Texas Hardwoods and Woodworks

07/29/2019

Just got home with these live oak logs...time to get creative and see what they become. 🤔

11/03/2018

This unique angled bottom window was designed to accommodate the interior stairway in a custom home in Dallas, Texas. It is constructed of vertical grain fir, painted on the outside with the interior clear coated.

05/05/2018

Painted cabinets of poplar with black walnut counter top make an attractive butler's pantry in Fort Worth, Texas. I worked with Randy Mayes and Martin Grunow on this one.

11/08/2017

Either mesquite or black walnut are used in about 90% of our projects here at Texas Hardwoods and Woodworks. The mesquite tree produces beautiful lumber that is short and challenging to use. But, the mesquite tree offers more than just lumber. One of my favorites is mesquite bean jelly. This is a good article that touches on the tree's varied uses today and in years past.

“I could ask for no better monument over my grave than a good mesquite tree, its roots down deep like those of people who belong to the soil, its hardy branches, leaves and fruit holding memories of the soil. . . .” — J. Frank Dobie, Texas writer [Mesquite is] “the devil with roots.

09/23/2017

Countertop of Texas mesquite...turquoise inlay!

07/29/2017

For this customer in Albany, Texas, the architect suggested a 9 inch by 9 inch beam mantel "out of pine or fir" for their painted brick fireplace during the remodel of their home. We found this old growth pine timber that had been originally used in the construction of the White Swan Coffee Building (now the House of Blues) in Dallas in the 1920's. These old pine timbers have tight growth rings and a rich patina that can not be matched by new lumber. The clear finish is Waterlox.

07/01/2017

Nice mantel! Fabrication and finish by master craftsman Randy Mayes of The Woodwork Shop in Fort Worth, Texas. Our part: provide the reclaimed pine timber, cut to rough dimensions on our sawmill.

05/20/2017

This Texas native is Osage Orange, known for it's durability and yellow color. The color changes with time and exposure to various shades of brown, some even to a very dark brown or charcoal given enough time. The tree is also known as hedge apple, horse apple, bowdark, or bois d'arc. The name bois d'arc (meaning bow wood) was given to the tree by the early French settlers to the U.S. when they learned it was the tree from which the Osage Indians made their superior bows. This tree was important in our early history, as it was planted for hedgerow fencing, used in wagon wheel construction, piers for foundations of buildings, and used generally anywhere where it's strength, hardness and natural resistance to decay would be beneficial.

05/13/2017

Recent cutting board made for an appreciation gift. The wood is end grain mesquite with cedar elm accents. (That's as Texas as it gets!)

05/06/2017

These are the follow up photos for the raw walnut slab photos we posted last time. These show some of the fabrication and finish.

04/30/2017

Nice black walnut slab, harvested here in Texas, it is to become a wide serving bar, with one live (natural) edge, and a "waterfall" end. The slab is 26 to 33 inches wide and over 10 feet long!