Kenny Watson Jr. executes orders for custom furniture, including increasingly elaborate dining room tables crafted from fine woods — often black walnut, mahogany or spalted maple — with resin insets and/or live edges. His client base, which also includes bars and restaurants, has grown beyond local boundaries to include clients in Mississippi, Tennessee and Baton Rouge.

The seeds for Kenny Watson Woodwork and Design were planted when Watson picked up his father's woodworking craft during the pandemic lull in 2020, creating custom upright wooden keyboard stands for musicians. Advertising on Etsy quickly led to an abundance of orders for the sleek midcentury modern design with legs that could easily be removed for transport and quickly reassembled. It caught on among musicians across the co

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