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Inside a Shop That Reclaims Wood for Architectural Interiors
By Bill Esler
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Mitch Trumpp comes to professional woodworking the old fashioned way: his grandfather and father were both in the business. He founded Adventure Indoors Woodworking (captured in this video) with Chris Gorney in 2010, disassembling barns and turning them into furniture. Within a couple years he had partnered with Ryan Henrich to transform the business into Second Life Studios, now a developing architectural woodworking firm with a concentration in reclaimed wood for commercial interiors.

 

Second Life Studios may be the paradigm of the rising young woodworking nation - properly conversant in every social media channel, socially beneficial in reclaiming wood for higher purposes, and rooted in three generations of woodworking tradition. Plus they are media stars on HGTV's Tiny House series. Here's a look inside Second Life Studios in Kansas City, MO.

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Bill Esler | ConfSenior Editor

Bill wrote for WoodworkingNetwork.com, FDMC and Closets & Organized Storage magazines. 

Bill's background includes more than 10 years in print manufacturing management, followed by more than 30 years in business reporting on industrial manufacturing in the forest products industries, including printing and packaging at American Printer (Features Editor) and Graphic Arts Monthly (Editor in Chief) magazines; and in secondary wood manufacturing for WoodworkingNetwork.com.

Bill was deeply involved with the launches of the Woodworking Network Leadership Forum, and the 40 Under 40 Awards programs. He currently reports on technology and business trends and develops conference programs.

In addition to his work as a journalist, Bill supports efforts to expand and improve educational opportunities in the manufacturing sectors, including 10 years on the Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation; six years with the U.S. WoodLinks; and currently on the Woodwork Career Alliance Education Committee. He is also supports the Greater West Town Training Partnership Woodworking Program, which has trained more than 950 adults for industrial wood manufacturing careers. 

Bill volunteers for Foinse Research Station, a biological field station staddling the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, one of more than 200 members of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.

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