Asha sanding walnut pieces in the workshop while making The Chain knife block

Meet Asha

Asha Louise is co-founder, designer, and maker at Dovetails & Stitches, and the creative voice behind much of our home-goods collection. Born and raised in Poland, she brings a practical, pared-back point of view to the studio: simple forms, natural materials, and pieces meant to be used and lived with.

In 2022, Asha began turning offcuts and leftover hardwood from our furniture work into smaller objects for the home. What started as a way to make better use of beautiful material grew into its own body of work, including menorahs, propagation pieces, accessories, and other studio designs.

Today, Asha is involved from the first idea to the finished piece. She develops new products, chooses materials, works at the bench, sands, finishes, packs orders, and works directly with customers. Much of the home-goods side of Dovetails & Stitches now carries her point of view.

Get to know Asha… Beyond the Bench

  •  A Little About Asha 

    • Born and raised in Poland
    • Moved to the U.S. for love and adventure
    • Minimal by nature. Drawn to simple forms, natural materials, and very little waste.

  •  At the Bench

    • Designs and makes many of our home goods
    • Sees potential in wood most people would throw away
    • Develops new ideas by making, adjusting, and making again

  •  Around the Studio 

    • Most likely to say: “Less is more, and details matter.”
    • Has a hand in making, finishing, and packing many of our pieces
    • Always adds a handwritten note
    • Brings calm and order to a busy studio
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 Asha’s Studio Favorites


A few pieces Asha especially loves, whether for the wood, the design, or the story behind them.

Richard Louise, co-founder of Dovetails & Stitches, jointing a cherry board in the Birmingham studio.

Meet Richard

Richard Louise is co-founder and furniture maker at Dovetails & Stitches. A fourth-generation furniture maker, he learned at the side of his father and grandfather and has been building furniture for more than 40 years.

Richard’s work is grounded in solid hardwood, proportion, joinery, and an understanding of how wood moves and ages. He builds custom furniture around the way a piece needs to function, whether that means a dining table made for gathering, a media console built around a record collection, or a cabinet designed for a particular room.

Around the studio, Richard is happiest solving a construction problem, working through a new detail, or finding the right board for a piece. The tools and methods may have changed over four generations, but the basic idea has not: make it well, make it useful, and make it worth keeping.

 Get to Know Richard... Beyond the Bench 

  •  A Little About Richard 

    • Fourth-generation furniture maker
    • Learned from his father and grandfather
    • More than 40 years at the bench

  •  At the Bench 

    • Favorite tool: his router plane
    • Happiest when solving problems
    • Builds furniture around how it will actually be used

  •  Around the Studio 

    • Sawdust and the sounds of the ’70s
    • Most likely to say: “Nothing rushed, nothing forced.” 
    • Still answers to Chief Sawdust Maker
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 Richard’s Studio Favorites 

A few pieces Richard especially loves, whether for the joinery, the challenge, or the story behind the build.

 Two Makers. One Studio. 

Richard and Asha bring different instincts to Dovetails & Stitches. Richard tends to start with structure, proportion, and how something needs to work. Asha often starts with simplicity, material, and the details that make something feel right.

What they share is a respect for good materials, thoughtful design, and the belief that the things we live with should be made well enough to keep.

Together, those two points of view shape everything that leaves the studio.

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