STUART RADER DESIGN

I've always liked working with wood. All through my school years I took woodworking classes and I went to Humboldt State majoring in - you guessed it, woodworking. After college I got a job as an apprentice with a custom furniture maker in Los Angeles on Melrose Blvd. - Guy Chaddock and Company. It seemed like I learned more about woodworking on my first day than in all the years of my classes combined... I spent seven years there learning furniture making. I worked under three journeyman furniture makers, one an émigré from Denmark and another an émigré from France. I was young and eager to learn, so my mentors willingness to teach was a remarkable gift. I would joke to my Dad, "They even pay me!"... Chaddock was growing into a large company. So that, among other reasons, I decided to open my own shop in North Hollywood. I made custom furniture and over time drifted into kitchen cabinetry. After two decades though, kitchen design had become a passion, so I closed my business and..