A look at commissions we’ve built and one-off pieces from the bench — each shaped from reclaimed and responsibly sourced wood, each carrying a little of where it came from.
Figured-walnut writing box
The Whitcombe writing box
Built from a salvaged walnut mantel, engraved with three generations of initials.
Oak candle trio
Beam trough planter
Cherry document box
Reclaimed-beam mantel
Nested keepsake set
From salvage to grace
The same wood, two lives
Most of our pieces start as something destined for the burn pile. Here’s a barn beam, before and after it became a family’s mantel.
Reclaimed barn beam
BEFORE
Finished mantel
AFTER
A few stories
Pieces with a past
Heirloom box · engraved
The wedding-vow box
A couple sent the oak from a fallen tree on their family farm. We built a box to hold their written vows, engraved with the date beneath the lid.
Reclaimed oak
Engraving
Mantel · reclaimed beam
The farmhouse mantel
A salvaged barn beam, planed and oiled to bring back its figure, mounted above a stone hearth to anchor a whole room.
Reclaimed beam
Site fit
Planter · bespoke
The orchard trough
Built from a fallen apple limb for a windowsill herb garden — lined, sealed, and sized to the exact ledge.