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Types of Burl Wood

Burl lace slab for sale

When working with burl wood, it’s common to see a wide variety of grain patterns and textures. There are many different types of burl wood, varying in pattern and intensity. Each piece of wood is unique, with different combinations of color and grain, and the quality of the burl often affects its value. Highly figured,…

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Celebrating Redwood as a Sustainable Resource

Reclaimed Salvaged Redwood as a natural sustainable resource.

Happy World Wood Day! As wood enthusiasts, we recognize the importance of long-lasting, sustainable resources. World Wood Day on March 21, organized by the World Wood Day Foundation. It is a celebration dedicated to the universal uses of wood. In lieu of this, we want to share with you some of the reasons we love…

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Designing and Decorating with Redwood Tree Stumps

Table with Burl Stump Base

Often, fallen redwood logs still have the tree stumps attached. On properties milled for development, redwood root stumps remain buried in the ground. Typically, stumps are the undesirable leftover after milling operations. It is no easy task, however, we dig up, salvage, and preserve the trunks and stumps of these century-old giants for special projects.…

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Choosing the Right Finish for Redwood Furniture

Conversion Varnish Finish for Redwood

Choosing the Right Finish for Redwood Furniture Custom finishing services are available! All the slabs listed on our site are raw and unfinished since many of our clients prefer to finish these pieces themselves. However, we also offer several different options for those looking to buy finished redwood furniture, including burl tables, mantels, headboards, and…

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New Growth and Old Growth Redwood – What’s the Difference?

New Growth Redwood vs. Old Growth Redwood

New Growth and Old Growth Redwood – What’s the Difference? Old-growth and new growth are common terms you’ll hear in the redwood industry. Old-growth redwood is highly valued and well known for its beauty, durability, and resilience. But what exactly does it mean when we refer to a piece of redwood as old-growth? Old Growth…

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Custom Redwood Furniture

Custom Made Redwood Furniture

Custom Redwood Furniture Custom redwood furniture has been our specialty for over 40 years. Each cut of our redwood is one of a kind and features unique grain patterns which make for truly astounding custom furniture.  Whether you are looking for furniture for your home, cabin, or office we’re sure that we can help find the right…

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Rustic Dining Tables

Live Edge Rustic Dining Table - Metal Legs Raw Redwood Top

Rustic Dining Tables Figure 1: An example of redwood with a curly compression grain. Redwood is one of the few trees that will produce wood slabs that are long and wide enough to produce a full live edge table out of a single slab. This allows us to produce absolutely gorgeous rustic dining tables. With…

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Pricing a Vintage Redwood Burl Table

Vintage Burl Wood Table

Guest Post by Adam Dias Pricing a Vintage Redwood Burl Table We receive a lot of questions about pricing a vintage redwood burl table. Because of this, we feel it might be beneficial to our readers to devote an entire blog post entirely to this question. The pictures in this blog were sent to us…

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Live Edge Shelves & Mantels

Redwood Burl Shelf

Guest Post by Adam Dias Live edge shelves, reclaimed wood shelves, and wood fireplace mantels are very popular right now! Though we are somewhat biased toward Redwood, there are a lot of woods to choose from when selecting a live edge shelf or mantel. Here at Redwood Burl, we cut mostly redwood. However, we do…

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