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Four Star Hotel Ballard

Submit By titus At Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:11

So often when a person thinks of the “reclaimed” look they think of it having a rustic or earthy feel. One of the things that we love about reclaimed is the history that is maintained when you “give old wood new life” as our motto states. In today’s drive by, disposable world we are often...

Heavy duty reclaimed lumber dining table

Custom Furniture

Submit By titus At Mon, 12/17/2012 - 10:35

Often we receive a request that starts like this, “We saw this table or piece of furniture in the store or on a website but can you build it for us?” Our answer is usually, “Of course we can make something similar, but for a single piece it is likely to cost more than what you saw.” Even...

RLP fully sanded reclaimed oak engineered wood floor with clear Rubio Monocoat finish

Special Effects in Wood

Submit By titus At Wed, 10/24/2012 - 16:16

This article is meant to demonstrate how different the same type of material can look. First of all reclaimed lumber has a lot of variation in of itself. That is the beauty of the wood. Old wood has seen a lot of different environments in the course of time and everything from where the tree...

Just another day at the office

Submit By admin At Wed, 10/24/2012 - 15:22

In another life, my weekdays would begin with a very reassuring predictability—coffee and checking email in my corner office of a downtown San Francisco office building. Ever since leaving that life, I have struggled to find a similarly comfortable cadence as that routine supplied for kick...

Old Oregon Barns

Submit By admin At Sat, 08/25/2012 - 10:03

We love to see historical buildings preserved so that future generations can appreciate, touch, and see with their own eyes and hands what Western Pioneers created. A perfect example is the Peter French round barn built in the 1870-1880s. This barn has since been restored after looters took a...

Transformation of Old Ranch Wood to Millwork

Submit By admin At Sat, 08/18/2012 - 13:11

Here at Reclaimed Lumber Products we are deep into the process of transforming the wood off the Oxarango sheep ranch in Rupert, Idaho to new flooring and doors for the Oxarango's new home to be built in Emmett, Idaho. We are so excited about this project that as we film a documentary on the...

The Oxarango Operation

Submit By admin At Fri, 08/03/2012 - 14:46

Author Leonard Louis Levinson stated, "History is the short trudge from Adam to Atom." Recently, we came across a snapshot in history that has really got us excited. We are hoping you will stay tuned as we capture the "short trudge" or repurposing wood from a former sheep ranch to its new life...

Re-using Lumber: Snapshot of the Process

Submit By admin At Fri, 07/20/2012 - 13:40

Repurposed lumber--love the look--but how does it happen? Just as many city kids today are fascinated to find out their milk comes from cows on farms, here’s a quick look at the history of some of these beautiful projects we see out there today. We recently purchased some hardwood beams...

kid driving skidsteer with reclaimed weathered corral boards lumber

Kids, Barns, & Ol' Memories

Submit By admin At Fri, 06/08/2012 - 11:59

When working with reclaimed lumber the memories and stories often flood our conscience. The history of the wood sometimes is what makes it stand apart from any other wood source. Pieces crafted from antique boards so often have more meaning to the artisan making the piece or the customer if they...

Filosophizing on Farm to Floor

Submit By admin At Tue, 04/17/2012 - 14:49

Pfft-Thunk! Pfft-Thunk! The sound of the nail-gun securing the tongue-and-groove flooring on top of the ridges of mastic spread across the floor of the house evokes a monotonous rhythm. My mind is focused on the task in front of me. Weeks of prep-work has culminated in this moment. Measure, cut,...

What's in a warranty?

Submit By admin At Fri, 04/13/2012 - 10:04

Warranties can be big selling factors and incentives. If a manufacturer is willing to warranty the product, the customer can have a sense of comfort knowing that they should be protected. Here are a couple points of caution, though, to use some common sense when analyzing warranties. We would...

reclaimed wood sliding barn doors ABC extreme makeover show

ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Submit By admin At Wed, 02/15/2012 - 01:14

What a lucky opportunity and 15 seconds of fame! A few months ago we recieved a call out of the blue from the producers of Extreme Makeover for a need to donate a sliding barn door to a home about to start construction in Iowa. The need was for a pair of sliding doors. By pure luck we just happened...

Sourcing Materials

Submit By admin At Wed, 02/15/2012 - 01:12

One of our most frequent questions is, “Where do you get your wood from?" There are so many places and options that there is no one answer. Most of our material comes from old barns, corrals, or turn of the century industrial buildings. To get creative and have a diverse selection we often are...

Preserving Lumber

Submit By admin At Mon, 02/13/2012 - 13:58

Here is a thought provoking article on how to build exterior wood doors and gates based on storing and preserving lumber. A number of barns that we source lumber from haven't seen a coat of paint in at least 50 years. Some of them may have never been painted and most average 100 years old. How...

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Four Star Hotel Ballard

Custom Furniture

Special Effects in Wood

Just another day at the office

Old Oregon Barns

Transformation of Old Ranch Wood to Millwork

The Oxarango Operation

Re-using Lumber: Snapshot of the Process

Kids, Barns, & Ol' Memories

Filosophizing on Farm to Floor

What's in a warranty?

ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Sourcing Materials

Preserving Lumber