Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing a wood coating layer on a pre-shaped decorative surface of a three-dimensional article. In order to expand the range of articles coated with natural wood layer, the method includes the production of a three-dimensional wood coating matching the shape of the decorative surface of the article, the wood coating is being produced from a three-dimensional wood blank on which the surface has to be made matching an inverted copy of the decorative surface of the article, the wood blank is immovably attached to the decorative surface of the article and then, by removing an unnecessary wood layer from the wood blank, the wood coating layer of appropriate thickness is produced which exceeds a minimal permissible processing thickness applied for the kind of wood used.