Burl furniture is a trademark of true handcrafted furniture. Burls have been highly prized by artists for the unique grain patterns that are incorporated into handcrafted burl furniture.
What is Burl?
What is a burl and where does a it grow? Burl wood is a type of fast-growing, abnormal growth found on some trees. It grows because the tree has experienced some sort of environmental stress or damage. This is often caused by either a fungal attack or an attack by insects. Many of these burls are hidden in the tree’s root system.
These hidden treasures can have patterns such as lace burl redwood, birds-eye maple, redwood burl, curly redwood, marbling or black walnut curl. This unusual and intriguing natural wood is highly desired by wood turners, gun makers and furniture craftsmen around the world. It can be found in the form of veneer, lumber, turning blocks and natural wood slabs.
The artists at Littlebranch Farm use these natural wood burls to craft one-of-a-kind custom burl furniture. These artists are master craftsmen that specialize in working with natural wood slabs and creating rustic tables, twisted juniper lamps, rustic beds, rustic mantels, rustic vanities. Working with the natural free form live-edge of the large wood slabs, the master craftsmen combine them with different styles of bases. One style is a natural root base creating a raw and organic rustic look. Another style is more medieval or simple rustic, using smaller wood slabs for the base. Antler bases create a western style and handcrafted metal bases create a contemporary rustic base. We can design the base that fits perfectly in each home. The warmth and beauty of natural wood furniture is a complement to any home decor. The designing and crafting of natural wood furniture is only limited by what the mind can conceive. The true hidden beauty is within the burl, the focal point of handcrafted burl wood furniture.
natural redwood burl rustic dining table. This burl table is crafted from a live edge redwood root slab
Artistic natural live edge redwood burl slab bed creates unique burl furniture
Rustic bed designed and handcrafted featuring redwood burl and eastern red cedar logs. This artistic rustic bed highlights the live edge and the complex burl of the natural redwood burl slabs and the stable warm beauty of the eastern red cedar logs. This rustic bed is a complement bedroom decor
Natural burl furniture crafted from live edge redwood burl slabs and recovered driftwood
Burl furniture custom designed and crafted maple burl accent table featuring big leaf maple burl slabs and redwood burl driftwood. The combination of the dark driftwood and the elegant grains of the big leaf maple burl speak to the complex nature of burl furniture that is the rustic elegance of natural wood furniture.
Natural wood Buckeye burl of natural live edge wood slab
artistic handcrafted 2 tier Redwood burl accent table with redwood root base