Background: In 1982, I started my apprenticeship as a furniture maker in a small German town. For three and half years, I had the great fortune to work under the Master Craftsman Reinhard Wolter who inspired my passion for woodworking. I moved to the beautiful island of St. John where I have lived and worked making furniture since 1986.
I like to think of my furniture as "tomorrow's antiques". The most important aspect of my work is quality. Construction methods used in my work include traditional wood joinery, such as mortise and tennon joints and dovetail joints, in solid wood as these can endure many years or even centuries of use. These quality construction methods make my furniture economical because every piece will last a lifetime.
I tell my customers, "If I can't make it last one hundred years, I won't waste the wood!"
Stephan Scholz Custom Woodworking
Coral Bay, St. John
U.S. Virgin Islands
(340) 693-5759