In-Person & Online Carpentry Courses (NEW no index)
Few things are more empowering than building your own home or adding personal improvements to the one you already have—our carpentry courses are here to help! With carpentry know-how, you’ll have the skills to fix things around the house and live each day surrounded by reflections of your own creativity and resourcefulness.
Home construction classes & in person and online carpentry courses that give you the skills to build your dream home.
Woodworking & Carpentry Courses for Beginners
Women’s Carpentry Classes
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All Gender’s Carpentry Classes
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Handy Homeowner Bootcamp
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What Our Beginner’s Carpentry Class Students Say
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Leslie
Virginia
College Worker
“I came here with absolutely no experience—I had never touched a power tool—and yet this was the most affirming and supportive environment I’ve ever experienced. Thank you, Wild Abundance. I will always remember this.”
Anne
Staten Island, NY
Retired Nurse Practitioner
“This class had a fabulous atmosphere and was a supportive learning experience. Turns out I’ve been using tools wrong for many decades…I was so thankful to have someone look at what I was doing and give me expert instruction. I learned an enormous amount and will be forever grateful for this opportunity. “
Deanna
Virginia
Massage Therapist and Mother
“I’m a stay-at-home-mom and massage therapist, so using my hands is something I’m really proud of. To be able to use the skills I picked up at Wild Abundance is something I’ll remember forever. If you’re thinking about it, go for it. It’s wonderful time. Life changing, in fact.”
Sally
Goose Creek, SC
Retired
“My sister and I took the basic carpentry class together—like some of the other students, we’re in our 70’s! We were welcomed into a community of resilient, independent, and caring women. We got to know ladies from different states and countries. We worked hard and learned skills that we took home to perfect. It was one of the most satisfying experiences! I will no longer fear power tools… although I’ll always respect them. I wish I’d taken this class earlier in my life!”
Janie
Nashville, TN
Clinical Mental Health Therapist
“The Women’s Basic Carpentry Class was a phenomenal experience. Never have I been in such a welcoming and affirming space for people of all experience levels—most of us absolute beginners. I learned an incredible amount of skills in only four days, and most importantly, I came away confident to engage immediately in building projects using power tools on my own.”
Julia
Colorado
Marketing Director
“The thing that I’m most thankful about with my experience at Wild Abundance is that it has opened up a whole new world to me through learning a new language, a language of tools, of wood, of carpentry, and of building. Equipped with this new language, I can learn how to build, I can read plans, I can go to the hardware store.”
Charis
Virginia
Insurance IT Systems Integrations
“I’m usually sitting at a desk and it was amazing to work with my hands. I have gained the confidence I need to actually do the projects I want to do.”
Jeanne
Georgia
Project Manager
“The thing I enjoyed most about this class was getting to learn from people who are highly skilled… Now I feel a lot of confidence that I can go home and build another project, solve household problems, and really tackle anything!”
Intensive Carpentry Courses (1 Week-4 Months)
7-Day Timber Framing Workshop
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10-Day Tiny House Workshop
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4-Month Carpentry Training School
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What Our 4-Month Carpentry School Students Say
Online Woodworking & Carpentry Courses
Online Tiny House Academy
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Online Power & Hand Tools Training
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What Our Online Carpentry Students Say
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Samantha
Chicago, IL
Therapist
“I came with no prior experience, scared to hang a picture on my wall, and now I am so much more confident. I just love the instructional videos and the teachers are very open, really cool and personable, very easy to understand, and very welcoming.”
Dan
North Carolina
Store Manager
“I can’t count how many times I have had “AHA” moments during the Tiny House Academy… and the humor included is such a welcome bonus. The live Q&A sessions, and the fact that you can always return to these videos for reference, makes this learning system invaluable. “
Dare
California
Farmer, Chef, Activist, and Natural Builder
“Oh my gosh, this is the tiny home building class I’ve been waiting for my whole life! The design parts are there, how to read plans, all the carpentry, how to use basic tools, and especially the stuff that people who have been doing this a long time don’t even think to explain, like how to properly read a tape measure. It’s really important that Wild Abundance took the time to make carpentry so accessible.”
Josh
Mississippi
Real Estate Broker
“I took the Tiny House Academy because I’m in real estate but am not very handy. The class was extremely thorough and easy to follow. I feel ten times more confident now!”
April
Iowa
Home Health Provider
“I love the online videos! It’s so helpful to go through step-by-step and learn tools I didn’t know how to use, and how to use them correctly. These lessons have been instrumental for me right now because they’re meeting me where I’m at in terms of learning to build.”
Free Online Carpentry Courses
10 Ways to Save Money When Building a Tiny House
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How to Live in a Tiny House
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Everyone can learn how to build in our home construction classes for adults.
Our home carpentry courses bring together natural and sustainable materials, smart designs, and practical skills. Most of us didn’t grow up learning construction or carpentry, but everyone can do it. We bring years of experience to the table, offering clear, accessible guidance that leaves you feeling confident and capable. At the end of our home construction classes, you’ll be ready to tackle projects that once seemed out of reach.
If you want to learn the essentials, join us for our Woodworking Classes for Adults, which are open to all genders. You’ll become confident using both hand and power tools, and will walk away with the skills to take on basic home carpentry projects. Plus, you’ll experience it all on our beautiful outdoor campus in a woodworking camp setting.
We also teach classes specifically designed to elevate carpentry for women in the world. If you’re interested in women’s woodworking classes, keep reading below!
Women’s empowerment through home construction classes.
Let’s be real: women typically don’t grow up learning building skills. And it’s not always easy for women to jump into male-dominated projects to learn as adults. That’s why we offer two special carpentry classes just for women.
If you feel nervous wielding a hammer or drill, our introductory Women’s Basic Carpentry Class meets you where you’re at. We teach basic tool use and safety, give lots of practice time, and every student gets to build out their own small project.
For those who already have basic carpentry skills and are excited for next-level techniques, consider our Advanced Women’s Carpentry—we take a deeper dive into all things carpentry and work as a team on building a small structure such as a : wood-fired saunas or sheds. Learn how to frame a floor, walls, and roof, and even install metal roofing, to build a simple, stable structure.
Our comprehensive Tiny House Carpentry Courses have a natural twist.
Looking for a comprehensive, hands-on Tiny House Course? Throughout the year, we offer Tiny House Building Workshops that go well beyond the basics. 10 days of in-person hands-on framing and sheathing a tiny house will leave you feeling incredibly empowered, and tours of ‘real-life’ tiny houses will leave you inspired! This in-person building intensive is coupled with an incredible video library that you get access to for the rest of your life. These videos cover design, budgeting, architectural concepts, building code considerations, utilities, finish work step-by-step how-tos (including exterior siding, flooring, trim), and so much more.
Plus, if natural and sustainable building speaks to your heart, the online material has an entire section dedicated to topics like regenerative timber harvesting, milling your own lumber, the ecological impact of various building materials, and creative sourcing for up-cycled and lower footprint options, and different natural building modalities (plaster, cob, etc). This Tiny Home Workshop is hands-down one of our most popular courses year after year.
What Our Students Say About the Carpentry Campus
Carpentry and building are integral to sustainable systems and permaculture design.
Our passion for building grew from a broader interest in the balance, harmony, and beauty of sustainable living. We’re excited about the intersections between carpentry and permaculture, ecology and shelter. In fact, we can’t help but bring permaculture principles into our house construction workshops, and building skills into our Permaculture Design Certificate Course.
Human beings (the vast majority of us anyway) live in structures, and those structures play a major role in our day-to-day lives. How our homes fit into the wider ecosystems of our neighborhoods, farms, gardens, and communities impacts how those bigger systems work. When we have the skills to design and build structures that integrate smoothly, efficiently, and beautifully, the whole system benefits. When we build and repair our structures with our own hands using local materials, we disentangle ourselves from the extractive global economy and increase resiliency.
If you want to become a Permaculture & Gardening Apprentice here at Wild Abundance, you can learn all about sustainable systems first hand.
Our Carpentry Courses & Home Construction Classes help you create the spaces you want to inhabit.
Want a sunny kitchen? Need a bookshelf to fit just right in that tight corner? Want to get your garden tools organized without hiring someone to build your shed? All these things, and more, are possible. We are here to help you make them a reality in our beginner carpentry classes, advanced home construction classes, and immersive carpentry trainings.
Frequently Asked Questions About Our Carpentry Courses
A beginner’s carpentry course should cover safety, tool use, tool care, and lots of hands-on practice guided by skilled and experienced instructors. Our Women’s Basic Carpentry Classes and Adult Beginner Woodworking Classes (open to all genders) cover all of this and more in a non-competitive and collaborative environment. We offer classes all throughout the year; come join us for a long weekend in the beautiful mountains outside of Asheville, NC.
Wild Abundance provides all large tools for our building and carpentry classes, and individuals are required to bring personal safety equipment like safety glasses and ear protection, tape measures, and a couple other small things. Some of our classes require students to bring their own impact drivers, others do not.
We sometimes have teenagers aged 14 and up join us for our carpentry classes. We find that younger teens and children can become worn out or unfocused during full days (which is distracting for the class as a whole). If you have a highly capable and focused child under the age of 14, you may be able to accompany them and take the class together. Please reach out to us with any questions at admin@wildabundance.net.
Nothing, everything, or anywhere in between!
Our Online Tiny House Academy goes into quite a bit of depth on many of the tools you’ll need to build a house, starting from the very basics of a carpenter’s pencil, utility knife, and tape measure, and going up through larger equipment like chop saws, table saws, and hammer drills. We highly highly recommend getting ahold of the tools you want to learn to use and practicing alongside the videos as you watch them. Nothing can substitute for hands-on practice developing that muscle-memory.
That said, if you’re a total newbie to tools & don’t yet own any, you may want to watch some of these videos before making purchases. They’ll break down different tool features and what all the buttons/switches/gadgets/doodads do, so you’ll have a better idea of what features are important to you when shopping.
Also, we highly recommend checking to see if there’s a Tool Library in your area. Check out a tool like you check out a book! It’s great for figuring out what to buy or if you only need a tool for a short period of time. Or check in with friends about borrowing as you get started!
If you’re going to actually tackle any sort of ‘real’ project, it’s almost certain you’ll need a pencil, tape measure, drill or driver, and some sort of power saw.
Tools covered in the Online Tiny House Academy:
- Carpenter’s Pencil
- Utility knife
- Tape measure
- Speed Square
- Chalk Line
- Plumb Bob
- Level
- Framing Square
- Hammer
- Drill
- Impact driver
- Nail Guns
- Hand Saws (both push & pull)
- Chop / Miter / Sliding-Miter Saw
- Circular / Skill Saw
- Table Saw
- Jigsaw
- Sawzall
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