Matthew's Carpentry

Matthew's Carpentry We do any project small or BIG, always looking for a challenge. General contractor, remodeling, additions, new homes, kitchens, baths, roofing.

anything you need done, we can usually do. custom work a specialty. more information to come.

Project complete!  Before and after pictures
07/24/2025

Project complete!
Before and after pictures

Almost done!  Pictures are at the end of each day on the project.  Just some landscaping blocks to rearrange and install...
07/19/2025

Almost done! Pictures are at the end of each day on the project. Just some landscaping blocks to rearrange and install in front of the new steps.

Up next, installing the Trex skirts and decking.
07/02/2025

Up next, installing the Trex skirts and decking.

Some update pictures of the porch/deck project
07/01/2025

Some update pictures of the porch/deck project

A start to the latest client project.  A longtime client referral.  Dismantle, remove, and stack stones at another house...
06/14/2025

A start to the latest client project. A longtime client referral. Dismantle, remove, and stack stones at another house. Replacing the stone porch/deck with a treated framed with Trex decking and railing. Thank you to Ellmaker Excavating for helping out by removing 2ft depth of sand and gravel from inside the stone walls.

Here is the latest project for a long time repeat client.  Porch floor replacement and new posts, railings, and ballaste...
01/07/2025

Here is the latest project for a long time repeat client. Porch floor replacement and new posts, railings, and ballasters. I made and installed the previous posts, rails, and ballast errs, some of which failed due to weathering over the course of 10 plus years. This time I made them completely out of PVC.

Back at the “pet project” house, while the weather is not raining.  Yesterday removed 2 framed roof layers, as pictured,...
10/29/2024

Back at the “pet project” house, while the weather is not raining. Yesterday removed 2 framed roof layers, as pictured, from one nasty corner of the house. This afternoon, re-configured the roof the other direction, half framed back in, not pictured yet due to being dark when I got done. More pics to follow, after framing more tomorrow afternoon.

Did a screened in porch project, last month, under an existing deck, for a long time client.
10/29/2024

Did a screened in porch project, last month, under an existing deck, for a long time client.

Back to the small house remodel.  End of April, tore off part of the roof with framing completely, reconfigured and adde...
07/06/2024

Back to the small house remodel. End of April, tore off part of the roof with framing completely, reconfigured and added some more on. Then this past week, tore the front shingles and 1x8’s off. Then re-sheeted, tarpapered, and shingled. Also shingled the reconfigured side. Much better, and it won’t rain inside, at least that half 😉.

Expanded experimentally into boat floor repair.  Still have a lot to learn, but it went ok for a first time.  In this bu...
06/29/2024

Expanded experimentally into boat floor repair. Still have a lot to learn, but it went ok for a first time. In this business, you want to be able to accomplish and expand services.

Back to the pet project of investing time into a property and house.  The last month or so, been spending time cleaning ...
03/25/2024

Back to the pet project of investing time into a property and house. The last month or so, been spending time cleaning brush and trees out for a future storage building. This weekend, spent time dismantling a storage addition on the back of the house that is not needed, plus it needed to be removed to reconfigure the poorly designed roof to prevent leakage.

A fun little award project, on my list, for the local Percussion Palooza event.  I can’t make a glass etching without li...
02/26/2024

A fun little award project, on my list, for the local Percussion Palooza event. I can’t make a glass etching without lights in it 😉. One of the coolest so far.

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510 E 19th Street
Sterling, IL
61081

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+18154993819

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