Projects...

Needed to add some other pics of side projects...

These are of what we can do with antique twin beds. We can make them into queen and king sized bed sets!

This was a china cabinet conversion to a gun cabinet...

These were a couple Christmas gifts that customers had us make...

A reclaimed cedar table with metal base, perfect for an outside deck...

Assortment of coffee tables...

Custom reclaimed heart pine table top for a local customer.

Cutting board

Bird feeder/house for a local customer

Old Barn Reclaimed Heart Pine Table

 This project started with old barn wood from Montgomery, AL

 Next we laid them out in the order that was most pleasing to the customer...

 Once the glue had dried, we hand sanded the top to keep the old mill marks but also keeping it smooth to the touch. You can usually tell if wood is old or new by the "mill marks". Woodmills from the past used circular saws to rip lumber, which in turn left circular marks. If you look below you can see the saw marks have an arch in them. Modern mills use large bandsaws which leave a vertical mark.

Finished table in their home. 

Pottery Barn Benchwright Coffee Table

SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD

Another copy of overpriced, sub-quality Pottery Barn furniture. Made with Heart Pine from a barn that was torn down 3 months ago in Jefferson County, Alabama.

Started as 3 planks like this...

Next, we form a game plan...

Get parts made...

Then fashion the top...

Final result will look like...

Ill show you the finished product here in a bit...

Heart Pine

Heart Pine, also known as "fat lighter," "lighter wood," "rich lighter," "pine knot," "lighter knot," "fat wood" or "lighter'd" (sic), is derived from the heartwood of pine trees. The center of any tree is considered the heart of the tree whereas the outer rings are called sapwood.

This heart wood is very resilient to insects and rot. Which made it a go-to source for builders here in the southeast part of our great nation for the last 100 years or so. Longleaf pine is readily available and was a cheap building material at the time. So more than likely, all those old barns you see when you are driving in the country are made with longleaf "heart" pine.

Fast forward to now and you have a good amount of these barns not serving any purpose or becoming structural dangers on farms and in turn are being torn down. Most people burn the leftover wood being as it is a pain to haul it off. PLEASE DONT DO THIS! We at the Antique Attic LOVE LOVE LOVE this wood. It makes the best tables and has a beautiful color and even smells good! Here are some examples of pieces made of heart pine.

 A traditional "Heart Pine" Farm Table...

A coffee table made after something in Restoration Hardware... 

 

 This was a small sofa table made out of heart pine.