120 year old rough cut lumber
the same board after its been run through the planer
The following few pictures show a nearly 100% recycled bed made from material on the site. The old fence posts were cut down to 10″ and the paint was ground off and used to serve as the legs of the bed. The lath board planks that have been made (see the earlier Dust to Diamonds post on this blog) became the decorative sides and shelves of the bed. Even the mattress supports came from old maple hard wood floors that were salvaged from the house. Some nuts, bolts and washers were purchased to hold the thing together but that is about all that was new.
Old fence post
old lumber center and side rails with flooring supports
The final product
To see more pieces fabricated from the old material at 1610, see the Furniture page on this web site.
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