Three
A trio of custom pieces that hit the floor lately – all dominated by the salvaged wood we used to make them. Despite their similarity, they are each made of a different wood pine, hemlock and elm – and have distinct characteristics typical of that wood.
Pine is soft and buttery, hemlock harder than pine with a tactile grain and elm, rare these days, with a flamboyant grain and an elegant rigidity.
This is a mantel made as a boxed beam – so called because it’s hollow. We’ve taken several boards, cut and mitered the corners and glued them together for a seamless look. Despite the look, this piece is light, easy to install and readily made to specific sizes. It’s made from pine granary board which has been soft sanded, touched with a natural stain and finished with a matte varnish.
We make them to order.
Here we have a little jam cabinet we just finished for Trish’s mom and her collection of false eyelashes. Understated and severe, there’s a certain utilitarian feel to this cupboard with fixed shelves on the interior. Made from salvaged silo board of hemlock – vertical board that formed the walls! – with a light stain and a flat varnish.
I love this table. Mary Frances arrived one day with a less than revealing image of a table she like and asked if we would make it for her. So we did.
The styling is early industrial but this table is far more of a homey piece with its rolled feet, exposed joinery and the soft tones of resawn elm from a local barn’s beams.
Did I mention that I love this table?
