Rivers Ridge Woodshop located in Nashville,TN was started by Douglas Smith first as a hobby that continued to grow. Douglas started out in architecture at University of Tennessee and then construction management at Middle Tennessee State University. He worked as a project manager for several years mainly in healthcare and large commercial construction, until the covid pandemic rose. At the height of the pandemic, Douglas left his fifty hour a week job and began working with furniture as more than a hobby. Starting out refinishing pieces and learning how to work with the wood, then beginning to create his own pieces, thus creating Rivers Ridge Woodshop.