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Preserving the Architectural Past in the Internet Age

CustomMade, member | January 16th, 20121 comment

The distressed look is a wonderful way for a new piece of custom furniture to gain the appearance and character of an old heirloom piece.

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Crafters Create Lasting Legacies in Wood

CustomMade, member | January 9th, 2012

Woodworkers aren’t merely a group of tradesman toiling with wood. Woodworkers are historians, naturalists, conservators, environmentalists, foresters, businessmen and artists. Just like the life-cycle of a forest, woodworkers bring together the past and present while simultaneously creating the opportunity of new life for the future.

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Tree Ring on Old growth By Woodlab Designs

humboldthardware, member | December 12th, 20111 comment

Woodlab Designs can be found at Humboldt Hardware. (humboldthardware.com)

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Furniture Lab: Tech Cabinet Grand Finale

jtetreault, member | June 3rd, 20114 comments

The Tech cabinet gets a door, LED lights and final touches.

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Furniture Lab Tech Cabinet - Part I

jtetreault, member | May 12th, 20117 comments

Designing and building an oddball cabinet using weathered barn board and old circuit boards.

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Teddy Roosevelt's Lumber Legacy

moscowfield, member | July 23rd, 20103 comments

A century after the Panama Canal was built, drowned trees are being harvested.

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Antique Cypress Trestle Table

DeepSouthWoodworking, member | June 18th, 20102 comments

I made this table for a breakfast table in 2009 from Cypress & Poplar. The cypress was recovered by a friend from an old Catholic Church that tragically burned in the '70's. He was a...

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The Cabinet Table

dilettante_woodworks, member | September 22nd, 2009

This project started with the purchase of an old cabinet door. I wanted to do something a bit different from most of my other projects which seem to be big, bulky pieces. So, I made a...

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Garden Bench

clarkatron, member | May 21st, 20093 comments

I built this bench from two planks of reclaimed, "sinker" cypress I found in the way, way back of a lumber mill in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. As far as I can tell, the tree they came from was well over...

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A Side Table

CB1010, member | May 16th, 2009

A Side Table is made from solid black walnut and claro walnut scraps collected from a local woodshop. The inlays are osage orange veneer offcuts. Dimensions are 25 3/16" x 14 1/2" x...

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Treasure Box

clarkatron, member | May 4th, 2009

This is a piece I made from a reclaimed floor joist taken from a warehouse here in Houston. I wanted to make a box you could keep your secret stuff in (like tiny rocks and souvenir pencils...

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Kitchen cabinets from reclaimed ash and pallets

JimmyAndy, member | April 29th, 20094 comments

I built this kitchen in my current house, using spalted white ash for the cabinet faces and door & drawer frames, and pallets for the panels. The ash was removed from the interior...

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arts and crafts night stand

cowboybirder, member | April 29th, 20091 comment

I designed and built this nightstand for my wife with reclaimed antique wormy chestnut from a barn built in 1900 in North Carolina.

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Walnut Box

greeneandgreenefan, member | February 25th, 2009

A small jewelry box of black walnut and mahogany. The walnut was from a tree the city cut down in our neighborhood. I contacted the city forester and was allowed to reclaim a few...

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