This rustic table crafted out of a curly redwood slab sits on the base of a western cedar root. The simple natural beauty of nature's organic beauty in natural wood furniture. Simple rustic elegance.

The simplicity of organic, natural being one with nature is at the basic roots of life. It is all around us in the spring morning air, the crisp dew filled mornings nature is alive. Our love afar with nature has evolved for the outdoors to the indoors, in natural wood furniture. The simple raw beauty of a live edge rustic table crafted from a recovered redwood tree, black walnut tree. The use of these unique woods cut into 2′ to 4″ slabs natural wood furniture is born. The treasure is found in the roots of these trees with there twist and turns burl and curl patterns thus creating natural burl furniture. In the hands of a master craftsman the raw slabs and burls mold into unique burl furniture that will create rustic elegance in any home decor.

Kelly will show how to:

• Select the right trees in the woods
• Take off the bark and prep the wood
• Cut appropriately sized parts
• Cut mortise and tenon joints
• Assemble a headboard and footboard
• Construct and attach side rails
• Choose an appropriate finish

Come by and say hello.

Event: Log and Timber Home Show
Date: February 24 – 25, 2011

Rustic furniture can be found in modern decor to rustic decor. This meshing of styles brings the free form style of natural wood furniture with its live edge and  its natural organic beauty and the straight lines and clean edges of modern furniture. Simply adding a live edge rustic table, rustic bed, rustic lamp will bring nature into your home. Rustic table can be crafted from many species of wood such as redwood burl slabs, maple burl slabs, black walnut slabs. These slabs cut from 2″ to 4″ leaving the natural live edge. Combined with many styles of bases such as redwood root base, metal bases, sculpted iron bases, simple slab base.

Live edge rustic table designed and crafted from redwood burl slab.

There is nothing like sleeping in a rustic bed crafted by nature itself. The natural warmth and beauty of a simple log bed to the artsy look of a rustic bed crafted from raw logs and burl wood slabs. To the rugged beauty of recovered barnwood.

Rustic log furniture meets burl furniture birthing this unique rustic bed. The stability of red cedar logs and the warmth of redwood burl meets natural wood furniture comes to life in this rustic bed. This rustic bed is a king size bed the price is $5000 the headboard is 75" high. We will be happy also design a queen to meet your needs

Nature is alive and well, its natural beauty that comes from the stress of daily life that become the beauty of the eye and frees the sole. Rustic log furniture captures natures beauty in rustic table and rustic beds. Simply bring nature into your home.

Natural wood furniture is the cover for many styles of furniture. Burl furniture is one of these styles. What is a burl and where does it come from? Burl wood is a type of fast-growing, abnormal growth found on some trees. Burl wood grows because the tree has experienced some sort of environmental stressor damage.  This is often caused by either a fungal attack or an attack by insects. Many of these burls are hidden in the root system.

This burl wood is highly desired by wood artist around the world.  Burl wood such as big leaf maple burl, Cherry burl, black walnut burl, old growth redwood burl are some of these highly desired burls. These artist use these burls in wood turning , handcrafted rustic tables, rustic beds, rustic chairs. The natural hidden beauty comes out giving life to the hidden secrets of nature. That is art of burl furniture.

Kelly Maxwell