Urban Hardwoods

4755 C Colorado Ave South

Seattle, WA 98134

206.766.8199

www.urbanhardwoods.com/index.asp

Have you ever watched a big, beautiful tree come down in your neighborhood, due to anything from a storm to safety reasons to improving the view, and wondered what would happen to all that wood?

Seattle's lucky enough to have Urban Hardwoods to carefully salvage our local heritage trees after loss to fire, storm, disease or urban growth, transforming them into majestic slab-style furniture that honors the beauty and history of the wood.

Started by Jim Newsom, who began salvaging beached logs with his tugboat from the shores of Elliott Bay in the late 1990's, Urban Hardwoods now stocks a ton of slabs from many different kinds of trees: Madrone, Ash, Elm, Cedar, Walnut and Maple to name just a few.

These slabs can all be seen online and ordered for use as a table, window sill or any kind of furniture that you can imagine — they take care of all the cutting, finishing, base and shipping.

They also have a crave-worthy selection of pre-made furniture online. As you might imagine, all of this care, craftsmanship and history doesn't come cheap; a coffee table will run you upwards of $2,000.

(Edited from this post originally published 06.11.07 on AT:NY)

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Urban Hardwoods

Location:	4755 C Colorado Ave South Seattle, WA 98134
Phone:	206.766.8199
Website:	www.urbanhardwoods.com/index.asp

Categories:	modern, furniture & product designers, recycling & donating

Comments (2)

Awesome idea about using windfall to make beautiful furniture...

This site reminds me of my dad's site http://www.edwardssmithfinewoodworking.com. My dad is an artisan who does similar things but on a much smaller scale (he is semi-retired).

He is especially into creating turned wood bowls, and he always has a story to tell for every piece of wood he acquires. In fact, we call him a wood magnet because he seems to find great pieces of unwanted wood wherever he goes.

posted by Todd Smith on July 21st 2008 at 10:41am
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these tables are absolutely stunning and exactly what my boyfriend and i are looking for in a dining room table. does anyone have suggestions for any similar places in the bay area? i've done a bit of googling, but i haven't found anything quite this close (or with such detailed pricing info, which is key) to what we want.

if necessary, though, a trip to seattle might be in order for such an amazing, timeless piece!

posted by pianoeva on July 21st 2008 at 6:53pm
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