We all know lumber comes from trees, but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar ...

Beyond huge piles of concrete and asphalt debris at a site being cleared for development in Wauconda, a two-man crew has begun repurposing parts of the landscape that have been lost. Included is the ...

If you have a couple of cedar trees in your yard that need to come down, why let them go to waste once they're out of the ground? Instead, you can easily transform these simple logs into quality ...

SEATTLE — When a tree falls in the city, does it make a table? Or a guitar or a cabinet? “Ten to 15 years ago, nobody knew what urban wood was,” said Paul Hickman, founder and CEO of Urban Ashes, a ...

TORNADOES, HELL AND FLASH FLOODING AND WHEN TREES FALL DOWN IN THE METRO, THE MAJORITY GO TO THE DEBRIS DROP-OFF SITES. BUT A SELECT FEW HAVE A FUTURE IN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FURNITURE CAME. IT’S NICE.

The Conservation Corps of Long Beach recently launched its urban lumber program – which, officials say, will plant more trees in the city, train youth for the lumber industry and help fight climate ...

THE COMPANY HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 15 YEARS ALL THE WOOD YOU SEE HERE IS FROM RECOVERED FALLEN TREES IN BALTIMORE CITY AND COUNTY. WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS A NATURAL WAX MIKE AND HIS WIFE MAUREEN ARE ...

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