At Refined Rustic Furniture we have many requests for fireplace mantels. Fireplace mantels are used as the top piece that encases the fireplace and serves as a lintel to support the masonry above the fireplace. Your mantel is where you would hang your stockings for Christmas. Also called a mantelpiece, mantelshelf, chimneyshelf or chimneypiece. Originating in […]

Need help understanding all the different woodworking terms? We have some of the answered here. See theses common wood terms to familiarize yourself. AIR DRIED – Air-dried is wood that was not dried in a kiln.  The moisture content of air dried wood is affected by where the wood is located.  Wood on the coast […]

We continue to create unique and interesting projects from our huge supply of natural-edge, salvaged lumber. We get requests to provide coat racks of all shapes and sizes. These popular wood coat racks make a great accent piece. We build a large number coat racks either finished, unfinished or partially finished. They are simple, functional […]

At Refined Rustic Furniture we build unique one-of-a-kind walnut furniture for a large variety of clients. Our Walnut Collection grows with every order. We do Custom furniture so most of our collection is only available to view on our website and social media pages. See our Facebook page to join the crowd. We’ve built walnut […]

Spring Wine Barrel Patio Furniture: Made from Reclaimed 70 gallon oak wine barrels. Very convenient, these chairs fold flat for easy storage. Strong and comfortable, built for rest and relaxation. The table is the perfect surface and conversation piece. Our wine barrel patio furniture has smokey burgundy highlights from the red wine stored in the […]

Refined Rustic Furniture processes many kinds of wood products. We have a sawmill to turn large logs into usable furniture-ready slabs and dimensional lumber. Wood slabs can be turned into tables, counter tops, feature walls, mantles, benches, swings, shelves and corbels just to name a few. Locally salvaged trees come in as bucked logs ready […]

At Refined Rustic Furniture we get asked all the time. “What is the best wood to use for my particular piece?” In this blog post we will discuss building tables tops with dimensional lumber. This tends to be a good start and a popular pick for most woodworkers. When deciding on a table the look, […]

In 2012 we were asked to replace some existing benches that had deteriorated. We made 5 rustic live edge benches. Each individual bench is unique and hand crafted. These benches were made from 100% salvaged wood reclaimed from the Porcupine Hills in Southern Alberta. We built and installed these live edge benches for the Native Gardens at The […]

This family tree growth chart is a fun and interesting way to catalog your family’s development. 1. Selecting the piece: We cut a piece of live edge Pine 10″ wide, 2″ thick and 7′ tall. Any rustic wide piece of wood works just fine. Lighter coloured wood is best so you can mark and write […]