On a recent hot and dusty June afternoon, Boston-based portrait and lifestyle photographer Samara Vise visited the Longleaf Lumber reclaimed lumber mill in Berwick, ME. Our mill team was prepared with their cleanest clothes and brightest smiles!
Local furniture maker Martin Conserva took this salvaged redwood slab table to the next level with glass beads, epoxy, and accompanying custom chairs.
It takes an experienced craftsman to build with live oak lumber. Famous for incredible density, a tendency to move under all conditions, and truly terrifying weight, live oak is a woodworker’s beast of burden. At Malden’s Mattos Construction Company, their carpenters were up to the task. After their on-the-fly purchase of a skid of 8/4″ live oak slabs at … Read More
One of Longleaf Lumber’s most interesting projects this year has been milling the reclaimed wood shelving, benches, nosing, and countertops for Hampshire College’s newest library space: The Robert E. Seydel Reading Room.
South Berwick’s own Thistle Pig restaurant didn’t have to travel far for their reclaimed wood bar top.
Longleaf Lumber employee Broc Harzinski built this one-of-a-kind headboard using reclaimed walnut. Broc hand-selected his reclaimed wood from our Motley Walnut special, using it for the darker tones and the contrast delivered by slight sapwood content. The special skip-planed walnut boards were milled by Longleaf as flooring, so the boards were surfaced and cut with … Read More
It’s been amazing to watch customers turn our salvaged redwood slabs into tables, bars, counters, and other incredible pieces of furniture. Michael Landberg from Landberg Designs is one such customer. Working on a commission referred to him by local Cambridge furniture store Reside, Michael left our warehouse with a raw redwood slab, which he … Read More
