Who you’re talking to
Timber Couture is Tim Grebenyuk’s shop. When you message the shop, you’re talking to Tim; when a quote arrives, Tim wrote it; and when the countertops go in, Tim leads the installation. The shop runs out of Simpsonville, South Carolina — there’s no storefront and no sales desk, which is exactly why the answers you get are specific and the work is consistent.
Tim moved to South Carolina from Washington State around 2021, and has been supplying and installing butcher block countertops across the Upstate — and into North Carolina and Georgia — since 2023. He works with homeowners, contractors and flippers, on kitchens, islands, bar tops and everything in between.
The wood
Every slab is hand-picked. Tim sources hardwood butcher block from a wholesale warehouse and goes through the stacks himself, passing on pieces with splits or checks near the edges.
“I go out of my way to make sure I get the best quality from my supplier.”
Acacia is the house wood and usually in stock; birch and hevea come and go; maple, walnut and oak are special order. It’s all real hardwood — not veneer, and not the sizes you’ll find at a box store. More detail on species and sizes is on the butcher block supply page.
Straight answers, even when they cost a sale
Ask Tim whether you need a waterfall edge and you might hear that you don’t. Ask whether you can cut directly on your new countertop and he’ll tell you to use a cutting board — some sellers market butcher block as a giant cutting surface, but that’s how a clean finish gets ruined. And he’s precise about finishes: every seal he uses is food-safe once cured — cured being the operative word, not a marketing label. If a cheaper option does the job, the quote says so.
How a job runs
- You send your layout and measurements (photos help), and answer a few questions about joints, sink type, stain and finish.
- Tim emails a written quote, itemized line by line — material, cutting and installation, sink cutout, finish, delivery — so you can see exactly what you’re paying for and drop what you don’t need.
- Once you accept, a 50% deposit puts you on the schedule. No cuts happen before that — as Tim puts it, it’s hard to uncut something.
- If you’re staining, he stains a sample first so you approve the color on your actual wood, not a swatch.
- The balance is due when the work is done and you’re happy with it.
There’s no instant pricing anywhere on this site — every quote is written by Tim for your specific job. The order form is the fastest way to start, and the Project Journal shows recent jobs as they happened.