

We value every individual at Woodworkers Naples and wanted to focus on some of our incredible artisans!  The latest addition to our team is the talented Chris Schoener, who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our workshop.  Not only a fine master woodworker with a lifetime of experience, Chris boasts organizational and project management skills, acquired from running his own fine woodworking workshop in New Orleans for 12 years.  (He was instrumental in rebuilding homes and furniture in the city post Hurricane Katrina in 2005.)  Chris specializes in intricate and complicated curved woodworking and has an incredible attention to detail throughout our projects.

Handcrafting exotic hardwoods such as rosewood, paduc, Australian lacewood and sassafras into exquisite pieces of furniture and art forms, has always been a lifelong passion.  Initially collecting waste exotic wood he couldn't bear to discard, (some of which is endangered), Chris meticulously began to recycle the waste into handcrafted pieces of art.  His obvious skill was quickly recognized and he found himself being commissioned to craft museum quality pieces.  This includes a wedding gift fashioned from purpleheart wood, reclaimed from the VA hospital benches in New Orleans, post Hurricane Katrina.

Art as a functional form - Rifle Blank formed by 20,000 slices of exotic wood laminated together.

His most elaborate creation to date is a blank of wood that will be carved by an architectural gunsmith into a bespoke shooting rifle.  The forend tip and rifle butt feature a beautiful checkerboard design, with the grain of wood running in the same direction to transfer energy towards the shoulder. The layers of glue between each slice act a shock absorbers, also to diminish energy towards the back.

A talented, dedicated addition to our team!



The Team at Woodworkers.
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Woodworkers for CONSERVANCY of Southwest Florida - Sustainable Renovations

 The New Eaton Conservation Hall

CONSERVANCY of Southwest Florida work hard to protect and restore the unique, natural environment and quality of life in our region. The Nature Centre in Naples is an incredible environmental science research and education facility for water, land and wildlife and also incorporates the von Arx Wildlife Hospital.  Phase one renovations of the 21 acre Nature Centre were completed in Spring 2013.  The $20 million Nature Centre makeover integrated the highest level of green design and construction into the facility, incorporating green energy sources and achieving LEED certification on all buildings.

The Delnor auditorium was dramatically transformed into the Eaton Conservation Hall, which houses all environmental programs.  The Jeanie Meg Smith Theatre within has become a high tech educational facility, with surround sound and a giant immersive screen.

In keeping with the Conservancy's green ethos for sustainable renovations, Woodworkers, panelled the curved theatre with beautiful pecky cypress planks, recycled from the old Lutgert Commons.  A honey gold stain finish was then applied to bring the wood back to it's original splendor and the room finished with a copper ceiling.

Beauty and Sustainability...  Be Inspired


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Woodworkers for 'Delicious Raw' - Urban Chic Juice Bar

'Delicious Raw', Fifth Avenue South, Naples.

The Urban Juice Bar crowd will be loving new fresh fruit and veg bar concept, Delicious Raw.  Co-Owners Flemming and Gitte Madsen are truly starting a raw reform in Naples, offering a fabulous array of all-natural fruit and veg crafted juices, smoothies and wellness shots.

The owners approached Woodworkers to help create an urban oasis - like nothing else in Naples.  An inviting, informal bar-centric layout was designed to feature a statement bar, that dominates the room as the main focal point.  The bar is constructed using the finest quality textured Milano melamine planks on solid ply, placed together in an organic freeform pattern, juxtaposed with a large industrial rolled steel custom top with oiled finish and steel kick boards.

Design by european fine furniture designer, Marcus Jelley for Woodworkers.

The bar design cleverly conceals stainless steel refrigeration a double sink base and storage under the expansive counter for a clean looking environment and perfectly complements the big steel juicers.  The result is a contemporary, beautiful and hardworking bar with a robust industrial chic influence and wonderful ambience.

Handmade to order, from fresh squeezed, raw quality produce and super foods, the extension of Cafe on Fifth Avenue, is a delicious and natural way to detox and rejuvenate your body. 

Rawsome, C-Booster, Little Attitude, Pink Pleasure....

Be inspired!

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Woodworkers for THE JEWELRY GALLERY at Marissa Collections...

The Jewelry Gallery at Marissa Collections.

Marissa Collections is undoubtedly one of the top speciality designer stores in the country, showcasing an extraordinary collection of the hottest designers globally.  Loved by clients, the collection catches the imagination of fashionista's nationwide and frequently graces the pages of luxury fashion publications, such as; Town and Country, Harpers Bazaar and Vogue.

The collection recently embraced the world of fine jewelry, dramatically transforming 1,400 of the 10,000 square foot space, to host a world-class collection of fine jewelry.  The Jewelry Gallery was exquisitely conceived and designed by Naples based Antoine Testard of Paris Legends and project managed by Morton & Wasmer Builders.  The beautiful gallery, features custom digital wallpaper of birds, flowers and butterflies in shimmering colors, faux boxwood walls and includes a private viewing area within an elegant dressing room.

Woodworkers created beautifully lit glass jewelry cases with 3/4" thick tempered glass chambers and custom LED lighting bonded to the underside of the glass.  The bases of the pullout drawers were lined with the finest white leather.  These cases stand on beautiful oak custom tables handmade by our team and feature metallic lacquered legs, designed by Antoine to symbolise strings of pearls.  Woodworkers also built walls with glass chambers attached to create an illusion of suspended cabinets and integrated concealed storage cabinetry within the wall underneath.

The jewelry investment realizes owner Marissa Hartington's goal of 'uniting well-edited clothing collections with unique fine jewelry designs.' The astounding Jewelry Gallery hosts designs by Alexis Bittar, Tamara Comolli, Miriam Salat, Oscar de la Renta, Wendy Yue, Monique Pean, Irene Neuwirth, Arunashi and Yossi Haran, amongst others.

Creative Director, Marissa and Business Director, Burt Hartington and son Jay, Director of Marketing, Jewelry and Menswear.

Marissa Collections, opened 1975.  Third street shopping district, Old Naples, Florida.

The Team at Woodworkers.

Before & After: A Room with a View

 

The completed project - Easy Sophistication

 

This Summer, Woodworkers completed a kitchen project at a lakefront, picture-perfect residence in Naples Bath and Tennis Club, Florida.

The customer's requested a modern and unique feel to the kitchen, to complement their eclectic taste in furniture and focused on their casual family lifestyle.  They also expressed a desire to somehow transform a bedroom next to the kitchen, into a connecting media room.

Original kitchen

We began designing a contemporary, practical - yet stylish space, connecting the layout of the kitchen to the landscape, light and perfectly framed views of the lake, plunge pool and patio. We rethought the whole space, reworking completely by first removing two walls - opening the floor space to flow from main room, to kitchen with new media room, right through to the beautiful outdoors.  We further optimised the view by adding an island featuring a breakfast bar next to the patio doors and streamlined the cabinetry layout.

The finished kitchen features a stylish display of hi-gloss polished paint finish cabinetry with expansive Pompei Quartz counter top space for some serious cooking and entertaining.  Finishing touches include; solid walnut drawer boxes with faux ostrich skin lining, a fireplace and lift up pantry doors. 

 

 

 

 

Finishing Touches...

 

The result is a place where beauty and efficiency co-exist.

 

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The Team at Woodworkers Cabinet