Furniture builder Martinus Pool shares his journey of crafting skateboards into furniture and building a family business with host Pete Deeble.
21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Steven Kirby | With the Grain with Pete Deeble
Host Pete Deeble interviews Steven Kirby, a furniture maker, about his journey from military service to woodworking mastery and magazine features.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 11: Ricky Teevee
Host Pete Deeble interviews creative maverick Ricky Teevee about his vintage passion, career transition, and artistic inspirations.
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bonus mini episode: Jared Rusten’s real estate misadventures
Jared Rusten shares his wild real estate journey buying a Stockton commercial building, detailing creative financing and unexpected challenges in this interview.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 10: Kylle Sebree
Host Pete interviews furniture maker Kylle Sebree about her journey building poplar furniture, overcoming business challenges, and sharing a memorable disaster story.
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 9: Sean Woolsey
Host Pete interviews furniture maker Sean Woolsey about his transition from fashion, his design philosophy, and the pursuit of daily improvement.
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 8: Martin Johnston
Pete sits down with Australia’s own Martin Johnston to learn the incredible story of how he went from reluctant apprentice to impassioned and acclaimed designer and builder. Along the way we touch on grief, apocalyptic flooding, unexpected and overwhelming internet attention, tree houses built from MDF, the history of Australian furniture design, Crocodile Dundee and so much more.
Helpful links:
Martin Johnston on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/martin_johnston_?igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==)
Pete on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/petedeeble?igsi=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr)
Martin Johnston website (https://www.martinjohnston.com.au)
One of many articles about Martin’s house (https://www.habitusliving.com/articles/martin-johnston-furniture)
19 Aug 2026
Mini Episode: Dan’s disaster story
In this mini bonus episode, Dan Phillips recalls a great disaster story that slipped his mind during our initial conversation from episode 7.
12 Aug 2026
Episode 7: DH Phillips
Dan Phillips AKA DH Phillips is an acclaimed musician, artist, and furniture builder from Dallas, Texas.
In this episode, Pete and Dan sit down for a sprawling conversation, discussing a wide variety of topics including the origin of Dan’s unique furniture style, his musical influences, how he got started with his furniture business and why he doesn’t have a website .
Check out Dan’s playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4M1DBQ492B05ijeFcnhaVx?si=r7ANUp1UQaS4O3-FFYCpPQ&utm_source=instagram-direct&pi=fwfVvTt1RLWgF)
Show instagram: @withthegrainpod
Dan’s instagram: @dhphillips
Pete’s instagram: @petedeeble
Intro music: Broken Peace Treaty by the Seamonsters
Outro music: Spring Tide by the Seamonsters
Email the show: withthegrainpod@gmail.com
29 Jul 2026
Episode 6: Chad Parkinson from The Furniture Joint
Chad and Pete have an impassioned, inspired conversation about baseball, traveling, learning to use power tools without adult supervision, the economics of rocking chairs, leaving business behind to live and travel in a van, and so much more.
Links:
The Furniture Joint (https://http//thefurniture-joint.com)
Pete Deeble (https://www.petedeeblefurniture.com/)
15 Jul 2026
Episode 5: Matt Eastvold
Matt sits down with Pete to discuss his circuitous path to furniture building, why he had to give up his dream of farming, discovering modern design at Room and board, why he has chosen finishing for his specified role in the shop, laying off half of his staff in the 2008 recession, and much more.
1 Jul 2026
Episode 4: Jory Brigham
In this episode, Jory sits down with Pete to discuss his appearance on the reality show Framework, how he first got interested in woodworking, eating honey bunches of oats for breakfast lunch and dinner, possibly building furniture for James Cameron, contemplating giving up furniture for ice cream, why he decided to teach classes, and the importance of passion in everything he does.
@jorybrigham @petedeeble
www.jorybrigham.com
22 Jun 2026
Episode 3: Thom Jones of Semigood Furniture
In this episode we do a deep dive with the one and only Thom Jones, and explore the least glamorous realities of furniture building, the diminishing returns of respect and accolades, the pitfalls of instagram, skateboarding, Fugazi, and the backstory of the breakthrough for Semigood.
18 Jun 2026
Episode 2: Jared Rusten
In this episode we sit down with furniture hero and kindred spirit Jared Rustin and discuss how he made his way from skateboarding to furniture, his intense attention to detail, coffee tables shaped like states and narrowing his focus to rocking chairs.
8 Jun 2026
Episode 1: Brandon Munoz AKA Monkwood Furniture
In our inaugural episode I interview Brandon Munoz, friend and furniture builder out of Fullerton, CA. We explore how Brandon decided to leave missionary work for furniture, how he decided to specialize in studio desks, and how he once sold a desk to James Hetfield.
Inside a recent episode
Martinus Pool | With the Grain with Pete Deeble
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's like, man, I should just be investing more and more of my energy into selling in Long Beach and L.A. and San Diego because it's it just makes life so much easier. Is that part of the appeal for you guys, too? […]
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