About

Elijah Godfrey

OWNER / Artisan

Elijah is a furniture designer and builder, located in Austin, Texas. Originally from a small town in the panhandle, he grew up on the farm. At his dad's side, he learned to work with his hands by rebuilding motors and changing gear boxes in the cornfields. These skills would come in handy during the summer months, in the mountains of Colorado. There he worked with his Papa, learning to cut wood, swing a hammer and build...well, just about anything. In this case, it was cabins at the base of the Spanish Speaks.

This farm kid, continued to feed his passion for working with his hands, eventually found his way to Austin. After many years of working with middle school and high school students, Elijah began his own Remodeling/Handy-Man business and was a Superintendent for a home builder in Austin. His true passion for woodworking and sustainability led to his journey of designing and building furniture full time, and Second Chance Custom was born. Elijah specializes in using reclaimed and repurposed materials for many of his projects, and at the very least, sustainably sourced materials. Salvaging at construction sites, dumpster diving, and "wood rescuing" are all part of, not only the job, but his passion. Being an eco friendly builder, sustainability is at the top of his priorities in his business.

Home base for SCC began in a small backyard garage of a client friend in exchange for labor and custom furniture. Orders quickly increased in both qty and size, forcing to upgrade to an industrial park, in northeast Austin. Starting in the smallest offered space, SCC through the years, moved to other spaces within the industrial park increasing both square footage and team size. After a few moves and years later, Elijah acquired Austin Powder Coating and the two businesses became one. At that point, there were 3 shops; wood, metal and the powder coating shop, separate spaces, with lots of foot travel in between. At the end of 2018, the largest building in the park became available, and Elijah jumped on the opportunity. It gave him the ability to have everything under one roof, and a space to finally build out a showroom/retails space. Today, we operate with a great team of hard working people to design, build and finish beautiful pieces of furniture.

CALLIE GAUTHIER

Office Operations Manager

RICHARD BARRETT

Woodshop

SAGE SCHULZ

Metalshop

schuyler facker

Powder Coating

GABE BERTHOLF