November 2006
The city's best loot By Jennifer Cranston
Home & Garden Guide › Furniture: Traditional
Urban Tree Salvage
- 19 A Malley Rd. (at Warden Ave.) • View on map »
- 647-438-7516
For three years, cabinetmakers Sean Gorham and Melissa Neist have been turning trees headed for the city mulch machine into one-of-a-kind pieces that are as gorgeous as they are eco-friendly. Most of the work is custom, and ranges from a 40-by-seven-foot maple slab dining table rimmed with its original bark ($3,300) to a queen-size bed frame that separates into nine easy-to-snap-together pieces (maple $2,900, pine $1,900) to an old-growth pine and hemlock coffee table ($399), made from an 1833 pier that was torn down at the foot of Bathurst Street. Expect to wait six to eight weeks for furniture, depending on product availability. If patience isn’t your virtue, pick up a beautifully veined 100-pound willow cube ($400) that took a year to air-dry, or a hanging wall shelf constructed from glass and a piece of maple ($99–$150, depending on number of shelves). The shelves, by the way, are made from the waste left over from other items the pair has constructed.
- Hours:
- M noon–6, Tu–Th 10–6, F 9–1, Sa hours vary
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