"Blackened wood is having a moment, be it lacquered, stained, charred, or oxidized, and we're all in. For those who dare to join us, here's a roundup of our favorite noirish pieces."

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Above: From charred wood experts reSAWN TIMBER co., the Credenza 1 has a case of shou sugi ban treated wood with pale maple doors and oxidized maple accents.

shou sugi ban wall cladding + black walnut conference table

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.

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.

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.

With a combination of roughness and care, Kaspar Hamacher chops logs into sections, strips the bark away and places smaller burning logs on top to create legs from the charred remains, creating this unique design for charred furniture.

Tables and Credenzas from RSTco. Furniture :: modern furniture design techniques and materials mixed with traditional woodworking skill.  Images below feature:
1 BLACK WALNUT CONFERENCE TABLE WITH METAL BASE
2 CURLY MAPLE CREDENZA WRAPPED IN SHOU-SUGI-BAN RED OAK – WITH OXIDIZED MAPLE ACCENT STRIPES AND RELIEF HANDLES
3 NETSU SHOU-SUGI-BAN CHARRED TABLE TOP WITH METAL BASE
4 AMERICAN BLACK WALNUT CREDENZA WRAPPED IN WHITE LAQUER
5 BLACK WALNUT CONFERENCE TABLE WITH METAL BASE

Combining traditional solid wood furniture craftsmanship with shou-sugi-ban charred woods to create unique, modern pieces

MATERIAL: Heart Pine Beam