Reclaimed Barnwood Furniture Process
Reclaiming 100-200 year old barnwood and turning it into unique custom furniture for our customers requires great care and the following of a specific process to ensure the wood we rescue keeps its character.
Following is a general guide to how we accomplish this; and browse our photo gallery to see the various steps we take when working with the wood:
- Take down barn structure and disassemble beams/lumber/metal to be transported from barn site
- Sort, stack & remove nails from beams/lumber so they can be re-sawn to appropriate thickness
- Re-saw beams/lumber to appropriate thickness
- Kiln dry lumber to appropriate moisture content
- Remove lumber from kiln to sort & stack accordingly
- Plain lumber to appropriate thickness
- Table saw lumber to appropriate widths
- Miter saw lumber to appropriate lengths
- Finish sand lumber
- Assemble face frame, shelving, side panels & top
- Finalize drawers, doors, backing
- Finish furniture
- Package/ship furniture
