Rustic Furniture/ Reclaimed Wood/ Barnwood /Farm Tables /Asheville, NC /
PK WOODWORKS
This is a picture of reclaimed Wormy Chestnut. Wormy chestnut is rare, with all but a few trees in existence today. The blight that destroyed these trees also attacked other woods, such as oak, black walnut and pine, when the supply of chestnut fell to short supply. The holes you see in this image are the actual holes that the beetle's caused feeding off the wood. We take great care in saving these defects in the wood. This truly adds character and beauty to a historic piece of custom furniture. Many wood crafters use planners, all but removing the worm holes. This causes the piece to lose all that rich character. During our finishing process the holes are carefully filled with a sealant to preserve their beauty to YOUR piece of furniture. They remain completely noticeable but are protected against life's circumstances. ( Spills, weather)
You can also notice the original saw markings on this piece. Since we do not use a planner on the wood, all the character remains. This gives you, the historian, a remarkable bit of our rich heritage for generations to come.
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WORMY CHESTNUT WOOD
The worm holes you see when you look at reclaimed chestnut were created by a beetle that bored into the dead wood, finding it a great source of nutrition. These beetles quickly mass produced, and soon infected not only the American chestnut, but much of the oak trees, pine trees, and black walnut tress here in the Appalachians. It was then that wormy chestnut was born. The trees had such great strength that they remained standing, and the wood was still harvested to build many homes and barns here in the mountains.
RECLAIMED WORMY CHESTNUT is commonly used to build our RUSTIC FURNITURE
American Chestnut now extinct
Today there is a law against cutting down the chestnut trees, but it is appearing to be too late. Although researchers are still working to revive this amazing tree, a hundred years later, they now believe it is not likely to happen.
HELP Save the American wormy chestnut
We are dedicated to saving as much of this American wormy chestnut wood as we can find. We are using it to build generational pieces of rustic furniture. This will allow the American Chestnut to live on for generations to come.
Saving the American Chestnut
Pat and I are dedicated to saving not only the history of the wood, but the wood itself. The American Chestnut tree may never be seen again in all it's mass or beauty, but it can live on through generational rustic furniture. It is so sad to see all these wonderful old homes, and barns being torn down daily. There is little regard for the history these centuries old homes, and barns have. Please remember the American Chestnut and buy a generational piece of history for your home today. Sadly there is so much mass production that custom furniture is going by the wayside. That is why at PK Woodworks we design and build affordable rustic furniture. It should not be only the rich that can afford to own such a unique piece of American history.
RUSTIC/MODERN WORMY CHESTNUT BED, END TABLES, DRESSER AVAILABLE.
This amazing rustic bedroom set is a unique and original design by PK Woodworks. It offers a very large secret storage area for rifles, guns, or jewelry. This area is easy to access but completely hidden. Protect your personal items. We offer hidden storage compartments on many of our pieces. Just ask today.
CHISELING A RECLAIMED WOOD FARM TABLE FOR A MORTISE/TENON JOINT
Pat Halpin owner of PK Woodworks chisels a mortise joint. The tenon will slip through here and be pegged.
HAND CARVINGS FOUND IN RECLAIMED WOOD OF 1800's Farm Home. This wood was used to build an amzing bed that can be seen on our new arrivals page.
These carrved numbers have been saved and used in the build of this bed. ( All together 5 numbers were salvaged and used in this build.)
HISTORIC RUSTIC BED - see New Arrivals page for the finished product
SOLID CUSTOM RUSTIC BED. ( Image taken during the build.)
RUSTIC FURNITURE
The LOVE that went into the building of the original home has been saved for generations to come in this one of a kind rustic bed.
You can also visit us at:
http://www.pkwoodworksstore.net
We are proud of the fact we use reclaimed wood and work towards preserving the heritage of our country and it's past. Those who came before us deserve to have their lives live on. Our " Children of the Barn" series of furniture does just that. The developers of our country built these homes and barns with through years of blood and sweat and now those same homes and barns live on through the furniture we create from them. Hence- "The Children of the Barn".
When dealing with 10 x 12 hand hewn beams the use of a chain saw is the quickest and safest way to obtain a clean mortise and tenon joint. By making a few slices in the wood it makes the job of chiseling the joint a whole lot easier.
This rare 4" thick piece of wormy chestnut was found lining the porch of an 1810 farm house.
WORMY CHESTNUT
MANY hours of hand planing were used on these boards to save as much of the history and beauty as could be saved. This picture is of the beautiful wood we found
underneath the history.
All the nails must be removed before milling can begin. Many many hours are spent on this process.
DE-NAILING WORMY CHESTNUT BEAMS for your CUSTOM RUSTIC FURNITURE
We spend many hours carefully removing old nails, and bullets from centuries old wood. We take pride in saving as much of the rich history in the boards that we can, and passing that history onto our customers. These huge beams were the main supports of an 1820 barn in Eastern Tennessee. The wood was then used to build a farm table that we call "Grace"Patrick removing nails from reclaimed chestnut
All the nails must be removed before milling can begin. Many many hours are spent on this process.
Finding just the perfect reclaimed wood for your custom farm table takes many many hours. Patrick personally hand picks each board to ensure you are getting the exact look that you want.
Browse our store today and then contact us for a price quote on your CUSTOM RUSTIC WOOD FURNITURE. Our FARM TABLES offer an amazing piece of our unique heritage for generations to come.
Rustic Furniture, Rustic Tables, Rustic Beds, Rustic Farm Table, Farm Tables, Farmhouse Tables, Rustic End Tables, Custom Rustic Furniture, Wormy Chestnut, all MADE IN THE USA
Contact us today if you have any questions or would like us to start your project today.
PK Woodworks
480 Fruit Tree Lane
Burnsville, NC 28714
828-284-4570 828-284-1181
pk_woodworks@ccvn.com
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