Today our cabinet maker extraordinaire Duane and I drove to Sheridan Oregon. We went to see the Wood is Wonderful Foundation Recycled Wood Alchemy Warehouse. We met Rich Mathis and he showed us around. I think we were both pretty blown away by the amount of wood that they have stocked. Everything from old barns, schools, warehouses that have been demo'd and wood salvaged. You name it they have it, and alot of it. Rich is quite passionate about what he does and very helpful. We told him our project: stairtreads for an open stringer stairway and also a seat portion for our entry hall bench. He guided us around the options and we settled on some pine beams that came from a tobacco storage warehouse in Lexington, Kentucky. Those beams are in the middle of that pile of wood below. He will mill them to the depth we want from the outside of the beams. That way we get the patina of the old beams for our stair treads.
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