MADERA FURNITURE COMPANY

Coming from a family of educators, artists and amateur woodworkers, our founder, Carlos Taylor-Swanson has a professional woodworking background that stretches back 40 years to a Chicago area picture framing shop and follows a circuitous route through the art world, rough and finish carpentry and luxury yacht interiors. But the influences and inspirations stretch back even further. Taylor-Swanson has always been a maker. He recalls as a 12 year old, building a clubhouse in his parents' back yard that grew big enough to attract the attention of the city's planning department. The unfortunate result became his first lesson in "best practices" for building and design... Without a doubt the most valuable lessons and experiences critical to Taylor-Swanson's early professional woodworking career came during the 10 years he spent building yacht interiors. The first two years were spent in an Anacortes, WA boatyard where yachts up to 82' yachts were fabricated from start to finish. Later he..

Also known as: Madera

Primary location: Tacoma United States