Carpenter and joiner logo design
A carpenter's logo goes where few others do: burned into the underside of a table, stamped inside a drawer and engraved on a staircase, as well as on the van.
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£199
→The short answer
A good carpenter or joiner logo looks like it belongs on fine work: a strong name, honest type and a mark simple enough to burn or engrave into wood as a maker's mark. Ours start at £199, and we show you the logo on your van, your quotes and a piece of your own work before you pay.
(01)Eight concepts
For fictional carpenters, joiners and makers.
Carpenter and joiner logo ideas
Concept Northgate JoineryJoiner and carpenter
A wordmark with the quiet confidence of good joinery, for a workshop sign, a branded pencil and a website.
Concept Ashwood CarpentrySite carpentry
A carpenter's square over the name: a tool every joiner owns, drawn simply enough to engrave.
Concept Grainline JoineryDoors, windows and joinery
A saw in a deep blue disc, so a workshop known for precise work looks precise on a quote.
Concept Dovetail WorkshopBespoke joinery
The first word large, the second small: the name of a joint every craftsman respects, set like a workshop sign.
Concept Fairfax KitchensKitchen fitter
A clean wordmark for a business that sells finished rooms, at home on a showroom wall and a glossy brochure.
Concept Holt StaircasesStaircase maker
A hammer in a shield, in the spirit of an old guild mark, for a firm that builds things meant to last a century.
Concept Pegg & TurnerFurniture makers
A round badge with initials at its heart: the shape that becomes the brass stamp on every piece they make.
Concept Woodford WindowsTimber windows
A rounded monogram that stays legible when it's routed into a window frame or printed on a delivery note.
(02)Carpenter or joiner?
Say which you are
Customers use the words loosely, but the trade doesn't. Carpenters mostly work on site, fitting roofs, floors, doors and kitchens. Joiners mostly make things in a workshop, such as windows, doors and staircases, that are then fitted. Plenty of businesses do both.
Your logo should make it obvious which work you want. "Joinery" in the name tells a homeowner you can make a sash window from scratch; "Carpentry" tells a builder you'll turn up and fit the second fix. If you do both, say so in the line under your name, not by cramming both words into the logo.
(03)A maker's mark
The logo you'll put on the work itself.
Designing a mark to burn, stamp or engrave
Furniture makers, staircase builders and good joiners sign their work. A branding iron, a laser-engraved mark or a small brass plaque turns every piece you've made into an advert that lasts as long as the piece does. That mark is a different version of your logo, designed for wood rather than paper.
Thick lines only
Heat spreads into the grain, so fine lines fill in. A burned mark needs strokes at least twice as thick as the printed logo's.
A closed shape
A circle or a shield around the mark keeps it neat on any timber, and stops the edge of the brand looking ragged.
Mirrored for the iron
A branding iron is cut back to front so the mark reads correctly on the wood. We supply the file the way the maker asks for it, and check their proof so the mark reads the right way round on the wood.
Three sizes
A large mark for a table underside or a workshop door, a small one for drawers and boxes, and a tiny one for a pencil or a ruler.
(04)Type and colour
Type and colour that suit wood
- Serif or engraved-style type feels at home next to timber; a heavy sans serif suits a site carpentry firm better.
- Earthy colours, such as deep green, oxblood, charcoal or navy, sit well beside wood without competing with it.
- One accent colour, used sparingly, so the logo still works when it's printed on brown kraft paper or a delivery note.
- No wood-grain textures in the logo itself: they don't print cleanly, they can't be burned or embroidered, and they look like clip art.
- A one-colour version from day one, because most of the places a joiner's logo goes, like stamps, routers and engraving, only do one colour.
(05)Prices
One payment, after you've approved the design.
Logo and branding packages
Logo
£199
one-off
A strong logo, ready to use everywhere.
- Logo designed for your business, with a free preview first
- A main version, a stacked version and a small icon
- Colour, black and white versions
- Files for print, web and social media
Logo and identity
£349
one-off
A logo plus the colours and type that go with it.
- Everything in Logo
- Colour palette and typefaces
- Business card and letterhead
- Profile images for Google, WhatsApp and social media
- A short guide to using it all
Full brand
£499
one-off
Everything a business needs to look the part.
- Everything in Logo and identity
- Full brand guidelines book
- Uniform, van and signage artwork
- Email signature, invoice and social post templates
(06)More trade logos
Logo ideas for other trades
Questions
(07)Questions
We design the burn-ready version of your mark and supply the file a branding iron maker needs, with lines thick enough for wood, then check their proof before it's cut. The iron itself is made by a specialist you choose.
It can, if the tool says something about your work, like a square for precise joinery. Many of the best makers' marks are just initials in a circle. What matters is that it's simple enough to engrave.
Often, yes. A kitchen fitter is selling a finished room to a homeowner, so a cleaner, more modern look usually works better than a traditional woodworking style. We design for the customers you want, not the tools you use.
(08)Start a project
Let's build your
free preview.
Tell us about your business. We'll come back with a plan and start on your preview. You pay nothing until you give it the nod.