by Thomas Porter | Jan 29, 2013
Here’s a great project from our friends at Vintage Street Design. They provided a “How-to” on their blog that shows you how they took it from door to headboard. Click the link below to see more about this project:...
by Thomas Porter | Jan 26, 2013
Here’s some great photos from our friends at “Arizona Olive Wood”. Michael McNamara, one of our customers, has recently started using some of our olive wood slabs for this new business. These particular trees were felled and dried by us, and...
by Thomas Porter | Jan 17, 2013
Here’s a great headboard project from our customer, Catie T. Thanks for sending it in Catie!
by Thomas Porter | Jan 16, 2013
Customer Ian H. sent us this photo of a barn door he purchased from us and turned into a great looking headboard. This is a fun use for old barn doors. We have a lot of customers purchasing doors for this use. He writes, “Painted a brick red and distressed. Used...
by Thomas Porter | Jan 11, 2013
Here’s a fun project that comes to us from customer Cindy S. She decorated this antique farmhouse cabinet door from our lot. She shows us a picture of it beforehand (while sanding it down) and after completion. She didn’t give me too many details about how...
by Thomas Porter | Jan 1, 2013
Here’s a creative project! This customer, Dustin S., took one of our barn doors and made a cool mirror from it. I love how he left the hardware on. He picked this door up at our designer day just before Christmas and finished it just in time to give it to his...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 28, 2012
Here’s a sweet gift one of our customers, Dave M., made one of their children. It’s made from a pile of old red oak we have. It originally came from Maryland. The great thing about oak is how new it can look with very little work. This is a prime example....
by Thomas Porter | Dec 26, 2012
Here’s a black walnut slab a customer purchased from us and had us run through the widebelt sander at the shop. He finish sanded and cut the pieces himself and made cutting boards for his family for Christmas. Thanks, Mark, for sending in another great project...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 26, 2012
Here’s some beautiful olive slabs a customer purchased from our yard. I cut down these trees myself a few years back. The figure in this olive tree is just AMAZING! Everyone who bought some came back for more. I’m glad to see these AZ trees end up in the...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 24, 2012
Here’s a fun holiday use for one of our antique ladders. This stocking stuffed ladder came from one of our customer’s homes (Kelly O.) Thanks, Kelly, for sending us your fun projects!
by Thomas Porter | Dec 16, 2012
Here’s a fun use for a slab. How about a giant Christmas centerpiece? Here’s a slab a customer put on their table and decorated. I bet their room smells awesome. Alligator juniper is in the aromatic cedar family. This customer is a fine woodworker....
by Thomas Porter | Dec 16, 2012
Here’s a pair of shutters a customer purchased at our yard and used to decorate their home. We had quite a few pairs of these and sold out. They all had the existing hardware on them. Really great condition. It’s nice to see them find a new home. They look...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 16, 2012
Here’s one of our antique windows a customer used to decorate their home. These windows came from very old barns in Pennsylvania. They have a story built right in, and it shows. It looks great for Christmas decorating too!
by Thomas Porter | Dec 5, 2012
Hayes McNeil of Plus Minus Studios in Phoenix, AZ designed this bed for a client of his. He selected some of our reclaimed white oak “door bucks”. These door thresholds came from very old barns in PA and have a lot of character. Nice job! Beautiful...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 2, 2012
We get lots of requests for barn doors for use as headboards. Here’s one a customer built. You may also notice the antique window he bought from us on the wall. Nice touch. 🙂
by Thomas Porter | Dec 2, 2012
Here’s a headboard that a customer did by just simply applying different pieces of siding on the wall. This gives the appearance of being a headboard but without having to build it as a standalone piece of furniture. It’s much easier to build. I like how...
by Thomas Porter | Dec 2, 2012
Here’s a headboard that an artist in Phoenix built for their bedroom. She had very little experience woodworking, but I think she did a great job! I love when people dive in to these projects head first and do so well.
by Thomas Porter | Nov 28, 2012
We sell slabs as well at the yard, and one of the only materials that we carry that isn’t from back east is Alligator Juniper. It comes from Northern Arizona and we get quite a few slabs in from time to time. Here’s a bench that a customer built using one...
by Thomas Porter | Nov 28, 2012
Here’s a great use of some reclaimed red oak. This customer made a workbench for his shop with a nice thick laminated top. This makes me want to build one for our shop. 🙂
by Thomas Porter | Nov 28, 2012
Here’s a little nook that a customer used mushroom wood in to create a backdrop for their Kachina dolls. I like how the lighting hits the texture of the mushroom wood.
