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Many woodworkers are taking scraps from construction sites and dumps and turning them into stylish pieces of furniture.

How salvaged wood can become stylish furniture

By SHEA CONNER St. Joseph News-Press

alachi Milbourn founded his nationally recognized business on a simple notion. “Most old wood is worth saving,� he says.

In Portland, Ore., the thrifty woodworker finds and salvages pieces of wood from demolished buildings throughout the state. He turns those lifeless scraps into vibrant coffee tables, chairs, side tables, dinner tables and other pieces of furniture. From there,

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he sells them through his studio, Against the Grain Furniture and Design, which he created in 2009 after juggling furniture-making with a fulltime job at Whole Foods for two years.

Working with reclaimed woods not only suppressed his appetite to create

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new furniture but also gives him the opportunity to make an environmental impact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully, more people can figure that out as a renewable resource,â&#x20AC;?

Mr. Milbourn laments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;... My huge passion right now is making sure it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get thrown away. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to see it go to waste.â&#x20AC;?

Decommissioned historical structures are Mr. Milbournâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite resource for salvaged wood. Over the past three years, he has made furniture with wood from a Corvallis hops mill built in 1910, a Molalla barn built in 1900 and parts of the Oregon State Hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original building in Salem, which was partially torn down in 2010.

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CONTINUED FROM page A1 However, reclaimed wood can be found in St. Joseph or any other urban area, he says, often in the most obvious places. Old fence boards and pallet wood that had been trashed were the first items to pique his interest. The patina of these old woods were defined by their imperfections, which were the result of many years of wear and tear. But those blemishes formed a visual history that was absolutely appealing.

“I love the look of old nail holes and the patina of eroded wood,” Mr. Milbourn says. “There are some great finds going to the dump every day.”

From the Oregon forests to the plains of the Midwest, what was once old and decaying is becoming new and stylish in the hands of woodworkers, artisans, craftspeople and do-it-yourself designers. Anyone with a vision can give salvaged wood a second chance.

But you don’t have to go Dumpster diving like Mr. Milbourn to find your piece of inspiration. Experts say your best move is to first check with a local lumber company. This is usually a better option than buying from online reclaimed wood sellers who often ramp up the shipping charges. These old scraps can come from just about anywhere — destroyed buildings, old barns, old telephone poles or railroad ties.

Cabinet shops, construction companies and furniture manufacturers are also potential gold mines of wood, says Anita Lang, founder of Arizona’s Interior Motives Inc., which has won awards for its designs of salvaged wood furniture.

Those businesses produce a lot of scraps, and most of them are quite pleased to have someone take those scraps off their hands.

“If you know there’s construction going on around your neighborhood, you can ask for the leftovers instead of it

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you should roll with your idea,” Mr. Milbourn says.

Once you’re more confident in your abilities, make the most of your reclaimed wood’s patina by using it in pieces that flaunt its appearance. Ms. Lang prefers creating large, attention-grabbing pieces like kitchen tables that really showcase the wear of the wood. But she also thinks outside the box. She has worked gnarled branches into chandeliers, used a root ball as the base for a table and used scraps from a construction site to panel a guest room wall.

Submitted photo “I love the juxtaposition Malachi Milbourn, owner of Against the Grain Furniture and Design in of old, recycled elements Portland, Ore., created this rocking chair from reclaimed lumber. with new, modern lines,” she says. is highly flammable. The Need some more ideas going to the landfill,” Ms. barn paint might not be for your wood scraps?

Lang says. too good for you either.

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She says the species of “Avoid using old wood Many companies salscraps that most woodwith old paint because, as vage antique oak, heart workers usually seek nice as it may look, it may pine, chestnut, hickory out are oak, walnut, contain lead,” Mr. Miland ash from old houses, wormwood and mesquite bourn says. barns and factories to because they are all duHe also suggests checkfashion beautiful floorrable hardwoods. Oak and ing, trim and beams. walnut, which are native to ing the wood for cracks, breaks, holes, nails, metal Many houses and subMissouri and Kansas, will divisions today have be much easier to get a hold shards or anything else that may affect the stabil- that “same old, same of here in St. Joseph. ity and quality of the piece But before you take you plan to create. home an old barn door Mr. Milbourn recomthat you’d like to turn into mends first-timers make a coffee table, make sure something simple for their you find out a little bit initial reclaimed wood about the wood. Confirm Regular Priced whether it has been prop- project. He started with a picture frame made of erly fumigated. Otherold fence board before he wise, termites and wood*Excludes Holiday Wear boring beetles could infest moved on to a coffee table. your home or workshop. A Whatever type of wood you little research also will let choose, he says, use sandyou know if the wood was paper to get rid of the dirt exposed to chemicals. For and splinters. Then, put some oil on it to get an idea example, many old barns of the wood’s aesthetic. were coated with the pre“If you like what you see, servative creosote, which

old” look about them.

Reclaimed beams from antique barns and mills can set your home apart from the rest, adding style and architectural significance.

Old wood can add an extra dimension to your lawn or garden. Some homeowners buy Lincoln-style logs to frame their garden beds.

Others go with stacked sides and more. Still others add wooden wheelbarrows, stumps, windmills and vintage signs to make their home and gardens stand out.

Tables and chairs aren’t the only interior pieces made from reclaimed wood. Salvaged wood wine racks will make a great conversation piece at your next wine tasting. Framing a mirror with old wood is such a logical second life for oak, cherry or poplar. Some salvage outfits also mill and fashion old doors and windows into intricate headboards.

Shea Conner can be reached at shea.conner@newspressnow.com.

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

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By JENNIFER GORDON St. Joseph News-Press

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nless you’ve got professional equipment, chances are a whole Thanksgiving dinner won’t travel well if your destination is outside city limits.

Travelers who want to contribute to Turkey Day need to think simpler. And no, local chefs say, your only options are not store-bought goods.

“The easiest thing is to take the dessert end,” says Karen Foley, a personal chef with Cooking Capers.

“Pies hold up pretty well. They’re easy to do the day before. I’ve always done mine the day before.”

As a personal chef, Ms. Foley is accustomed to making a dish ahead of time, freezing it and letting it thaw out when it’s ready to be served.

Ralph Filipelli of Luna’s Fine Dining says casseroles with lots of cream and moisture will hold their flavor well when frozen.

Just make sure the dish has cooled all the way before you stick it in the freezer. Then, on the day of the feast, put it on ice and pop it in the oven or the microwave when you get your destination.

Don’t worry about freezer burn, Ms. Foley says. It won’t develop if the dish has been frozen for only a day or two.

The make-and-freeze concept also can apply to sauces. One of Ms. Foley’s favorites to use is a flourfree white sauce. Her daughter-in-law uses it to get Ms. Foley’s picky granddaughter to eat some vegetables.

To make the sauce, Ms. Foley takes a bag of parsnips, peels them, chunks them up and boils them until they’re soft and then puts them in a food processor.

She blends in one cup of milk, a little cream cheese and a half-cup of Parmesan cheese. To finish off the sauce, Ms. Foley grates nutmeg over the mixture. She’s found that the fresh-grated approach makes the spice a little less sweet than the premade kind.

“It’s a perfect white sauce. It doesn’t curdle. You don’t have to whisk it. You don’t have to do anything,” she says.

Microwave and oven space can be hard to come by on Thanksgiving, so you also might want to consider a refrigerated side dish.

If you go the salad route, Mr. Filipelli recommends an easy green bean salad. He takes a bag of frozen whole green beans, thaws it out, cuts up a red onion and mixes the vegetables together with a balsamic vinaigrette. The dish offers a spin on green bean casserole and also adds a little bit of color to the turkey, gravy and mashed potato spread.

Carol Burns and Carol Meyers of 2 Carols Catering whipped up bacon and shrimp deviled eggs the night before an event at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art. The spin on the classic deviled egg could work as a side dish or to keep hungry family members from digging into the other side dishes before the turkey’s ready to be sliced.

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