Est. Prague 1987 · Sunshine Coast, BC
Wood restoration on the Sunshine Coast
Franz Krutsky has worked with wood for a living since 1987 — first in Prague, restoring the interiors of Renaissance and Baroque churches, and since 2015 from a workshop in West Sechelt.
What Franz does
If it is made of wood and it matters to you, it is worth asking about
Antique furniture restoration
Heirlooms and antiques with loose joints, damaged surfaces, missing parts or water damage — and the everyday repairs too.
Wooden boat restoration
Brightwork, cabin joinery and repairs. Franz works at the boat where the boat has to stay, and removable pieces come to the workshop.
Cabinetry & finishing carpentry
Kitchens, built-ins, doors, trim, mouldings and stairs. Solid wood and traditional joinery, made for the space it goes into.
Sculpture & artistic carving
Carving to commission — figurative and religious work, architectural ornament, carved signs — and the repair of carved work that has been damaged.
Decks & exterior carpentry
Decks rebuilt from the joists up, railings, trellises, porches and outbuildings — built to survive Coast winters.
Why bring your work here
Almost forty years, one trade
Since 1987 — thirty-nine years of it, without a change of career.
Trained on work that could not be replaced
In Prague, Franz restored the inlaid sacristy furniture of the Church of St Nicholas in the Lesser Town, the altar of the Infant Jesus of Prague, and the choir stalls of the monastery church at Plasy.
Hand tools and traditional methods
The joinery, the finishes and the way a piece is put back together are the ones he learned in the workshops of Prague.
One person does the work
You talk to Franz. Franz does the work. Nobody hands your grandmother's dresser to an apprentice.
Selected work in Bohemia
Before Canada, the churches and monasteries of Bohemia
- 1992
- Sacristy furnishings, Želiv Premonstratensian MonasteryFounded in the twelfth century
- 1996
- Inlaid sacristy furnishings, Church of St Nicholas, Lesser Town, PragueMarquetry — pictures built up in fine sheets of coloured wood
- 2003
- The altar of the Infant Jesus of Prague, Church of Our Lady VictoriousA devotional figure venerated on every continent
- 2004
- Choir stalls, Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, PlasyThe Cistercian monastery church in western Bohemia
- 2006
- Carvings for the Church of St Margaret, Břevnov MonasteryNew carved work — the oldest monastery in Bohemia, founded 993
How a job works
- 1
Tell him about it
Send photographs with your enquiry — it is the fastest way to a real answer.
- 2
Assessment and quote
Franz tells you what is wrong, what he would do, and what it costs. This is free.
- 3
Into the workshop
You arrange bringing the piece to West Sechelt, or for boats and fitted work, Franz comes to you.
- 4
The work, with updates
Nothing significant changes without a conversation first.
- 5
Back to you
Finished, and ready for another lifetime.
There is no price list, and any woodworker who gives you one is guessing. What is certain: assessment and quoting cost nothing, and photographs get you a faster, more accurate answer than a description alone.
Where Franz works
From a workshop in West Sechelt, across the Sunshine Coast
Sechelt, Gibsons, Roberts Creek, Halfmoon Bay and everywhere between. Franz also takes special projects in Vancouver.
It is a one-person workshop. When you leave something with Franz, Franz is who works on it.
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