South Easthope Mutual's old tree into new woodwork

South Easthope Mutual in Tavistock decided that they had out grown their office space in Tavistock Ontario. They had enough space to build in their empy lot beside the old buliding. In the middle of this lot sat an old butternut tree. As it happened they approached me to do some woodwork/furniture in their new office with this old tree. The problem was that butternut is becoming an endangered species because of a blight causing canker. There are serious restrictions on removing heathy trees. This tree could not be removed and the project could not move forth until a biologist determined the health and exact species. As it turned out this tree had a few structural issues and it was determined to be a hybrid and not an indigenous butternut. The project moved forth.

I did one whole wall in butternut in their heritage room and a mantle in the entrance. There will be a coffee table to follow in a further blog post. This butternut was a joy to work with.