On Sunday we drove out to Quilcene to visit a guy who has a tiny lumber yard and also mills lumber out there. His name is Marc Waltz and his lumber yard is called Waltz Lumber. We found him one time a few years ago when we were out there admiring the countryside. He is located in an old church right in the middle of town, and besides lumber, he sponsors some music classes and has sort of a recording studio set up in there, and basically does whatever work he can in his space to keep it all going. The best thing for us is that he can access great huge pieces of wood and if you have any ability at all to cut and sand and seal it yourselves - it's a great way to save money on an awesome design trend. He usually has some stock of cedar, fir, alder and maple.
We have an island in kitchen area of the Seattle apartment and have been planning to find a piece of wood with a live edge to be it's top. We have been using a temporary top til now, but as of Sunday, this project is ON! Here is our wood (maple) in it's raw state. We bought it and left it with Marc to cure for several weeks. Then we will pick it up and do the cutting and sanding ourselves and seal it with something and then boom, we're done! I'll share the process as we go, because I think it will be sort of a slow go, working on it for a few weekends, but I wanted to show you the wood as is, and Marc's place too.
Marc doesn't have a website, so if you are interested in sourcing wood from him, you can reach him at
Waltz Lumber
11 Old Church Road
Quilcene, WA 98376
360-301-3866
Call him first if you are planning to go out there. He isn't always in the shop, so make an appointment to visit. He is a really cool guy - and his prices are really reasonable. So, because of that, don't call him up and start asking for wholesale pricing, that's basically what it is now - so just pay the guy!
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| This is ours. We'll flip it over, cut a straight edge down one side and the end and leave the outside edge raw. |
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| Another view of the maple. |
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| Wood inside his shop. |
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| Here is some maple he finished for a table top. We don't want ours to be quite this shiny, but look how beautiful it is! |
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| More wood pieces |
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| Marc's sweet old dog |
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| Sign out front. Go visit! |
