Est. 2024 · A 24/7 Online Workshop on Skool
Our workshop isn't a building you visit — it's a 24/7 online community on Skool. Anyone, anywhere can learn woodworking, refinishing, and restoration, and turn those skills into a better life. Built for youth in recovery, open to everyone.
What We Do
Everything happens inside our Skool community — lessons, demos, mentor Q&A, project walk-throughs. No commute, no waitlist, no walls. Just slow hands, steady mentors, and the time it takes to do something right — available 24/7.
Stripping, sanding, staining, upholstery, hardware, finish work — taught one piece at a time, on video, on your schedule.
Marketable craftsmanship and shop habits that translate directly into income and independence.
Daily accountability, mentors, and a Skool community that actually shows up — open 24/7.
Each finished piece is a milestone — proof that renewal is possible, one project at a time.
The Workshop · Powered by Skool
We don't bring kids to a building — we bring the workshop to them. Every lesson, demo, mentor session, and community conversation lives inside our Skool group. Sign in any time, from anywhere, and learn woodworking, refinishing, and restoration alongside people walking the same road. This is where the work happens.
Plate I
"Found curbside. Returned home as an heirloom."
Before
How we found it · Pulled off a curb on trash day. Drawers stuck, top scratched, one brass pull missing.
What we did · Hand-stripped the old finish, sanded the top flat, layered a deep walnut hand-stain, polished the original brass and sourced a matching pull.
What was learned: Stripping, hand-stain layering, brass polishing.
Plate II
"Cracked and forgotten — now built to outlive us."
Before
How we found it · Found in the back of a barn — joints loose, cane seat blown out, finish nearly gone.
What we did · Re-glued every joint and clamped overnight, wove a fresh cane back and seat, and rebuilt the finish with a warm walnut oil.
What was learned: Joint clamping, woven cane seat replacement.
Plate III
"Water-damaged castoff, now a daily companion."
Before
How we found it · Water-damaged castoff from a basement. Top peeling, hardware tarnished, legs scuffed.
What we did · Stripped the top back to bare wood and re-finished it natural, painted the body in soft sage, and re-plated the original brass cup pulls.
What was learned: Color-block paint, hardware replating.
A second chance
Founded in 2024, The Picker Brothers was built as a 24/7 online workshop on Skool — a place young people in recovery (and anyone willing to learn) can show up to find structure, skills, and self-worth without ever leaving home.
Restoration is more than repairing furniture — it's a living lesson in patience, responsibility, creativity, and renewal, taught online in a community that's always open.
The heart of it
"What others throw away,
we teach them to restore."
We work with furniture that has been scratched, broken, outdated, forgotten, or nearly discarded — because many people in recovery know what it feels like to be written off.
Nothing is too far gone to be renewed.
The Program
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Hands-on training in furniture restoration, refinishing, repurposing, and resale preparation.
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Daily structure, accountability, mentorship, confidence-building, and recovery-supportive community.
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Marketable skills, work habits, creative confidence, and real income pathways.