Owners Chris and Tyler Stupp
RIVERBED WOODWORKING
FATHER-SON DUO OPERATE CICERO-BASED COMPANY Writer / Renee Larr Photographer / Amy Payne
A father-and-son duo has taken their passion for woodworking and turned it into a thriving business called RiverBed WoodWorking. Chris and Tyler Stupp of Cicero create custom wood tabletops from live-edge wood slabs. The idea for the business came in the form of a Christmas gift for Chris.
“I grew up on the job site with my dad, so I’ve been around woodworking my entire life,” Tyler says. “I started seeing these tables other people were making so I decided to try and make one for my dad as a Christmas gift. I didn’t have a lot of tools so I used what I had. It took me about two months to make it in my garage. I gave it to him and he loved it.”
cabinets, and installs interior trim for newly constructed homes. “We started considering the idea about three years ago but it really kicked off about two years ago,” Tyler says. “We can make staircases, beams, bookshelves, bars - really anything in woodworking.”
Adding live-edge slabs was a natural for the Chris suggested to Tyler that they needed to pair. start making tabletops and marketing them. The pair now also builds countertops and “If you take a piece of wood and cut it FEBRUARY 2021
