Lumber Love

To start this year up right, my husband Troy and I decided to not waist any more money on so-so, manufactured furniture with a short expiry date, as so many people do. Instead of putting down a large chuck of change on good quality furniture, we've decided to build our own furniture while tackling a few of our New Year Resolutions; DIY's, save money and buy more tools. You can probably tell which ones mine might be.

We went out searching for some cheap lumber. We visited one of our local, independent lumber yards for some cut offs and scrap pieces. Instead, they took us to a beautiful 18"x18"x16' boxed heart douglas fir. HUGE. It had been sitting in their shop for over 3 years and they just wanted it gone. So we grabbed a friend with connections to his shops flatbed truck (for a couple cases of beer), picked up the beam, took it to the other side of town to be milled into custom sizes, and took it home. Now the work begins...

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