Hi, I'm Mike Inman and this is my Dad, Thom. Dad is a life-long wood carver and has carved hand-crafted wood signs and custom house signs and personalized welcome signs and country wooden signs from Western Red Cedar for over 40 years!  

I make our hand-crafted wood signs just like my Dad taught me using genuine western red cedar; spiral-cut hardwood dowels; brass and copper hardwares; expensive, marine-grade adhesives and good old-fashioned, prideful craftsmanship passed from father to son. Today, my Mom and I own and operate the business because we love Red Cedar,  just like my Dad!

Western Red Cedar is an exceptionally beautiful wood with natural coloring in mellow ambers, reddish cinnamons and rich sienna browns. This natural beauty is evident in all of our creations as we leave the natural grains and knot patterns undisturbed. We had an opportunity to see one of my Dad's first signs not long ago and it had the most beautiful silver patina..."Kinda' like your hair, Dad!" 

Like Dad, Red Cedar's durability is legendary...our cedar signs "Gracefully Weather a Lifetime!"™

My Dad is always quoting Gus Stickley (Stickley Furniture fame), "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to lerne".  We've been doing this for 42 years. Our custom, carved wood signs are all personalized and individually crafted from designs created using scale renderings in collaboration with you. That's the only difference from leanin' over Dad's carving bench and tellin' him what you want.

Our business isn't like Amazon.com or Sears. There is no stock on the shelves. We don't pick orders from bins.  All work is custom. All work is commissioned. All work is prepaid. We work on one order at a time - in the order we receive them. Sometimes the line gets real long. Like Father's Day and Christmas. Often we don't have time to go back down the line and see how you are doing with your idea, your proof or the reason why we have not heard from you. Most importantly, the proofs (scale color renderings) we send you must be approved before we carve anything. If you approve a sign proof with your name misspelled - that's on you. Don't call in a fuss over the credit hold on your credit card when placing your order. All work is commissioned and pre-paid. What you will get isn't like Amazon.com or Sears, either! 

These are definitely not ticky-tacky; and you won't find us at carnivals or craft fairs! Creating carved wood signs with Western Red Cedar is the natural place to start. Not only does it have distinctive beauty, natural durability and centuries of proven performance; REAL Western Red Cedar is the ultimate green material. Your wooden Welcome Sign will gracefully weather a lifetime™ with simple maintenance!