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Project Summary: 46″ x 46″ Ontario Barnwood Coffee Table we made for an Atwood home – 18″ height – Old Growth Reclaimed Pine Threshing Floor Construction – Straight 4″x4″ Windbrace Beam Legs – Bottom 1″ Grainery Board Shelf – Mitred Corners – Original edges & distressing maintained – Unfinished Option – www.table.ca

While we offer several inventive finishing options, you can always order from HD in unfinished. While there’s a tradeoff in terms of practicality, it’s really cool to feel the actual original distressing. This recent reclaimed wood coffee table customer opted for the unfinished option: Continue reading →

Project Summary: 65″ Ontario Barnwood Island Console we made for a Cambridge Home – 15 1/2″ deep – 38 3/4″ height – Waterfall Ends – Old Growth Threshing Floor 2″ Construction – Original edges & distressing maintained – Matte polyurethane finish [no epoxy filling] / www.table.ca

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Old Growth Pine Reclaimed [Ontario] Barnwood Table we made for a Mississauga home – 5′ length – 42″ wide – Harvest Base: Straight 4″x4″ Windbrace Beam Legs – Pine Threshing Floor Construction – Original edges & distressing maintained – Premium epoxy + satin polyurethane finish – 5′ [matching] Plank Base Bench – 4 Modified Plank Back Chairs / Wormy Maple / Painted Black / Polyurethane clearcoat finish – www.table.ca

Old Growth Pine is a lot different than new pine. In original natural Ontario forests the trees would grow taller rather than wider [although wider as well] so the grain was tight. New pine is commercially grown so the trees are space further apart [allowing for more sunlight] so the trees grows a lot quicker. Since noone is going to wait 100 years to harvest their bush there won’t be wood like this ever again, especially combined with the pioneer distressing. This Mississauga customer opted for old growth pine for their reclaimed wood harvest table project:

Old Growth Pine is a lot different than new pine. In original natural Ontario forests the trees would grow taller rather than wider [although wider as well] so the grain was tight. New pine is commercially grown so the trees are space further apart [allowing for more sunlight] so the trees grows a lot quicker. Since noone is going to wait 100 years to harvest their bush there won’t be wood like this ever again, especially combined with the pioneer distressing. This Mississauga customer opted for old growth pine for their reclaimed wood harvest table project: Continue reading →

Many of our boardroom table customers will get a sideboard/buffet/console for the space as well to hide/store things and keep them out of sight. Check out this recent one we custom built for a Maple business; see pics below!

Project summary: 6′ Ontario Barnwood Buffet we made for a Maple Office – 36″ height – 18″ deep – 3 Top Drawers / 3 Bottom Doors – Adjustable Shelving Inside – Straight 4″x4″ Windbrace Beam Corners – Reclaimed Old Growth Pine Threshing Floor + Grainery Board Construction – Original edges + distressing kept – Mission Cast Brass Lee Valley Hardware – Premium epoxy + matte polyurethane finish – www.table.ca Continue reading →

Old Growth Pine reclaimed from Ontario pioneer barns is a lot different from new growth Pine. The grain is a lot tighter, and in our case there’s 100+ of historical distressing in the wood. Check out this reclaimed wood dining set we made for a Bala home:

Project Summary: 7′ Reclaimed Ontario Barnwood Pedestal Table we made for a Bala home – Hand Hewn Posts Base – Old Growth Pine Threshing Floor Construction – Original edges & distressing maintained – Premium epoxy + satin polyurethane finish – [6] Shaker Chairs / Wormy Maple – [3] Shaker Stools – www.table.ca Continue reading →

For our reclaimed wood cabinatry, we use the old 1″ boards found on the inside of the barn in the grainery room. Grainery board has the same rich natural colour and tones as the floor boards [threshing floor]. Check out this recent TV cabinet we made:

Project summary: 6’ Reclaimed Ontario Barnwood TV Unit we made for a Vienna, Ontario home – 18” deep – 36” height – Open Shelving – Centre 3 Drawers / 2 Outside Bottom Doors – Old Growth Pine Threshing Floor & Grainery Board Construction – Original edges & distressing maintained – Bread Edge Board Ends – Premium epoxy + matte polyurethane finish – Mission Cast Brass Lee Valley Hardware – www.table.ca Continue reading →

Old growth pine refers to the original trees that were present before Canada was established and things started to be commercially harvested. We hold on to that part of history by making new tables out of the wood that existed … Continue reading →

34″ Round Reclaimed Wood Coffee Table – 18″ height – Hand-Hewn Post Base – Old Growth Pine Threshing Floor 2″ Top – Original Distressing Maintained – Matte Polyurethane Finish [no epoxy] – www.hdthreshing.com Continue reading →