| Reclaimed Old Growth Vintage Poplar |
 Over the years, we dismantled several old farmhouses and log cabins in middle Tennessee and reclaimed every piece of useable lumber. Large Poplar trees were plentiful in this area so it was a common choice for early settlers to use to construct their homesteads. The vintage poplar has a beautiful dark green color compared to today’s poplar. This is due to the size and age of the trees when they were harvested and the high mineral content absorbed over their lifespan. |
| Reclaimed Longleaf and Vertical Grain Heart Pine |
 There were large longleaf pine forests on the east coast that ran from Virginia to central Florida and westward along the Gulf coast to Texas. These majestic trees reached heights of 175 feet and took from 150 to 400 years to mature. Because of their great length, the lumber from these tall trees had a very straight grain, making them desirable for building materials. When the railways sprang up in the 1800s, they provided a shipping method to supply the increasingly large demand for timber products. As a result, many of the hardwood and pine forests were heavily logged. Few of those forests remain today. In the present day, reclaimed heart pine’s rich red color and distinctive grain makes it in high demand. It brings us great satisfaction to give this vintage lumber a new life. |
| Reclaimed Oak |
 Our reclaimed oak material was salvaged from original log cabin flooring. When a cabin was built in the early 1800s, the trees used for flooring were likely 100-200 years old, which makes this wood between 300-400 years old now. |
| Live (Natural) Edge Cherry Slabs |
 We have some friends close by who have a large organic fruit and vegetable farm. 2 years ago, a 36” thick Cherry tree in one of their fence lines blew over in a storm. The tree laid on the ground for almost a year. They had planned to cut it for firewood but graciously offered it to us for table lumber. We cut the log in 10’ lengths and hauled it to a local mill and had it sawed into 2-1/2” thick slabs. The slabs were then air dried in our barn. This Cherry has an unusually wavy grain and will make some stunning tables. |
| Live Edge Walnut Slabs |
 On our property, we had 2 large Walnut trees die near our storage barn. To prevent them from blowing down and damaging our barn, we cut them and had the milled into 2” thick live edge slabs. It’s deep brown rich color and distinctive grain makes for some beautiful table tops. |
| Reclaimed Old Growth Cyrpus |
 We were recently on vacation in rural northern Florida and in our travels we discovered a sawmill operation that was reclaiming huge cypress logs. These old growth Cypress trees had, at some point, blown down in a hurricane and over the years, became buried in the ground. The Cypress trees, being very moisture resistant, were preserved underground for all these years. The owner of the mill locates these blow downs with a long probe. When they find one, they dig the tree up with a large track hoe and saw it into slabs. We purchased some of these slabs and hauled them back to Tennessee for some one-of-a-kind tables. The cypress swamps have been extensively logged so trees of this size and age are very rare, making them a very desirable commodity for furniture making. |
| Live Edge Old Growth Western Cedar Slabs |
 We bought these slabs from a supplier in Tennessee. The trees were standing dead and harvested from a National Park in California. The federal government offers permits for contractors to go in to the park once a year and harvest these standing dead trees to help aid the prevention of devastating wildfires from spreading. These old growth trees are 40”- 50” wide and are cut into 4” thick slabs, 16 feet long with a beautiful tight grain that features some pink streaks. |
| Live Edge Norway Spruce Slabs |
 When I bought our property in Water Valley, some 35 years ago, there was a beautiful tall Norway Spruce tree right next to the front porch of our original early 1900s farmhouse. That Spruce tree was special to me, being this was the first home I have ever owned and it had a very stately presence next to the old front porch. Back in early February, a strong wind storm blew the tree over and on to our house. Fortunately the damage to the house was minimal but I felt that tree deserved a better fate than being cut up and hauled to the landfill. We had it sawn into 12’ long live edge slabs and have it air drying in our barn. It will make some fantastic tables or benches. |
| Live Edge White Oak Slabs |
 We bought this large 45” thick white oak log from local sawmill. The tree had been cut because it was on a building site where a landowner was building a home. This log has an extraordinary cathedral effect in the wood grain and is light colored with interspersed streaks of darker brown. The wood has outstanding color and grain. We have 10’ long live edge slabs as well as some quarter sawn 2”x 6” planks. |
| Quarter Sawn White Oak Planks |
 We bought this large 45” thick white oak log from local sawmill. The tree had been cut because it was on a building site where a landowner was building a home. This log has an extraordinary cathedral effect in the wood grain and is light colored with interspersed streaks of darker brown. The wood has outstanding color and grain. We have 10’ long live edge slabs as well as some quarter sawn 2”x 6” planks. |
| Live Edge Sycamore |
 We have a limited number of 2″ live edge slabs of Sycamore from east Tennessee. |