15 Sep

Timber! reSAWN’s CHARRED wood featured on Architizer

reSAWN’s CHARRED wood was recently featured on

Timber! 7 Recent Wood Finishes for Every Project Need

Charred Wood by reSAWN Timber is offered in natural, but also vibrant, tones.

reSAWN Timber: Charred Wood

reSAWN applies the Japanese charring technique of shou sugi ban to cypress, black walnut, red oak, or reclaimed hemlock, then finishes the woods with colorful oil for an even more striking aesthetic. Recently, the manufacturer added 18 new colors to this line ranging from neutrals to heavily saturated hues such as pink and cyan. All but two of the new colors are suitable for both interior and exterior cladding in commercial and residential settings. Different levels of black finish are also offered and result in dramatic backdrops.

KURO shou sugi ban exterior and interior wood siding

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14 Sep

Latest from RSTco. :: Live Edge White Oak Conference Table

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In RSTco. furniture /

Recently installed at corporate headquarters for confidential client, this beautiful conference table by RSTco. features North American White Oak bookmatched slabs with live edge and matte conversion varnish finish. Bookmatching is the practice of matching two wood slabs so that adjoining surfaces mirror each other, giving the impression of an opened book.

All RSTco. furniture is custom built and finished in our woodshop from locally sourced and sustainably harvested wood species. we prefer and specialize in solid wood construction as well as using traditionally joinery wherever possible. we offer a variety of finishes that are both durable and complimentary to the wood. other media in addition to wood are often incorporated into designs such as steel.

Visit our FURNITURE page for inspiration and then contact us to discuss your project needs.

IRUKA shou sugi ban charred cypress metallic finish

11 Sep

SHOU SUGI BAN now with Class A Fire Rating

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, Product Updates / 1

reSAWN is pleased to announce that our CHARRED collection of shou sugi ban woods are now available treated to a Class A Fire Rating for Interior Applications. Contact us to learn more about specifying CHARRED wood for exterior siding, interior wall cladding and custom furniture.

IRUKA :: one of the newest designs from reSAWN, Iruka features shou sugi ban charred cypress finished with a metallic silver

10 Sep

Reclaimed Hickory Wall Cladding at Keurig Green Mountain

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In Product Installs /

The new headquarters build out for beverage technology company Keurig Green Mountain exemplifies how smart design can foster communal growth in a corporate setting. Visnick & Caulfield’s final 430,000-square-foot design for the second phase of the multi-phase build out focuses greatly on reinforcing corporate brand, culture and community.

STOUT antique reclaimed hickory from the enCORE collection by reSAWN TIMBER co. was used as wall cladding and as a main feature wall. Hickory is known for its strength and durability as well as the strong contrast between lighter sapwood and darker heartwood. Reclaimed Hickory displays rich color tones, irregular grain patterns and plenty of character marks including mineral staining, color changes, weathering, checking, nail holes, knots and sometimes wormholes. For Keurig, the wood was treated by reSAWN to achieve a Class A Fire Rating and prefinished with hardwax oil.

A major focus of design was on connectivity, encouraging interaction amongst employees distributed across six floors and two buildings. To enhance this, each floor within the buildings features a lounge space at the core to allow for vertical adjacencies and movement. Moreover, each lounge has a unique scheme that relates to Keurig Green Mountain’s business, ranging from a soda shop to a coffee bar with customized units to hold the numerous varieties of beverage products.

The finished 6-floor main building, which is LEED Gold Certified, also features highly designed amenities including two conference centers, an executive floor, a fitness center and a 10,000-square-foot cafeteria and multifunction space. The lighting design houses all LED light fixtures with daylight harvesting features. To connect the first phase project, a 100,000-square-foot R&D lab area including a 50,000-square-foot high bay facility and 50,000-square-foot office space that was LEED Silver certified, the team designed a branded skybridge linking the two buildings together.

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30 Jul

PINKU is the new BLACK

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, Inspiring Designs, Product Installs, RSTco. furniture /

shou sugi ban wall cladding + black walnut conference table

PINKU is one of the newest designs in the CHARRED collection from reSAWN TIMBER co. To create the CHARRED colors, reSAWN starts with cypress wood in either #2 common grade or select grade. TThe wood is carefully charred, misted with water, cooled, brushed to remove dust and loose debris, and then stained/sealed to create the unique designs you will find in the CHARRED collection. The top coat sealer is applied prior to shipping (for exterior applications, we recommend sealing the face & back). The unique shou sugi ban burning process is what accentuates the wood grain and allows us to create the CHARRED COLORS – rather than a simple stained piece of wood, you get a textured and varied look with black accents from the charring. To maintain a newer aesthetic of the oil finished COLORS, the oil should be reapplied every 2-4 years. However, as weathering, exposure conditions, altitude, and applications can vary, maintenance may be needed sooner and should be performed when visually necessary, regardless of time frame. Alternatively, reSAWN offers two fully CHARRED designs called HAI and MOYASU which require less maintenance long term as there is no wood grain exposed under the top coat due to the full char. Most of the CHARRED COLORS are finished with an exterior grade oil that protects the wood against the elements – JINZU and MIDORI are finished with an interior only oil and should not be specified for exterior applications.

PINKU is featured here along with RSToc. CONFERENCE TABLE 3 in north american black walnut. RSTco. was created to distinguish our increasing work with custom millwork and furniture. The founders and craftsmen of RSTco. have been creating furniture pieces for private customers for 30+ years and reSAWN has grown to a national presence with sales reps and projects around the USA and abroad. Visit our Furniture page for more info or contact us to discuss your project needs.

22 Jul

KISSED BY FIRE :: NEW IN RSTco FURNITURE

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, RSTco. furniture /

RSTco. furniture is pleased to offer KURUMI: North American Black Walnut that is lightly CHARRED and then prefinished with either hardwax oil or a conversion varnish. We recently created 2 of these KURUMI table tops for reDISTRICT based out of Alexandria, VA. The tops are 30” X 30” X 1-3/4” thick. Learn more about RSTco. furniture and our collaborative design process. KURUMI can also be used for interior wall cladding & millwork – request samples here.

08 Jul

reSAWNTIMBERco. featured on ARCHELLO

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In CHARRED WOOD, Inspiring Designs /

Discover the products, stories and building teams behind the projects.

Archello is the only platform that tells multiple stories around projects, from the manufacturer to the architect, making it the richest and the most complete platform for architecture and design.

click on the logo to see archello’s story on reSAWN:

02 Jul

WOODWORKING & “THE ACCIDENTAL DESIGNER”

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In Inspiring Designs /

To some, four years of design school sounds like a long time. But in the story of “The Accidental Designer,” we learned that Tom Sullivan became a successful designer/builder after spending eight years as a shipbuilder’s apprentice.

Shipbuilding is something like woodworking or furniture design on a massive scale. The art and science of shaping enormous timbers into structures that are both attractive and seaworthy requires an understanding of wood and tools—from handheld analog to massive machines—that most furniture designers will never have to grapple with. And while a furniture designer may learn the porosities of various woods to understand how each of them will accept stain and finishing, the shipbuilder must learn these things because if they get it wrong, their creations will sink. The eight years versus four starts to make a lot of sense.

That’s just a taste of what’s on offer. Everything from tool usage to finishing to restoring to the actual woodworking techniques are covered, with new videos popping up all the time. Next time it’s slow at work, or you’re just keen to learn something new and maybe find a new skill to master, check out the channel.

25 Jun

THINGS WE LOVE :: URBAN REMAINS

By reSAWN TIMBER co. In Inspiring Designs, RSTco. furniture /

With their main facility and building artifact museum and gallery located just west of downtown Chicago, urban remains deals exclusively in the reclamation and recycling of american antique architectural artifacts and other oddities found among commercial and industrial buildings or residential structures. Their vast website collection contains over 20,000 meticulously documented and photographed recovered and/or found artifacts found throughout the united states. New acquisitions are added daily to their respective categories found on the homepage. Urban Remains does not deal in new or reproduction building artifacts.

Repurposed american industrial l-shaped stationary sitting bench comprised of solid yellow pine wood residential mortise and tenon sill plate beams – several configurations available

Heavily worn early 20th century american antique industrial freestanding rock hard maple fulton meat parking market wood butcher block table fabricated by john boos & co., effingham, il.

One of several matching late 1930’s american industrial hard to find and highly sought after “pollard brothers” versatile factory locker room benches with original solid maple wood top.

Original and intact vintage american industrial all-welded joint freestanding lightweight factory machine shop table likely fabricated in-house.

All RSTco. furniture is custom built and finished in our woodshop from locally sourced and sustainably harvested wood species. we prefer and specialize in solid wood construction as well as using traditionally joinery wherever possible. we offer a variety of finishes that are both durable and complimentary to the wood. other media in addition to wood are often incorporated into designs such as steel.

Contact us to collaborate on your custom furniture design.

05 Jun

Roughness and Care :: Charred Furniture