heirloom quality pieces handcrafted one at a time--beautiful, functional, durable.

Mark and Yaya (Rhonda) Palmer are the creative team of Grands Designs Woodworks. They use traditional woodworking methods to hand craft premium butcher blocks, cutting and charcuterie boards, whimsical magnets and ornaments, and a variety of custom pieces. Life long residents of the Athens area, they create from their studio in Jefferson, Georgia. In keeping with their vision of beautiful and sustainable, they work exclusively with locally sourced hardwoods from the Piedmont and Appalachian regions of the Southeast.