David was introduced to woodworking as a child by his Swedish grandfather, Axel Benson, a Boston area builder of fine cottage style homes of the mid 20th century.  To see a bungalow built by my Grandfather, click link, back cover photo, "Bungalow Colors" by Robert Schweitzer (available @ amazon.com).

David pursued woodworking during and after college with positions in high end wood shops on both the east and the west coasts. 

In the 1970's, David moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. He worked on the Victorians at Fillmore and Sutter Streets, jacking up, putting new commercial first floors under and then renovating millwork on the relocated two-story Victorians.  Other San Francisco projects were on Nob Hill and the cottages of the verdant Filbert Steps of Telegraph Hill.

After working trim carpentery and casework jobs in Palo Alto, Mill Valley, Berkeley, Napa, and on a Sonoma vineyard estate, David settled in Marin, running the wood shop of a large kitchen cabinet company, Nutmeg Kitchens.

In the 1980's, back home in the the nutmeg state, David established Lakeville Woodworking on Farnam Road.  Here David and Priscilla raised their two children.

In 1997, David & Priscilla purchased Salisbury Artisans, a historic wood shop and home on Factory Street. 

The opening show of the Gallery Arts Guild of Lakeville, CT featured one of a pair of bistro tables seen during a visit to Verona, Italy. It was reviewed as "the very good part" of the show.

An interview by Kathryn Boughton, "In Salisbury, Working Wood," was published by the Litchfield County Times in January 2008.