From The Founder
Sep 15, 2026
5 Custom Wood Pieces Your Home Craves
Most furniture in most homes came off a mass production line. Same table, same finish, same 40,000 other houses. Peop...
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Sep 2, 2026
Lessons From Taking My Four-Year-Old to the Lumber Yard
Last Saturday, my youngest, who is mighty in every way a four-year-old can be, climbed into my truck for a trip I'd b...
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Aug 28, 2026
The Rope Grid Bed: A Custom Wood Bed Frame 5,000 Years in the Making
Every bed on the market still sits on something flat and hard. I wanted to get rid of it. Here's the rope grid bed I'm building in white oak, and the 5,000-year history I fell into along the way.
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Aug 20, 2026
Two Priceless Shop Tools That Cost Me Nothing
Whenever a project throws me a problem I haven't solved before, my first instinct is to brace for it to cost me somet...
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Aug 13, 2026
Forty Hours vs. Forty Minutes
Last week I spent forty hours making a built-in consisting of 8 drawers and a floating tandem desk in my daughter's r...
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Aug 5, 2026
The Saboteur in My Workshop
I was halfway to my client's house last week, a farmhouse table in the bed of my truck, when I started hearing the wh...
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Jul 29, 2026
I Let My Daughters Fix Our Air Conditioner in Their Princess Costumes. Here's Why I'll Never Stop.
It was 104 degrees in the San Fernando Valley, our air conditioner had just quit, and I had two little girls home wit...
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Jul 22, 2026
Handmade Leather Bags with Alligator Hide | Wylie's Wood & Leather
I Almost Said No to the Leather Alligator Hide. I'm Glad I Didn't.
A new client reached out to me a few weeks a...
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Press
Fireworks vs Drones, What's after Hollywood, the Decline of Kelp and more
featured on AirTalk with Larry Mantle
Roll Credits: What’s Next After a Hollywood Career Fades
featured in The Ankler
2025 Ultimate Gift Guide: Premium & Practical Presents for Dads
featured in Medium
Heirloom Boots, Bikes & Bourbon: The Ultimate Father’s Day Gift Guide For 2025
featured in The Gentlemen Racer
The Valentine’s Day Gift Guide 2025
featured in East End Taste
Life & Work with Justin Comins of Encino
featured in VoyageLA
30 Outdoor Valentine's Day Gifts
featured in Trend Hunter
Wylie’s Wood and Leather Evokes 90s Nostalgia with This Strap
featured in Trend Hunter
From Hollywood Sets to Crafting Masterpieces: Justin of Wylie’s Wood and Leather on Finding Purpose and Passion
featured on Leather Shop Podcast
