Nathaniel Gray stands in his wood shop looking over a massive piece of redwood, spanning nearly 4 feet long. The wood is imperfect, full of burls, cracks from drying and hundreds of inner circles, marking a long life for the piece of western larch.

“This is art,” Gray said, gently letting the wood lean back against the wall.

At Gray’s Wood Shop at his home in Whitefish, the goal is to accentuate the natural art of the products being used, whether that be while creating a lamp, a frame, a table or a custom piece.

Gray’s Wood Shop, which Gray launched last fall, came out of Gray’s love for decorating, art, photography and creativity. What initially started to frame his own photographs in unique and interesting ways turned into a labor of love: incorporating beautiful wood pieces into the

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