About the Schneiders

Welcome! We’re Stephen and Hannah, and if you’re curious, we want to share the story of how Schneider Goods Co came to be.

Both of us grew up taking trips to the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota, where we found the pure, simple beauty of pristine lakes, skies awash with sunsetting colors, and crackling campfires under an infinite dome of twinkling stars. These trips fostered our appreciation for God’s created world, which also brought us together. We got engaged atop breathtaking Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park, and we planned trips to explore Yosemite, Isle Royale, and Voyageurs National Parks. As Catholics, the beautiful moments we’ve spent in nature serve as a reminder of God’s infinite love for us and a foretaste of heaven. As our marriage grew, God blessed us with three beautiful children, and as our crazy trips to the wild slowed, we wondered how we could invite that same wonder into our daily life.

This vision all started when we walked into a furniture store five years ago to buy a dining room table. It was the same store where Stephen's parents had bought their solid oak table that lasted through the wear and tear of five kids. After looking around at their selection, we realized that a table of that quality didn't exist anymore, and we would have to pay an astronomically high price for a veneered faux-wood table that would barely withstand one family dinner. We walked out without a table, and Stephen started thinking about how he could make one out of a durable hard wood. Fast forward to today, where we're still enjoying family dinners around the table he designed and made!

The whole experience caused us to stop and look at our life to observe how much meaningless, low quality stuff had invaded our home. How could we source better items that worked well and lasted? Coincidentally, we found tallow skincare around this time. After figuring out how to make it ourselves, we replaced all the meaningless, commercially produced skincare products in our house with tallow body butter made by hand and sourced in a way that glorifies the Creator. Schneider Goods Co was born out of this growing vision to bring little reminders of the goodness of God’s creation into the daily, ordinary moments. We take simple, natural materials like tallow, organic herbs & oils, beeswax, and local hardwoods, and turn them into products for your family and home. Whether you’re moisturizing your skin, drinking coffee, or making scrambled eggs, we hope you pick up something we’ve made and are reminded of the peaceful beauty of nature.