Tree to Table

An Innovative ethical way to create wood products

Proudly offering Tree to table products

I am proud to say 100% of products I make comes from wood I have processed from the time it was cut down to the time it makes it to your hands (Tree to table).  Everything is ethically sourced, and history recorded with as much detail as I can collect.

MY PRODUCTS DO NOT COME FROM BIG TIMEBER ex: HOME DEPOT.  Not one trees life is ever ended just to make one of my products.  Working with highly experienced local certified arborists and storm clean-up I upcycle trees that may have otherwise been turned into firewood or taken to a dump.

REMOVAL

Only using trees removed because they have become a danger or nature took them down and not able to naturally regenerate the forest where the lay.  This approach lets me know the history of where exactly my wood has come from and allows me to record as best I can the history they lived through.

PROCESSING

After a tree has been safety felled/removed, I take it to my personal mill and process it down based on the tree’s unique qualities.  Qualities like burls, knots, tree crotches, insect carvings are so different from tree to tree.  We need to hold space for each of these trees.  Respect and remember the shade they provided, the air they helped clean, the view within a landscape, homes to our little fury friends.

DRYING

After processing a tree at my mill, it then goes into a long air-drying process (1 year for every inch of thickness). Some of my cuts are 4 inches thick and can take 4 or more years before I can turn it into a product that will last generations.  Generations that will be able to add their own history to and pass along to the next.

CREATING

Creating takes some time. I let the trees flowing grains and uniquely perfectly, perfect imperfections guide me in this process.  Doing my best to document each trees history and pass it along with the product helps the end experiencer know they have a product made with care, love, and respect.  How many times do we flip something over only to see “made in China” Or “assembled in Canada”, but produced where?  This has never sat well with me.  How many products made from wood do you own that you have no way of knowing where it came from and paid a premium to get it. Was it even ethically/suitably sourced?  I am not here to judge.  I am offering a different way for you to experience a product you can believe in and truly be proud of and get behind.

Some Limited products that have been made from unique and rare trees will come with a QR code burnt into it.  This will take you to a page where you will find a full in-depth history, photos and maybe even video.