TLove Workshop
Handcrafted. Repurposed. One of a Kind.
Timberline Love
My love for WoodWorking
Growing up in Tremblant, Quebec, woodworking was simply part of everyday life. I was raised in a square-log home that my parents built the year I was born. My dad was a carpenter, and my mom ran a successful wood craft business, so learning to work with wood came pretty naturally.
I still remember getting my own woodworking toolbox when I was young—real tools, just smaller versions of the ones in Dad’s workshop. When your parents build their own home, there is always something left to finish, fix, or build, so we spent plenty of time learning by doing.
Our workshop was just off the living room, and the bandsaw was probably my favourite tool. It was used for everything from cutting out wooden decorations to, as teenagers, cutting a frozen pizza in half when nothing else seemed quite as efficient!
Finding My Way Back to the Workshop
Many years later, for my 39th birthday, I received a bandsaw of my own. I started cutting out wooden decorations again, and it didn’t take long to realize that the love of woodworking had never really gone away.
There’s something about being in a workshop, the smell of sawdust, figuring out how to make an idea work, and starting with an ordinary piece of wood and creating something with it. That birthday bandsaw brought me back to something I had grown up with and eventually became part of the beginning of TL Workshop.
The story behind my wood
In 2008, we began building our timberframe home just west of Edmonton, Alberta. As our own general contractors, we were involved in every step of the process, and along the way, we couldn’t help but notice how much beautiful scrap wood was left behind. Rather than let it go to waste, we started a pile. Pine 2x4s, Douglas fir timbers and mouldings, cedar siding, and old fencing removed from the property all found their way into it. Over the years, that pile grew into a small mountain, naturally weathering into a beautiful mix of greys, warm tones, and textures. Today, much of that wood is finding new life in my TLove Workshop, becoming one-of-a-kind pieces with a little history already built in.
TLove Workshop
Handmade in Parkland Country, Alberta, each piece is unique and made to order from a variety of reclaimed wood and corrugated sheet metal. Some of our decorations are finished with a sweet TimberlineLove suede tag or have our logo burned onto our wood. The wood is left raw, so over time it will darken with the natural light.
Visit The Workshop
Woodland Animals
A series of small wood animals that make a perfect little friend on the fireplace mantel or kitchen windowsill.
Working with Wood
I always have a project on the go, either restoring an old Marmot Basin chairlift, an old canoe or building a garage sink with old Cast Iron basin.
Vintage Ski
Vintage Ski
Growing up in a ski town, I have always loved all aspects of ski, from vintage posters to wood skiers.
Woodland Animals
A series of small wood animals that make a perfect little friend on the fireplace mantel or kitchen windowsill.
Handmade in Alberta, each piece is unique and made to order from a variety of reclaimed wood.
The Beauty of Wood: The wood is left raw, so over time it will darken with the natural light.
Christmas Workshop
Small Tree Ornaments to Garden Angles, lots of unique decorations for the Holiday Season.
Handcrafted: Each piece is unique and made to order from a variety of reclaimed wood.
The Beauty of Wood: The wood is left raw, so over time it will darken with the natural light.
Vintage Ski Prints
Printed ski images on reclaimed scarp wood, some framed with naturally grey wood, some left without.
The Beauty of Wood: The wood is left raw, so over time it will darken with the natural light.