Thoughtful Craftsmen

Thoughtful Craftsmen has been working on the homes of the Eastside and near-North Shore since 1998, specializing in restoring wood siding, fixing original details, rebuilding porches and returning homes to their long-lost splendor.

We fell in love with the old homes of the area and their often-neglected details and connective tissue and decided to make this demanding sort of restoration our specialty!

Known for nearly two decades as Community Building and Restoration, we have renamed ourselves Thoughtful Craftsmen to acknowledge our focus on the craft of old home restoration.  But we are still the same company, with key parts of the same team working consistently on homes of the Eastside, near-North Shore and elsewhere within our region for over 20 years. Growing from the passion of the founder, Erik Lindberg, we began by rebuilding porches, installing roofs, and performing architecturally appropriate remodeling on Pre-WWII homes, whether modest or grand.

As we began to understand the broad range of needs for quality restoration by these unique and sometimes temperamental homes and their dedicated owners for top quality, thoughtful repairs, our services grew to encompass additional services. 

Thoughtful Craftsmen have worked on almost a thousand houses in the area, including a number of homes of historic import and significance.  We have worked on some houses as they have changed owners up to five times, and with many customers as the upscale or downsize.  We are most proud of our long-running relationship with our customers and their neighbors, who think of us as the “thoughtful craftsmen” (and women) who they are pleased to have in and around their homes.