Our brand is still about building custom pieces of furniture
using reclaimed wood from old barns. No
change there.
But believe it or not, we’re building more pieces of
furniture using new wood (also known as “virgin wood”) too. This is due to many customer requests.
It often makes perfect sense too. Here’s why.
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| A kitchen island built for one of our customers (marble top) made with all new wood |
Reclaimed wood is now a “high demand” commodity. Its scarcity alone makes it more expensive
than new woods used in furniture making.
There is also a lot of work that must be done prior to using
reclaimed wood in a piece of handcrafted furniture. Old nails must often be removed. The wood must be extensively cleaned up. A lot of elbow grease goes into this whole
process and this also adds to its cost.
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| Sofa table built with new wood and reclaimed wood |
There is, however, another reason why we’re now using more
virgin woods in some of our products.
We’ve discovered that new woods are simply very good to use when
building farm tables in certain colors.
Reclaimed wood typically reflects different variations of
colors in finished pieces. In our
opinion, this is great. But the truth is
it’s not for everyone. Some of our
customers don’t want their pieces to reflect as many red or brown tones as they
do very light to grey ones. And that is
very difficult to achieve with reclaimed lumber. As a matter of fact, we’ve developed some really
neat finishing techniques in our shop that work especially well with new woods.
With reclaimed wood, one typically sees things such as fine
lines and small cracks, which of course add to its unique artisan
character. New wood, on the other hand,
can often be used to create nearly identical pieces of furniture. This fact is very appealing to some of our
customers if they’re seeking a certain appearance for their custom-made piece.
And here is another neat thing …
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| Wine cabinet built with new wood (bottom) and reclaimed wood (top) |
We’re now building some pieces using BOTH reclaimed wood and
new wood. For example, a two-piece
buffet … with a painted base cabinet built using all new wood (such as poplar
or maple) … and a top cabinet piece made with reclaimed wood.
Since the top part will be the thing that really stands out
on buffet like that, a customer can have us craft the top with reclaimed
wood. But the bottom piece, which will
be painted over, can easily be made out of new wood (instead of pricier
reclaimed wood).
Some of our customers really love this approach.
In order to accommodate requests for custom “new wood”
pieces we’ve hired a couple of experts -- true wood craftsmen. They’re really great guys! And best of all for our customers, each one
has over 25 years of experience building custom furniture pieces out of new
wood.
Both were sort of “semi-retired” but are now crafting furniture
for us full time. We’re so glad they’re a
part of our FFTB team. And we’re excited
to now able to offer more custom-built pieces of furniture for clients in new
wood.
Give me a call if you have any questions about what we might
be able to create for your home.
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Please visit the following pages for even more information:
Furniture Gallery Page: http://www.furniturefromthebarn.com/reclaimed-barnwood-furniture-gallery.php
Farmhouse Tables Page: http://www.furniturefromthebarn.com/reclaimed-farmhouse-tables.php
Customer Showcase Page: http://furniturefromthebarn.com/customer-showcase.php
Furniture Gallery Page: http://www.furniturefromthebarn.com/reclaimed-barnwood-furniture-gallery.php
Farmhouse Tables Page: http://www.furniturefromthebarn.com/reclaimed-farmhouse-tables.php
Customer Showcase Page: http://furniturefromthebarn.com/customer-showcase.php
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