The Walnut tree which we spotted (and wrote about 11/24) in New Rochelle is now headed to our yard in Hartsdale. Big and beautiful, this tree will yield some great slabs.
From Our Family To Yours
Happy Thanksgiving!
Walnut Tree
Got a call this morning about this Walnut tree coming down. Raced over to stake my claim.
Another Day, Another Big Tree
Just couldn't resist another trip down memory lane to get some more of the Norway Maple.
Very Big Local Walnut
Back yard tree in New Rochelle
Second Pickup of the Day
Massive Norway Maple that is over 100 years old.
How I Got The Moniker "Blacklumberjack"
Blacklumberjack doing what he knows best
Big, beautiful Elm
Reminds us of the early days going all over the place with our trusty trailer...
A Little Enthusiast
of our Pin Oak coffee table. He was just jonesing to climb right on top of it.
Norway Maple
This beautiful Norway Maple, which was in venerable Van Cortlandt Park, was taken down yesterday due to rot. We look forward to milling, drying and the possibility of recycling it into something pretty cool.
A Proliferation of Mushrooms, Part II
Continuing our trek through the mushroom wonderland. We don't know anything about mushrooms. If you can identify any or all, please comment below. Thanks and enjoy!
A Proliferation of Mushrooms, Part I
At the yard this morning, JT came across a riot of mushrooms of all shapes, sizes and colors. Check them out...
No Rest For the Weary or the Sawyer
We try to mill all year round - not easy but always satisfying. Here are just a few of our trees waiting to be made into something lovely for you to enjoy.
Live Edge Sycamore Table
Delivered today this gorgeous, live edge Sycamore table which we gray-washed to give it a weathered look. Looks great in its new home. Congrats Karen and Martin!
Gray-washed Sycamore table
A Troop of Trees
Just a few of the specimens currently at the mill yard. The Sugar Maple has more than one variety of mushrooms chillin' on it.
Sugar Maple and friends
Congratulations!
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
The Process Begins
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!
A Real Gem
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
At Your Service
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.
Your mission, Mr. Phelps...
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!
Store Front, You Say?
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.