About me examples for carpenters

I am [first name], a carpenter in [your town]. I take on built-in shelving and cabinetry, deck building and trim and moulding. I come and measure, then you get a drawing and a price for that drawing.

Use this as the default on a personal site or portfolio.

I am a carpenter, and the part of the work I care most about is the last five percent — the joins, the reveals, the parts most people stop caring about. I am fully insured, and my clients are mostly a homeowner who has seen a bad job and does not want another.

Use this when one specific standard is the reason people come to you.

I came to this work from [where you came from]. [Number] years later the thing that still holds my attention is the last five percent — the joins, the reveals, the parts most people stop caring about. I am fully insured.

Use this if the route in is genuinely interesting. Skip it if it is not.

Right now I am mostly doing built-in shelving and cabinetry, for a homeowner who has seen a bad job and does not want another. I am fully insured. If you want to talk about deck building, I come and measure, then you get a drawing and a price for that drawing.

Use this on a site you update. It dates fast, which is the point.

I am [first name] — a carpenter in [your town], fully insured. [One true, small detail: a sport, a rescue dog, the town you grew up in]. Mostly I do built-in shelving and cabinetry and deck building.

Use this where people hire the person. One detail, not a life story.

If you are a homeowner who has seen a bad job and does not want another, you are in the right place. I am [first name], a carpenter, and what I do about that the finish will be almost right — gaps, proud edges, paint over bad joins is the reason most people stay on this page.

Use this when the right visitor should recognise themselves immediately.

I am fully insured. Fully insured, with a portfolio you can walk through rather than a gallery of stock photos. Beyond the paperwork: I work on built-in shelving and cabinetry, deck building and trim and moulding, and I measure, draw it, and price the drawing.

Use this where the licence matters and you do not want to lead with it twice.

I do one thing: built-in shelving and cabinetry. I could do the rest of the list, and for years I did. I am fully insured. If that is what you need, I come and measure, then you get a drawing and a price for that drawing.

Use this if you have deliberately narrowed. It reads as confidence.

Carpenter in [your town], fully insured. Built-in shelving and cabinetry and deck building. Discuss your project.

Use this where the form gives you a box and no more.

I am [first name]. I have been a carpenter for [number] years, working for a homeowner who has seen a bad job and does not want another. I am fully insured. If it would help to talk, I come and measure, then you get a drawing and a price for that drawing — there is no obligation in it.

Use this in a field where selling yourself hard would be a mark against you.