Jacob Beringer

From a young age, Jacob Beringer was surrounded by and fascinated with buildings. He fell in love with the sounds and smell of a work van, and they never let him go. His father was a foreman and rough carpenter for a custom home builder, and some of Jacob's earliest memories are of his father proudly showing the family the houses he was building. Along the way, Jacob picked up his father's love of the craft, his pride, and his carpentry skills. It doesn't matter whether a project takes a year or an hour — there's no better feeling than standing back and looking at the finished work.

As a kid, Jacob would help his father on job sites, at friends' houses, and around their own home, learning much of what he knows today. He's also had the good fortune to work alongside other skilled artisans, picking up the tricks that made him the carpenter he is. His first carpentry job came at 18, building concrete panel forms for projects like the Potawatomi Hotel. In 2014, he moved into restoration, sharpening his finish carpentry along with windows, doors, flooring, drywall, roofing, siding, and more. In 2020, he chose to focus on rough-and-finish carpentry — though he'll always do whatever it takes to keep a job moving on schedule.

When he's not working, you'll find Jacob and his family out on the lake.