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A Day in the Life of BlackLumberjack
To Alaina and Geoff who just got hitched on Sunday. This lovely couple commissioned a rustic table and bench from us which we delivered today - along with the bench they're sitting on. A wedding gift from NYCitySlab.
Rustic, ebony-stained table and bench
The happy couple
This morning a Pine tree and a Crabapple tree that were at Barnard College (see our 11/4/15 post) came down. These will be transported to our yard where they will be milled and dried. We look forward to creating something beautiful for Barnard!
We can upon this 30 ft. Oak tree while driving to our yard and saw some walnut stumps on the side of the road. We noticed that some trees had orange tape around them which means that they needed to come down for safety issues, i.e, power line obstruction. This particular Oak was located 1/2 mile from our yard and bordering the property line of local radio station WFAS 94.3. It was too good to pass up so we came back the next day. By then it was 10' shorter but no less impressive at 20' long 31"-37" wide.
The pile of walnut that got my attention.
After two loads it's all in the yard.
Lots of turning blanks
Big Oak
Late night delivery. The Button sign needed a little tweaking and they needed it back quickly. We fixed it and made a late night delivery to their HQ in downtown NY.
should you decide to accept it, is to figure out how to get this huge Oak tree from the spot where it was felled to your mill yard less than a mile away. A day in the life of BLJ & Co.
20'x31-37" pin oak log on the property of 94.3 wfas and pretty good music
Too heavy!
Brooklyn Flea Indoor Market, our weekend home for the next six months. Come see us at Industry City in Sunset Park. Saturdays and Sundays 10:00am to 6:00pm.
Custom, laser cut logo signage
Our wood menagerie and all the things we consider cool, vintage brass blade fans, trees from parks and wood from buildings in NYC that have survived the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Brooklyn Dodgers leaving, Hurricane Diane in '55, the NYC blackouts of '65, '77 and '03 but could not survive the construction boom of 2015. We turn these into furniture that you can now own and have a piece of NYC history in your home, office or restaurant.
We've been extremely busy at the mill yard lately - reorganizing and readying for more milling.
Bring it on!
Once again we have the privilege of teaming up with Spigolo on the UES. The best part about this is we are using the wood from 1538-1556 2nd Ave., only three blocks away. Reclaiming and Reusing.
26 white pine tables from 1538-1556 2nd Ave., which are being demolished to make way for a luxury building.
Tables are glued, cut, epoxied and ready for sanding, clear spray and then delivery.
#stacks
We have the pleasure of working with another NYC landmark and we will be recycling the trees that are being removed.
Pine tree
Once removed we mill dry and build.
We were commissioned to build a bench for the park from a black locust log.
There it Lies
Loading the Bench
Time to hit the road
All the way through
Walnut and Ash always a great pair
Spalted Sugar Maple
More Spalted Maple
15' tulip x30" wide
Holla elm logs great coffee tables
14' Tulip slabs 29" wide
ash logs 3 of 6 milled
Two Tulip logs
Slabs
Walnut
Oak
The Deli is Gone, but the memories and beams are saved.
Loading beams
Lots of 20' boards.
Metal and wood work, spray finish and patinas.
The Brand
12 chairs on the wall.
I Thank God everyday for it, and that I am able to do it.
Metal, wood it's all good.
Walnut counter
8 stools for a Ramen Resturant in Buswhick Bk ... All day everyday
Two weeks until opening and we need to get at it.
Mahogany stain
20 table tops mathing stain
Stool seats
Busy week trying to make things happen and clients happy.
12'x30 walnut bar for Seamtress on the Upper East Side in NYC.
Client came by the yard for turning blanks. Was able to pick up 12 different species of wood.
Another cash n' carry at the Flea.
Beautiful Brass Butterflies - nice alliteration!
Old pine barn door for Jordan Taylor Designs.
Mirror, also for Jordan Taylor Designs.
We had lots of fun building a walnut table, matching bench and two stools for some clients in Manhattan.
This is the bottom of the table :)
Seats and stools
Purple Heart walnut... Nice....
Another awesome fan...16" stationary, G.E... brass blades and cage
We are balancing a table act trying to get three out by next week.
Walnut table and shelf
Oak table and walnut stain
Douglas fir table
Another walnut table
