The forest is where we start with our log furniture.  Within the cool beautiful forest, we find lodge pole pine trees from the northwest, and our aspen is found in Colorado and Utah. 

The Aspen Forests are a very important part of the forest ecosystem. Aspens are generally the first trees to grow in a burned out area. Unlike conifers, Aspens grow from root stock, or "suckers," rather than from seed. this gives them a head start over the other forest plants as the Aspen's root stock is rarely killed during a fire. The Aspen is a deciduas tree, losing it's leaves each fall. This helps make the soil of an Aspen forest very rich and fertile for other plants. The Aspen leaves filter sunlight for the forest floor, so a variety of other plants can grow as well. Pines, Spruce, small bushes, grasses and wild flowers. The Aspen provides valuable forage for Elk and Deer herds, while the underlying plants attract and feed a variety of smaller forest denizens such as mice, rabbits, or voles. These of course attract bobcats, coyotes, and mountain lions. You can begin to get a small picture of how without one of these - you lose all of these! One other interesting fact.....

The largest living thing in the world is an Aspen Tree in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. It's an Aspen Tree, with a recorded 41,000 trees off of one root stock! Amazing! That whole forest is actually only one tree with many branches.

Above is a photo of Lodgepole pine needles.  Lodgepole pine is used throughout the log furniture industry.  It is a slow growing wood, which yields a tighter grain pattern than most pines, making it a harder and straighter growing wood.

The lodgepole pine is a very flexible wood that was once used by the native people to build teepees and lodges, hence its name. It grows 30 to 35 meters high and lives for approximately 200 years. Its needles are strongly twisted. Its cones have scales with a curved prickle that is held closed by a resin bond. To open, the cones need to be exposed to intense heat from a wildfire or from direct sunlight. Most pure stands are therefore established on burn areas. The lodgepole pine is found in western Canada and the northwestern United States.  It is found in pure, sometimes very dense stands, and on different types of soils. Its wood is soft to moderately hard and light yellow in color. An important source of timber, it is used in construction and for pulp wood and after treatment with preservatives, for railway ties and poles.

We carefully inspect and select - or hand-pick - and harvest all of the logs used in the manufacture of our log furniture.  They are brought to our factory in Kalispell, Montana for processing into our beautiful log furniture. 

 Before you visit our beautiful and unique furniture on-line showrooms, I would like to say a few words about pure log furniture. 

The art of designing and building furniture from logs takes years to learn.  It takes constant concentration from the harvest, all the way through the hand-crafting process.  Each log has to be carefully "read."  The proportions, tapers, cracks, bends, and colors - all have to be understood and properly expressed.  Each and every piece of our furniture is a unique one-of-a-kind creation due just to those "readings" stated above.   

Furniture Finishes:  Your furniture will be coated with a sanding sealer, then finished with a high-quality flat lacquer.  For an additional charge, gloss, semi-gloss lacquer, or an oil finish is available!

Our spray-room techniques have been refined to provide an exceptionally smooth, durable and beautiful finish.  Staining or white-washing are options you may want to consider.  We will work closely with you to achieve the right color.  Usually it works best for you to pick a color from "Minwax"® brand stain.  "Minwax"® offers a wide variety of colors and is available in most hardware or building supply stores.  Click on the link below to see the stain options available.

Exterior furniture is finished with "Watco"® brand clear exterior oil.  If you would like us to custom finish, please specify the brand and the product number. 

You will see three (3) basic options displayed on these pages.  Skip-Peeled logs; Clean-Peeled logs, and White-Washed Clean-Peeled logs.  There is an additional charge for Clean-Peeled logs.   The picture below shows all three options.  Be sure to specify which you wish on your furniture.

Another treatment you may wish to consider is "Character."  What is "Character" in a log?  Well, it's the natural twists, turns, curves, burls, knotholes, etc., that make a log a log!  Above is a sample of character in three lamps - the lamps are all alike, but the bases all have different "Character!"  You must specify if you wish character, and a quotation will be given to you based upon how much Character you want, and where this Character is to be located!  

Now that you know what goes into the process of making fine log furniture, please visit our beautiful showrooms!  

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