Thank you for your interest in MenkeCraft.

Currently MenkeCraft is a demo site and I am not selling anything. Please do not be discouraged, I hope to sell things in the future as I have no room to keep everything I make. This website is just a sample of what I have created. I welcome inquiries and comments.

My profession is software architecture and engineering.
Please see my software section for more information about that.

Regarding carpentry; I started building things when I was about eight with salvaged wood scraps from the houses being constructed in my neighborhood. Later repairing things for my parents, and eventually I used these skills to renovate two houses and create a variety of furniture and built-ins.

I prefer Mission, Shaker, Rustic, Adirondack, and Pueblo Revival styles.

Designers that I have studied that inspire me:

Leopold and Gustav Stickly

Harvey Ellis

Roycroft

Greene and Greene

Frank Lloyd Wright

Raymond Loewy

Mary Colter

Gilbert Underwood

Frederick Olmsted

George Nakashima

Further inspiration comes from the creators of the great Adirondack camps.

When I am not creating software solutions I am in my workshop designing and building carpentry solutions. Identifying and understanding a need or a problem, designing, creating, and building a solution, project management, estimating time and materials; software development and carpentry are similar in this respect.