by Barney & Carey Co. | May 17, 2025 | Live Edge Lumber, Specialty Lumber, Woodworking
When our website manager asked me to write about this topic, I was very happy to do it! The question of which type of store is better is not an easy one to answer, nor is one type the clear-cut winner. Over the years, I have had plenty of experience with both...
by Keevin Geller | Mar 30, 2022 | Live Edge Lumber, Specialty Lumber, Woodworking
I am always on the hunt to buy wide hardwood slabs from our network of small sawmills, but it gets harder and harder to find them, as demand is high. Walnut is always scarce, because there just aren’t that many Walnut trees here in New England. Tree companies...
by Keevin Geller | Apr 14, 2021 | Live Edge Lumber, Specialty Lumber
At Barney & Carey, I have always searched for new sources of wide and thick slabs for use in bar tops, large and small tables, benches and shelves, etc., but they are not so easy to get. If we buy them green (not dry), then we apply hot paraffin wax to the ends,...
by Keevin Geller | Feb 16, 2021 | Live Edge Lumber, Specialty Lumber
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, it was kind of a fad to use live edge lumber on the gable ends of ranch and split-level houses. Many people, myself included, thought this was a total mismatch of architectural styles, but it sure was big for a while. “Live...
