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Rustic Log Furniture

In my youth I would explore the old homesteads and barns of the Finger Lakes area of upstate New York. Peeking through the windows and cracks in the doors, I would marvel at the workmanship used and how man and a tree could come together to create such beautiful things.

When I grew older and gained the skills needed, I began to build my own rustic log and old barn wood tables and chairs and learned that sometimes it’s the wood that tells you what to make. Those old barns of my youth were worn smooth and rounded from use.  With age they took on more of the crooked natural shapes of trees they came from.

For over 35 years I have been making rustic log  furniture, always trying to maintain those shapes and colors, using mortise and tenon construction for strength and leaning more toward massive for appeal.  During years lived in the Alaskan bush, I learned to fashion everything from doorknobs to cookie cutters, tables and chairs to toilet paper holders.

I found furniture in the trees and tools in the twigs.  I enjoy creating the things I do and love to share them with people who can see the beauty in rustic. My rustic log furniture and designs are created to fit your lodge, western or log home décor but whether you live in a cabin or condo, I am sure you will find something pleasing to the eye and to the touch. Slab wood tables and stools, barn wood furniture, rustic log furniture from tables, benches, chairs to magazine racks we have something for everyone.

For the past 20 years, I have called the Spooner Creek Ranch, situated in the Bitterroot Valley south of Stevensville, Montana,  home.  This 120 year old homestead is the perfect setting to pursue my craft.

The old homesteads, surrounding mountains and rivers hold an abundance of materials to work with including barn wood and driftwood. Easy travel to the West Coast and the high desert of Eastern Oregon gives me access to juniper, redwood, maple and myrtle wood.  Always keeping and eye out for that perfect slab or burl to bring home, I often find walnut and willow to mix for contrast and beauty in my rustic log furniture.

My work is hand made, one at a time, and each piece is unique.  I use mortise and tenon and trestle construction because it is time proven and very strong and  I cross tie and install spreaders where needed for strength.

Walnut pegs are used to secure my square tenon construction. If you have something special you would like or request a different type of wood or finish please feel free to contact me at tim@trwwoodworks.com.

Made in Montana Rustic Log Furniture - Barn Wood, Burl Wood Furniture

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