06/04/2026
In the wake of Hurricane Milton, I learned a lot. Like how many awesome people live nearby and that a 16 inch Ryobi chainsaw wasn’t going to cut it. Lol!! I discovered Guanacaste trees during this time. This is considered exotic wood and there are more of these trees in our neighborhood than I would have ever expected. This is the tree of Costa Rica, a beautiful canopy, shade tree. Three of these mystical giants were laying down in Diston Heights. The third one I discovered allowed me plenty of really cool looking pieces to work with. Before this, I was buying exotic wood from lumberyards. All of the homeowners were really cool people and welcomed me to take as much as I wanted. I am very thankful for this. I still have a lot of this wood left over, mostly bowl material, that is dry and ready to find a new home. Here is a live edge Guanacaste table at bar height that I delivered to one of these awesome homeowners. Thank you Rick and Kristin!!