History and Characteristics of Vintage Cherry
Cherry appears light pinkish in the heartwood and blonde in the sap content. Being a fruit tree cherry has a distinct color and smell and should be easier to identify. Cherry is easy to work with and will slowly darken after being cut providing a beautifully rich color.
In addition to the flooring options presented in our collections, Vintage Lumber also supplies decorative /structural beams and mantels. Beams, when not reclaimed to be re purposed as part of our Vintage Collection flooring, can be used to add drama or a touch of warmth to any room. Vintage Lumber Beams are available in the following species: Oak, Fir, Yellow Pine, White Pine, Hickory, Ash, and other less common species. Eighty percent of the beams sold by Vintage Lumber are Oak timbers recovered from old barns and industrial buildings. The beams reserved for sale as decorative timbers are mostly “Hand Hewn 4 and 2 Sided” timbers of various sizes. These timbers are selected for the following criteria: Integrity-minimum of mortise holes (holes originally cut for mortise and tenon construction), length, straightness, and soundness.
A long-practiced technique for manually transforming logs into squared, construction-ready beams, hand-hewing with broad axe and adze produced a distinctive and unique pattern on each face of a beam. No longer an efficient method for squaring logs, the craft has been discontinued by all but the most devout traditionalists, although the beauty and rusticity of the hand-hewn surface remains a highly desirable texture and aesthetic. Hewing marks are enhanced by the weathered character of these beams, many of which are over 200 years old.
Vintage Lumber beams are usually sold power washed, metal detected as needed, sawn one or more faces as required, and BoraCare treated for insects and mold. Please contact to discuss your specific needs.
Before the widespread use of sawmills, hewn 2 sided(HH2S) beams were hewn(sized) with a broad axe on two opposing faces of a log to produce a log of consistent thickness–usually about 7” from hewn face to hewn face. The remaining “live edges,” also known as “bark edges” were sometimes cleaned of bark, but otherwise unworked. Hand hewn 2 sided beams were used in two distinct functions as early building techniques advanced . Originally, log cabins–both houses and barns–were built of “stacked logs” on the exterior and some interior weight bearing walls. The logs were stacked in a manner that the hewn faces were the vertical faces, allowing consistent thickness of the walls. The joinery of the corners of old log buildings are deceptively “nuanced” to provide a strong joint which remained tight, plumb, and dry. The skill and talent of the men and women who built these cabins is evidenced by the thousands of these buildings still standing, many hidden under layers of wood, asphalt, asbestos and aluminum siding. As techniques advanced, and demand for larger, open span buildings increased, “post and beam,” “mortice and tenon” joinery allowed the use of large, long timbers to accomplish this end. While most post and beam framing members were hand hewn 4 sided(squared or rectangle)(HH4S), most often the heavy duty floor joists were HH2S. As joists, the HH2S beams were laid flat to give a flat surface to attach the floor boards. While some “new” post and beam barns were built with freshly harvested logs–some 40 foot and longer–many floor joists are the HH2S logs used to build the original barn walls on the site.
Hand-hewn on two sides only and featuring natural tree trunk elements on opposing sides, these reclaimed beams offer an authentic glimpse of true pioneer living.
Vintage Lumber beams are usually sold power washed, metal detected as needed, sawn one or more faces as required, and BoraCare treated for insects and mold. Please contact to discuss your specific needs.
When using our solid beams is not possible, we offer our Box Beams as a design solution. The “skins” are created by sawmilling the face from hand-hewn or sawn beams to produce decorative planks that are used as outside faces of hollow beams. Depending on the appearance and size of the box beams, we can use our planking product or faces milled from beams to create box beams. Due to the labor and waste involved in manufacturing, box beams are more expensive than solid beams. Box Beams are typically the best option for applications that require the wrapping of exposed structural elements such as glu-lams, steel I-beams, steel columns, and LVLs, etc. Box Beams are also used as an alternative to solid beams in applications precluding the use of heavy solid beams.
Planks used to produce our box beams are kiln dried to minimize shrinkage. To achieve the appearance of a solid beam, we use a “lock-miter” corner joint–basically a T&G miter. The lock miter joint is usually invisible to most observers. All box beams are custom orders, so please discuss with us the required lead time.
For the freshest and brightest look in antique reclaimed beams, please consider freshly resawn antique beams. If original hewn or sawn face appearance is not part of your design, but you want to include reclaimed beams with authentic evidence of previous use, freshly resawn beams fill the bill. Because we resaw from larger beams, sizes can be exact, and the beams are straight and true. We have a band saw or a circle saw with which to saw your order to specified sizes. Oak, chestnut, yellow pine, heart pine, and fir are available for consideration. Quantity, size and length may limit certain options.
The long-lost beauty and strength of these woods becomes available as beams are salvaged and recycled from historic sources. We resaw massive reclaimed wooden timbers sourced from industrial and agricultural demolition sites, providing home and business owners with unsurpassed clean-cut reclaimed beams.
Vintage Lumber beams are usually sold power washed, metal detected as needed, sawn one or more faces as required, and BoraCare treated for insects and mold. Please contact to discuss your specific needs.
As beautiful as our hand-hewn beams are, our Original Face Rough Sawn beams may be the “cleaner” rustic appearance for your project. Original Sawn beams feature the original circular and/or pit saw marks created from early saw milling practices of using water or steam-powered saw blades. Used as structural elements in late nineteenth and early twentieth century barns and other wooden buildings, original sawn timbers provide a “cleaner” and “smoother” surface than hand-hewn beams while preserving the patina and rustic texture found only in antique timbers.
Normally available beam girth sizes range from 3” x 4” to more than 12” x 12,” and lengths up to 40 feet. Vintage Lumber beams are usually sold power washed, metal detected as needed, sawn one or more faces as required, and BoraCare treated for insects and mold. Please contact to discuss your specific needs.
Vintage Lumber offers unique pieces that can add charm and a unique conversation piece to any room. Vintage Lumber offers a wide selection of reclaimed rough sawn, hand hewn, and milled beam mantles in stock, as well as for custom order.
We have the ability to custom cut any mantle piece to your specifications. Girth sizes are available from 3” x 4” to 12” x 12” and lengths are usually not a problem. Vintage Lumber beams are usually sold power washed, metal detected as needed, sawn one or more faces as required, and BoraCare treated for insects and mold. Please contact to discuss your specific needs.
Counters and tables are places of comfort and familiarity, where friends and family gather, personal items are stored, and meals are shared. For these reasons, lumber used to assemble kitchen counters, coffee tables, and dining room tables has traditionally been of premium quality. Vintage Lumber carries on tradition by milling select reclaimed Heart Pine, American chestnut, red oak, white oak, and other species into countertops.
Unmatched in ring density, grain pattern, and specificity of grading, our reclaimed table and counter tops are extremely popular in both residential and restaurant/bar applications.
All reclaimed table and counter tops are custom milled and assembled to order
These door can be build to whatever specified size you need.
The number of planks (width side) will vary depending on the size of the door.
They are priced by the square foot.
The reclaimed barn wood is typically pine and poplar but can also be oak.
Color options are Grey, Brown, White or Red.
The color and character of the planks will vary as these doors are constructed from natural barn wood.
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These door can be build to whatever specified size you need.
The number of planks (width side) will vary depending on the size of the door.
They are priced by the square foot.
This Rustic door material is new white pine with some weathering.
Characteristics of reclaimed wood – grain density, patterns, and color – make antique timber products distinctly coveted for finish applications.
Vintage Lumber millworkers transform a number of species into a wide range of finish products: stair treads, nosings, door and window casings, and custom mouldings.
Characteristics of reclaimed wood – grain density, patterns, and color – make antique timber products distinctly coveted for finish applications.
Vintage Lumber millworkers transform a number of species into a wide range of finish products: stair treads, nosings, door and window casings, and custom mouldings.
Vintage Lumber also offers traditional stair components which add style and character to any home. Our stair parts, risers, treads and nosings, are custom crafted in the species of our flooring.
We also performs custom specification milling jobs for stairs treads, casings, thresholds, and moulding. Our fully-equipped mill handles custom milling jobs of any size.
The following are the general specifications for our stair parts:
A mixture of reclaimed red and white oak barn siding that maintains a classic look over time, with similar grain patterns throughout and very tight growth rings. Most mixed oak boards naturally range from tan and gold to chocolate brown patina with accented handsome grain patterns. Widths range from 2″ to 8″. Wider upon request
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“Mushroom wood” is the name given to a specific type of reclaimed wood, sourced from mushroom processing facilities. And despite the primitive look, it’s age doesn’t stretch back all that far, as the boards were used in short term service for curing mushrooms. In that process, the fungi slowly removed the early wood fibers, leaving a hyper-textured and earthy brown patina. But words do not do credit to the actual article – as striking and graphic a wood surface as you’d find. Hemlock, is favored for the process. Science is still unearthing the exchange between trees and fungi below the forest floor, as wood and mushrooms are inextricably bound. In that sense, a large volume of all the worlds lumber could be seen, in part, as Mushroom Wood.
As the woods are so heavily textured, they are most popular for residential and commercial accent walls and ceilings.
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This blend of skip-planed hardwoods is milled out of woods salvaged from Midwestern agricultural buildings. The flooring mimics classic midwestern barn construction – it uses the proverbial ‘trees closest to the jobsite’. In our case, that means we re-saw a mix of reclaimed beech, maple, elm, hickory, poplar, sassafras, buckeye, and other species.
Reclaimed Midwestern Mixed Hardwood flooring is perfect for a rustic or cabin application, as well as for contemporary design scenarios where variety is desired. The dark tones of the skip-planed surface blend with various lighter earthy colors of heartwood, and the grain is plainsawn. This reclaimed flooring has lots of character, including moderate knot content and nail holes. The hardness and stability of the Midwestern Mix ranges from relatively soft to very hard.
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The tradition of painting barns red began as farmers sought ways to seal their structures from moss and fungal decay. Without the convenience of ready-made paint, farmers discovered that a blend of linseed oil, skimmed milk, lime, and rust would effectively protect their barns for many years. The color red comes from the key ingredient, rust (ferrous oxide). Signs of weathering, color variances, and cracked paint give these boards timeless character. Available in 2”– 12” widths.
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There were times when a barn was built directly from the trees that grew on its foundation. Different species of trees were cut down, milled, and then used for its siding. When wood from these historic structures is reclaimed, it generally contains a mix of elm, pine, poplar, ash, beech, and maple, which are rich with varying colors and grain patterns.
You choose the percentage of the color mix you would like.
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Varying between hues of rich to light brown, with elegant patina, these boards come from the interior of historic barns. They’re often accented by unique circle saw marks that accent original unweathered surface textures.
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Channeling the flavor of rural and agrarian American culture, barn board’s rugged background and versatility in application make it one of the most popular salvaged woods. Centuries of weathering in direct sunlight, intense humidity, and bone-chilling winters leaves every barn wood board with a furrowed texture and more general surface character than any other reclaimed wood. Colors of reclaimed barn wood range from faded colored paints to gray, brown, and silver.
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History and Characteristics of Vintage Distressed Oak
Oak lumber has been valued for structural and decorative uses for centuries. While more than 80 species of oak grow in the U.S., “out of the woods and at the sawmill”, the lumber industry “sorts” into two species–red oak and white oak. Many of the differentiating characteristics of red and white oak are subtle and mistakes are made even by well trained graders of modern sawmills. Red hue of red oak is the most visible distinguishing characteristic used by non-professionals. Color differences are even more indistinguishable in reclaimed oak due to the slow growth tight grain pattern and brown patina acquired with age.
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Characteristics of Vintage Whiskey Springs Oak
Vintage Whiskey Springs Oak is similar to other manufacturers products also known as “dirty top,” “skip planed,” “trace sawn,” “ranch house,” and other proprietary names.
Whiskey Springs displays the sawn texture and colors of the original antique board surface. The flooring is precision milled in every way as our fully milled Vintage Distressed Oak flooring, with the visible face skip planed on approximately 20% of the surface.
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History and Characteristics of Vintage Poplar
Vintage Poplar is harvested from barns, houses, and various buildings throughout the Northeast, Mid Atlantic, Midwest, and the Southeast. Poplar is valued for its light weight and easy work-ability, as well as its strength to weight ratio and was widely used as structural framing beams, sawn boards, residential flooring, and moldings. The tulip poplar tree is the state tree of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Poplar remains valued for many modern solid and engineered wood applications.
Vintage Poplar has visual characteristics not found in freshly harvested poplar. Distinct colors from white to olive green to deep purple give antique poplar a unique appearance. Slightly denser than modern yellow pine, Vintage poplar can be used in high traffic areas where dents are acceptable. Customers seeking a “south west” ambiance find poplar to be appropriate. While reclaimed wood is usually clear or naturally finished, poplar is one of the most easily stained woods available. With the correct stain, poplar can be mistaken for cherry, maple, walnut, birch and several other hardwoods.
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History and Characteristics of Vintage Walnut
Most often referred to as Black Walnut is highly available and highly sought after. The wood is sometimes classified as a premium domestic hardwood. The heartwood can vary in color from a pale brown to a darker chocolate brown with darker brown streaks. The sapwood is pale yellow-gray to nearly white. Generally the wood is easy to work with with planer tearout causing problems sometimes with irregular or figured grain. Overall the wood is decay resistant, stable when dried and shock resistant and is a favorite for furniture, cabinetry and veneer.
Black Walnut has maintained it’s high value among American hardwoods over the eras, and the Black Walnut-mania is alive and well, if not intensified in the 21st c. It’s one of the few new lumber products in inventory, but in a grade that retains the natural features of the wood – streaks of lighter sap wood, knots and stress cracks. But it’s those natural imperfections that are welcome in many city homes, providing both sophisticated elegance and natural warmth The wood is known for it’s darker tones of brown-black and pronounced hardwood figure. We mill 3/4″ T/G flooring or supply thicker stock for furniture making.
History and Characteristics of Vintage Hemlock
Vintage Hemlock is a relatively soft coniferous wood found in buildings from the mid Atlantic through New England and into Canada. It is the state tree of Pennsylvania. The lumber was widely used as structural framing beams and sawn boards for flooring, siding, and sheathing in many barns and houses into the mid 20th century. Hemlock has a distinct grain similar to yellow pine, and a tan hue similar to chestnut. However, Hemlock is soft and not recommended for “high traffic” floor installations. Careful sanding and a flexible matte finish are recommended to highlight the soft browns of its natural color, and to avoid finish cracking from the dents that will occur.
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History and Characteristics of Vintage Hickory
The medium brown to a lighter yellow color tones of Hickory provide a warm feel for a wood product. The density of Hickory can be challenging when milling and waste can be an issue from Hickory being susceptible to insect attack. Hickory trees are not as big yielding smaller beams and boards and smell of Hickory is real sweet when milling. The end grain is distinct with pores in between the end grains.
Hickory is a classic American wood, popularly associated with barbequed or smoked meats, golf clubs, and tool handles. Reclaimed antique hickory flooring channels this diversity in application through its rapidly-changing coloration and classic patterning. Hickory floor planks can range in color from light vanilla to dark chocolate – sometimes in a single board. Knots, occasional nail holes, light surface checking, and possible worm tracks provide this wood with inimitable ‘tough’ characteristics.
History and Characteristics of Vintage Select/Crown Heart Pine
Our reclaimed heart pine select grade is, without a doubt, our most refined reclaimed flooring. Selected from the same beams and boards as our reclaimed character grade heart pine,
Found extensively in Colonial Williamsburg, “Heart Pine” is a particular species of yellow pine. Pinus Palustris, aka “long leaf yellow pine”(its needles often exceeded 12” in length), and “Georgia pine”, grew as the predominant coniferous tree from the gulf coast to northern Virginia. Heart Pine was most heavily harvested after the Civil War and into the 1920’s. Its use as the preferred structural heavy timber in most industrial factories, warehouses, and tenant buildings provides us with a treasured resource preserved for careful extraction and reuse.
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Characteristics of Vintage Prime Plus Heart Pine
Prime Plus Grade Heart Pine is our “middle grade” of heart pine. Selected for grade during processing,
Found extensively in Colonial Williamsburg, “Heart Pine” is a particular species of yellow pine. Pinus Palustris, aka “long leaf yellow pine”(its needles often exceeded 12” in length), and “Georgia pine”, grew as the predominant coniferous tree from the gulf coast to northern Virginia. Heart Pine was most heavily harvested after the Civil War and into the 1920’s. Its use as the preferred structural heavy timber in most industrial factories, warehouses, and tenant buildings provides us with a treasured resource preserved for careful extraction and reuse.
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History and Characteristics of Vintage Heart/Yellow Pine
Vintage Heart/Yellow pine is our “rustic,” or “cabin” grade. Some manufacturers represent this grade as “Heart Pine,” which it may technically be, but our “select/crown’ and “prime plus” grades are more accurately representative of “heart pine” as it was produced as formal flooring in the past. With that being said, the rustic beauty of VH/YPs various characteristics is most pleasing for a myriad of applications. We stipulate that it is the most likely grade to show dents of the reclaimed yellow pine grades, but for many customers the accumulation of “character,” and signs of use continue to enhance the appearance of the floor. Unlike our upper grades of heart pine, Vintage Heart/Yellow contains several varieties of yellow pine, all similar in appearance, and found in buildings originally built with locally harvested species. Some of the timber and boards we obtain from the mid-atlantic and north east are almost identical in grain density, and appearance to Pinus Palustris. However, most are distinguished by slightly less density and weight. Vintage Heart/Yellow is +50% heartwood, +40% clear of knots, +30% vertical grain. While our upper grades are produced from boards resawn from large beams, Vintage Heart/Yellow is a mixture of resawn boards and boards originally used as siding, sheathing, flooring, and other construction purposes. Antique boards milled into flooring may retain some of the patina of aging, adding to its rustic appearance. Depending on available rough stock VH/YP grade may be custom ordered in an original face–“Whiskey Springs”– format which retains texture of its weathered surface and other signs of it’s industrial and natural history – saw marks, nail holes and sound stress cracks. Please check out the Whiskey Springs oak description and photo if interested.
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History and Characteristics of Vintage Distressed Chestnut
The American Chestnut tree was the predominant hardwood species of the entire East coast and into the mid-west forests of the United States. In the early 20th century a devastating blight was introduced from overseas that caused the almost complete extinction of the chestnut species. Today, only a few isolated stands of American chestnut exist in the mid-west. Efforts to re-establish the chestnut tree are the work of the American Chestnut Foundation. Vintage Lumber suggest you visit their web page– httpss://www.acf.org–for additional information.
In its prime, the chestnut tree was highly valued as a food source for livestock as well as for its lumber. As the blight ravaged the species, vast areas of standing deadwood resulted. As deadwood, the standing trunks were very resistant to decay, and became host to several wood boring insects, most notably the “chestnut timber worm–melittomma sericeum.” The resulting tracks of the chestnut timber worm are more commonly known as “shot worm” holes. The shot worm holes are the defining characteristic of “wormy chestnut.” Millions of board feet of standing deadwood chestnut were harvested for industrial, residential, furniture, and construction purposes. The abundance of chestnut considered to be defective resulted in low prices and wide use in the industrial markets, especially as steel mill blocking in the manufacture of hot rolled steel. Thousands of board feet at pennies a board foot were burned daily in steel mills through the 1950’s. While the worm holes were initially considered a “defect’ for most fine woodwork, the boards and beams were extensively used for structural and utility purposes. As the stands of deadwood were harvested, the value of the unique beauty and work-ability of the “functionally extinct” chestnut became established and continues to grow. Today’s source of chestnut is principally deconstructed old barns and occasional commercial buildings built from about 1910 to 1940.
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History and Characteristics of Vintage White Pine
White Pine is native to the north east, and mid atlantic regions of the United States. White Pine was used as structural framing logs, beams, and planks as well as boards for siding, sheathing, and flooring. Reclaimed eastern white pine is a low density soft wood with coloration ranging from a light blonde to deep chestnut tones. The subtle grain of reclaimed white pine provides an ambiance of warmth and comfort equaled by few other species. Vintage Lumber cautions that white pines low density may make it unsuitable as flooring in high traffic areas. However, some customers may deem the tendency to “dent” desirable for continuing evidence of wear and “antiquing.”
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Characteristics of Vintage Berkshire Blend
Vintage Berkshire Blend is our brand of mixed reclaimed hardwoods. Berkshire Blend is an unspecified blend of mostly northern hardwoods reclaimed from barns, houses, and commercial buildings. Berkshire Blend may contain hard maple, soft maple, birch, beech, poplar, ash, elm, hickory, hackberry, cherry, locust, and other reclaimed hardwood species found in quantities too small to warrant production as separate species. The overall appearance of the blend is a maple look. The subtle grains of maple and birch are mixed with the more distinct grains and colors of ash, hickory, elm, etc. Berkshire Blend flooring is nearly as dense as oak, and is suitable for use in most residential and commercial applications. Both boards resawn from beams and boards used as siding, sheathing and floor boards are combined to create a rustic look. Nail holes, rust stains, insect holes, sound knots and other characteristics of reclaimed wood complete the appearance.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Red Oak
Possibly the most sought after hardwood in the United States, a ubiquitous site in many homes. This wood is hard, strong and often priced well due to its availability. The Heartwood is light to medium brown with a reddish tint. The sapwood ranges in color from nearly white to light brown and is sometimes not easy to distinguish from heartwood. Like most oaks, Red Oaks are available in both quartersawn (where wood grain is emphasized) and flatsawn cuts. After drying Red Oak properly, it is known to be one of the most stable wood types holding its shape at large cuts or dimensions.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Wormy Red Oak
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History and Characteristics of Rustic White Oak
White Oak posses a unique quality in that their pores are filled or plugged making them ideal for watercraft construction. Generally White Oak is durable but has medium stability particularly with flat sawn boards. These species are relatively abundant and are used for cabinetry, flooring, cooperage / barrels and veneer.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Wormy White Oak
White Oak posses a unique quality in that their pores are filled or plugged making them ideal for watercraft construction. Generally White Oak is durable but has medium stability particularly with flat sawn boards. These species are relatively abundant and are used for cabinetry, flooring, cooperage / barrels and veneer.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Walnut
Most often referred to as Black Walnut is highly available and highly sought after. The wood is sometimes classified as a premium domestic hardwood. The heartwood can vary in color from a pale brown to a darker chocolate brown with darker brown streaks. The sapwood is pale yellow-gray to nearly white. Generally the wood is easy to work with with planer tearout causing problems sometimes with irregular or figured grain. Overall the wood is decay resistant, stable when dried and shock resistant and is a favorite for furniture, cabinetry and veneer.
Black Walnut has maintained it’s high value among American hardwoods over the eras, and the Black Walnut-mania is alive and well, if not intensified in the 21st c. It’s one of the few new lumber products in inventory, but in a grade that retains the natural features of the wood – streaks of lighter sap wood, knots and stress cracks. But it’s those natural imperfections that are welcome in many city homes, providing both sophisticated elegance and natural warmth The wood is known for it’s darker tones of brown-black and pronounced hardwood figure. We mill 3/4″ T/G flooring or supply thicker stock for furniture making.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic White Pine
The Hard Pines include a group of Pines which are most commonly found in the southern United States; these include Longleaf, Shortleaf, Slash and Loblolly Pines. The wood characteristics of these southern species include some of the highest densities among pine and a very uneven grain. Put side by side lumber from these hard pines is practically identical.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Ash
Ash is a light brown to blonde specie of wood in appearance. The grains, texture and density are very similar to oak. By looking at the end grain of Ash you can see a distinct difference from Oak. Ash lumber also has a unique smell when freshly cut and has produced wider boards and beams due to the size of the trees. Stain and other finishes can be easily applied allowing for a customized look.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Hard Maple
A majority of Maple lumber is milled in Mid Atlantic and Great Lakes regions of the United States. Some Hard Maple wood has highly decorative wood grain including flame maple, quilt maple, birdseye maple and burl wood. These grain conditions occur randomly in individual Hardwood Maple trees and can often only be seen after the tree / wood has been sawn. The sapwood of Hard Maples is partially sought after due to its color variations which can range from nearly white to cream color representing reddish or deep golden tones. Hard Maple wood is sought after due to its shock resistance and overall density. Hard Maple is commonly used for bowling alley lanes, basketball gym floors, butcher blocks and workbenches.
One of North America’s most treasured timber resources, maple wood is world-renowned for its unparalleled beauty and strength. Resawn maple ranges in color from ivory white to tawny blonde.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Cherry
Cherry appears light pinkish in the heartwood and blonde in the sap content. Being a fruit tree cherry has a distinct color and smell and should be easier to identify. Cherry is easy to work with and will slowly darken after being cut providing a beautifully rich color.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Hickory
The medium brown to a lighter yellow color tones of Hickory provide a warm feel for a wood product. The density of Hickory can be challenging when milling and waste can be an issue from Hickory being susceptible to insect attack. Hickory trees are not as big yielding smaller beams and boards and smell of Hickory is real sweet when milling. The end grain is distinct with pores in between the end grains.
Hickory is a classic American wood, popularly associated with barbequed or smoked meats, golf clubs, and tool handles. Reclaimed antique hickory flooring channels this diversity in application through its rapidly-changing coloration and classic patterning. Hickory floor planks can range in color from light vanilla to dark chocolate – sometimes in a single board. Knots, occasional nail holes, light surface checking, and possible worm tracks provide this wood with inimitable ‘tough’ characteristics.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Sap Walnut
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Whiskey Springs Oak
A Non-reclaimed white oak that has the rough sawn face. Available in red or whit oak.
White Oak posses a unique quality in that their pores are filled or plugged making them ideal for watercraft construction. Generally White Oak is durable but has medium stability particularly with flat sawn boards. These species are relatively abundant and are used for cabinetry, flooring, cooperage / barrels and veneer.
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History and Characteristics of Thermal Treated Ash
Ash is a light brown to blonde specie of wood in appearance. The grains, texture and density are very similar to oak. By looking at the end grain of Ash you can see a distinct difference from Oak. Ash lumber also has a unique smell when freshly cut and has produced wider boards and beams due to the size of the trees. Stain and other finishes can be easily applied allowing for a customized look.
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History and Characteristics of Rustic Yellow Pine
The Hard Pines include a group of Pines which are most commonly found in the southern United States; these include Longleaf, Shortleaf, Slash and Loblolly Pines. The wood characteristics of these southern species include some of the highest densities among pine and a very uneven grain. Put side by side lumber from these hard pines is practically identical.
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