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Hi, we're Matt + Hill

Matt + Hill with a white oak fireplace mantel sitting on bubble wrap, ready to pack for our customer.

Husband + Wife

Woodworking Duo

We craft fully custom, built-to-order, wooden handrails & fireplace mantels -- using only the finest hardwoods.

It all started in 2021 when a follower asked if we could build a white oak mantel & shelves for their fireplace.

Clearly we said yes, and on the way home from installing them, Matt said, "We should make these for other people & sell them online."

By the time we pulled in our driveway, about 2 hours later, our Etsy shop was live with white oak mantels & shelves available for purchase!

The first white oak mantel & picture-ledge shelves installed in customer home.

The First Ever

White oak fireplace mantel & picture-ledge shelves for very special customers in Athens, GA.

2 year old Matt with a crewdriver "fixing" a high chair
9 year old Hill working at a computer

When We Were Young

Little Matt + Hill

Matt's always had a knack for working with his hands. Hill's always loved design, technology & being an entrepreneur.

We both love to dream & do the work to make it happen!

Matt + Hill on wedding day!
Matt + Hill in 2014 at a friend's wedding that Hill was a bridesmaid in

Fast-Forward

to 2012-2018

We met in college at UWG in Carrollton, GA, both pursuing our business degrees. We ended up taking several classes together & found a common interest in owning a business one day.

After graduation, Matt went into sales -- he sold cars, dumpsters & even printers -- while Hill climbed the corporate ladder in finance.

We got engaged, built a house & in 2018 had a small family wedding in our backyard.

Built-in window seat for client in Atlanta, GA. Painted white with gold hardware.
Matt + Hill with a built-in installed in Athens, GA. Blush with gold hardware, drawers on bottom & bookshelves on each side.

Between Now & Then

Starting HD+C

We began doing projects for ourselves & started saying yes to followers on Instagram who asked for our help!

What started with a mantel & shelves turned into built-in cabinetry for locals, all while selling our custom woodworking online.

We decided in 2023 we wanted to expand our e-commerce shop & create a Shopify website. Woodworking from home was the dream!

Matt + Hill with new rented shop before we moved in.
Matt + Hill with HD+C logo sign. Moving the business out of the garage.

HD+C began to grow

we went all in

In 2023, we moved Matt's workshop from our home garage to a rented building. Honestly a dream setup for the business to grow & a landlord who saw the vision.

A few months later, we moved Hill's shop from our guest bedroom to a rented building near Matt's.

Not long after, we moved into a rental home & sold our house with plans to one day own a home on land with our business there too!

White Oak handrail installed on stairs.

Going Into 2026

Our Next Chapter

We bought a house on some land with two workshops -- one for Matt & one for Hill but both to serve our woodworking e-commerce shops!

We became extremely focused on the two core products that our customers loved most - handrails & mantels, built using white oak & dark walnut hardwoods.

Every item from our shop gets our full attention & is custom built for each order! We hand select the wood & mill each board to craft pieces that will stand out in your home for a lifetime.

Dark walnut & white oak lumber freshly milled for mantel tops/bottoms. A list of orders & headphones for ear protection.
Orders boxed up in back of truck waiting for UPS to pickup. Boxes going to many US states -- CO, MI, AL, AK, NJ, GA, WA, CA.

To All Our Customers

Thank You

This business is our dream & we take pride every day in crafting custom woodworks for our customers all over the USA & Canada.

Your trust in our work makes this craft - and the life built around it - possible. Thank you!

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