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Natural Selection: Live-
Edge Wood in Home Design
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(BPT) - Live-edge hardwood, in which
the sides of the slab are left unmilled to
retain the natural profile of the tree trunk, is
an increasingly popular decorative trend in
today’s residential interiors. The technique
is not only used for pieces of standalone
furniture such as tables and benches but also
for built-in elements like shelving, mantles,
counter tops, bars and kitchen islands.
“Most mills cut off the rough tree edges,
turning the raw timber into neat boards,” says
Linda Jovanovich, of the American Hardwood
Information Center at www.HardwoodInfo.
com. “But the current demand for live-edge
slabs has led to a small but vigorous subset
of producers who specialize in the category.”
“Some larger sawmills sell live-edge slabs
to the public,” Jovanovich continues. “You
visit their showroom and pick your own
one-of-a-kind piece of ash, cherry, red oak,
walnut or whatever other hardwood species
they have in stock. A cabinetmaker can then
custom-make a piece of furniture or a built-in
feature to your exact specifications.”
Sustainability-minded entrepreneurs are
responsible for another niche in the live-edge
hardwood market: small urban suppliers
that source culled or fallen trees from the
backyards of private homes, public parks,
graveyards and other leafy locations in their
city and its immediate environs. One such
enterprise, RE-CO BKLYN in Brooklyn, New
York, recently harvested four 12,000-pound
logs from a 150-year-old storm-felled elm in
nearby Prospect Park. The logs were taken
to an upstate mill to be sawn into live-edge
slabs and dried before being shipped back
to Brooklyn, where they were either sold or
used by RE-CO for tables, desks, bar counters,
shelves, headboards and other beautiful
custom-made pieces it produces.
“It was George Nakashima, the legendary
Japanese-American mid-century furniture
maker, who pioneered the use of live-edge
slabs in refined residential settings,” says
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