slabs

We've got sooo many slabs right now. I am back to playing slab tetris. I have absolutely no idea where to put all of these! PLEASE BUY THEM! Check out our facebook page (click the link below) and look at the pictures of all the new guys!

Mississippi Wood Trader

Woohooo slabs!

Spring Update!!!

With Spring in full bloom, we've decided to hit the ground running (more like forced into this dead sprint, but that's neither here nor there). We are still milling away on the yard and we are beginning to resemble something quite close to a fully operational and functioning lumberyard. There are stacks and stacks of air drying material outside the warehouse and we are attempting to figure out exactly where each piece will find it's new home. I've begun labeling and charting them all accordingly (because it's why Darwin puts up with me), and I must say the list has grown quite exponentially since our last update.

Take today for instance: Darwin is out on the yard slabbing a beautiful Pecan tree. The pieces that are coming out of this tree are absolutely stunning. For the next few weeks, our mornings are going to be spent slabbing out trees on the yard. I am excited, but I am not so sure Darwin is going to be too terribly excited once he realizes how big of an undertaking this will be…We've also decided to do a makeover of the warehouse. By we, I clearly mean I have forced Darwin into participating in making the warehouse more customer friendly. Once everything has been re-situated and settled in it's new home everyone will have to come have a look! Also, watch our Facebook page for updated pictures as we will be getting new slabs and other material back from the kiln very soon! - Such as the Reclaimed Oak 2x's that are getting cooked as we speak - these are featured in The Madison Hotel in Washington D.C., Mellow Mushroom in Charleston, SC and Louisville, KY as well as the new Highland Bakery in Midtown Atlanta.

With the recent storms that came through Atlanta, we have been fielding a lot of phone calls regarding what to do with fallen trees. We are trying mightily to make sure that everyone gets a response, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to juggle, so much so that I have imputed a new e-mail into our list of contacts: trees.mswt@gmail.com. We are super appreciative of everyone thinking of us and we want to help rescue as many of these trees as possible. Emory University contacted us about another tree project they want to pursue. A tree came down in front of one of their oldest dormitories on campus, and they want to find a way to slab a piece of it out for a table to be used in the dorm as a gathering/meeting place for students. It has arrived on the yard and we can't wait to break it open and see what it looks like. We also received a White Oak tree that came down in Darwin's front yard. He has dubbed it the "Avatar" tree because it is HUGE and left a massive crater in his front yard, and may or may not have crushed some neighboring cars on it's way down. He is definitely itching to get that one slabbed out.

Keeping with the Spring cleaning and Spring reorganizing theme around here we are currently also running a Spring special. We have about 3000BF of Quartersawn White Oak flooring blanks in varying widths, that we would love to make a deal on for you. It has all been kiln dried and is from locally recovered trees. It has good karma and is anxiously awaiting to spread into it's new home….

So with that, pat yourselves on the back for going green and using "urban lumber," because we most definitely are! Hope everyone is enjoying this change to beautiful weather! I promise the rambling has ended, so go out and enjoy the sunshine.

-Dot & Darwin

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