Storm Felled Trees

Forest to Frame

Our Homestead to Your Home

Storms bring down several large trees on our 225 acre property every year. These trees become the raw materials for our solar-powered homestead business.

  • Storm Selected

    I harvest trees that storms
    blow over.

  • Solar Powered

    Our woodshop is 'Off Grid' and run entirely on solar power.

  • Homestead Business

    Husband and Wife team in WV

  • Strong As An Oak

    End-grain engravings are crisp and strong!

Cookie vs Board

Judge for Yourself

The only difference between the top and bottom is the grain direction...But why does it make such a difference?

Imagine wood fibers like 1000 straws running up the trunk of a tree.

  • Cookie - I trim the ends of the straws. "End Grain". It remains a bundle of tightly packed straws that support each other.
  • Board - The bundle of straws is laying on its side. The engraving process cuts the top layer of straws into a bunch of little segments that chip away easily between the growth rings.

The results speak for themselves.