About me

I am Tom Schotman, a carpenter from the Netherlands. I started out with a van and a toolbox, driving to jobs all over the country. Sheds, stables, pergolas, interior carpentry, whatever needed building.

Then I went to Latvia to work with Northmen Guild. I spent years there building traditional timber frame houses that were cut in Latvia and shipped worldwide, and teaching on their timber framing courses. That is where I learned to do this trade properly: layout, scribing, mortise and tenon joinery, hand tools first, machines where they earn their place.

In June 2026 I taught a six day timber framing course in Brande, Denmark. Shortly after, my wife Karin and I moved to the Ikast-Brande area with our daughter and our two border collies. Denmark is home now.

I am also a qualified electrician. That comes in useful more often than you would think, especially on garden structures with lighting.

If you are planning a timber frame house, an annex, or something for the garden, get in touch. I work throughout Denmark.