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Rustic Fireplace Mantel Hand Hewn Red Oak. -- AVAILABLE 60in Long x 7 Tall x 7
The rich amber tones of this red oak mantle are shot through with warm golds and browns that highlight this piece's hand-hewn history.
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Hand Hewn Basswood Fireplace Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 9in x 73in or so long
Chopping a round log into a rectangle is relatively unusual. Square beams are much easier. But about 100 years ago, someone needed it and took the time to do it. While Basswood has clean and simple grains, the hand hewing on this piece adds a ton of cha
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Circle Sawn White Oak Mantel w/ Nice Character -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 8in x 75in or so long
Here’s an old white oak fireplace mantel beam from an old barn near Green Isle, MN. This one is circle sawn and probably dates back around 1920. It has a nice, rich natural patina, but shows off a some lighter sapwood and flowing grains. The sapwoo
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Old Oak Mantel - Hand Hewn and Dark -- SOLD Approx. 7.5in x 6in x 96in or so long
We just don’t get enough of these beams in. This is a square-ish mantel that had been hand hewn on all 4 sides. Back in the day, someone worked with and adze or broad ax to square off all 4 sides of a beam. We find a fair amount of 2-side hand hewn log c
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Clean, Straight Oak Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 6.0in x 7.75in x 71in or so long
This beam came out of an early 1900s granary in Mayer, Minnesota. It was a sill beam where the floor joists rest on top of the beam. We cut it down to remove some rotten material off the top surface. This old oak was incredibly straight and clean. There’
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Log Like White Oak Mantel Beam -- SOLD Approx. 6.5in x 7in x 67in or so
The old piece of white oak came from a log cabin near Reedsville, WI. It has both log like features as well as old ax marks from the 1800s where it was squared off. It also shows off these strong light and dark tones between the sapwood and the heartwood
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White Oak Mantel with Wonderful Natural Face -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 8in x 60in or so
This is one of our favorites. This fireplace mantel is a white oak piece with more of a smooth, tree-like natural face combined with smooth cut top and bottom. The top and bottom show various amounts of cracking and what we call patina striping. This bea
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American Elm Mantel - Smooth Top with Wormy Face -- SOLD Approx. 5.5in x 10in x 64in
Before Dutch Elm disease wiped out most of the trees, the American Elms grew big and abundant. Their tall clean trunks and vase like shape made them a great source of long, clean logs. In our little spot of Minnesota, the vast majority of the settlers us
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Rock Elm Square Post Mantel --SOLD Approx. 6in x 6in x 96in
There’s 3 common elms in our area – American (white), Slippery (red), and Rock. Rock probably amounts to about 1% of the overall population – even back in the ol’ days. Rock Elm is extremely slow growing and is virtually unavailable on the mo
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Oak Fireplace Mantel with a Big Ol’ Hole -- SOLD Approx. 7in x 7in x 56in
At almost 5 feet, this little mantel has spunk. It’s a nice squared off little gem with lots of original patina and wavy weathered grains. It’s white oak from an old log barn in Hackers Creek, West Virginia.
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Oak Fireplace Mantel --Tree-Like with Old Ax Marks -- SOLD Approx. 8in x 10in x 84in
A great mix of flowing tree-like character and original old ax marks. Nice medium color with pleasant accents. This piece of oak is relatively uncommon. They usually hand hewed the side, or left it natural. Rarely, did they do this kind of half-a-j
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Oak Fireplace Mantel with Nice Flowing Knot -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 8in x 60in
This fireplace mantel is a nice timber from an old log cabin in Wisconsin. The top side was exposed to the elements and became extremely weathered. A large knot flows over the top and reveals itself as a small knot on the face. The bottom edge has a slig
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Red Elm Barn Beam Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 5in x 6in x 68in or so
This old beam came from a barn near Chanhassen, Minnesota which is now a suburb of Minneapolis. The owner says that it dates back to the 1850s – prior to Minnesota becoming a state. Technically, the farm owners were squatting on Indian lands. The Sioux,
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Big Hand Hewn Red Elm Fireplace Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 9.5in x 9.5in x 86in + Tenon
Great Hand Hewn Red Elm Fireplace Mantel Beam from an old barn near Norwood Young America, Minnesota. It probably dates back to the late 1800s. The piece of wood is on its third or forth life. It was barn that was filled with beam that were reused from p
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Rich Patina Hand Hewn Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 7.0in x 7.0in x 65in or so long
Another great hand hewn timber from a barn in Wisconsin. This one has a deep, rich patina as well as some deep, but smooth old ax marks. (hand hewn).
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Angled Face Hand Hewn Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 7.0in x 8 to 12in x 79in or so long
This old beam is actually a rafter plate from an old log cabin in Reedsville, Wisconsin. Originally, it was tilted upwards and the angle of the beam followed the angle of the roof. Not too many craftsmen did work this nice. More often than not, it was ju
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Beautifully Hand Hewn Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 8.0in x 8.0in x 62in or so long
Old hand hewn beams don’t get much better than this. It’s an old white oak beam from a barn in Wisconsin. It been carefully sanded for hours to bring out the best in this mantel. It’s refined and nicely smooth to the touch. A good white oak has a pleasan
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Very Rustic Elm Mantel With Ax Marks -- SOLD Approx. 7in x 9in x 64in or so long
Here's a very rustic American Elm Mantel from an original settler Cabin in Minnesota. It probably dates back to the late 1800s. It has some very rustic character as well as an interesting curve. There’s plenty of original ax marks, also known as, hand he
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Reclaimed Pine Beam Mantel - SOLD Approx. 7.5in x 7.5in x 84in or so long
(More Available) Here’s a simple, white pine barn beam mantel. It’s well priced for it’s size – $350 for a 7ft long mantel. It could be cut down to fit your needs as well. This beam was from a barn that was probably built around the 1930’s or so. It came
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Rectangular Hand Hewn American Elm Beam Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 6.0in x 10in x 74in or so
We get a reasonable amount of old log barn and log cabin timbers, but only about 5-10% of them have hand hewing on more than 2 sides. This is one of those unusual beams that is both hand hewn and rectangular. It’s American Elm, which was quite common in
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Ghosts of Beams Past Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 4.5in x 7.5in x 60in or so
This is an old red oak beam mantel that shows ghosts of beams past. On the bottom side of this mantel you can see an area where this beam was covered by another beam. The area has big nails holes, but also shows a lighter area where it was preserved from
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Red Oak Log Cabin Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 6.5in x 10in x 66in or so
Here’s a Hand Hewn Red Oak Mantel from a log cabin in Reedsville, Wisconsin. It was an 1870s vintage place, but it was not properly marked before it was dismantled by an Amish gent. It became a pile of logs. The two sides have original ax marks; the back
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Dark White Oak Naily Mantel - SOLD Approx. 5in x 7in x 60in or so long
Most of the people that salvage barns would have thrown this piece out. It was rotten and super ugly before we started. This piece required lots and lots of scraping
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Round Hole Oak Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 8in x 83.5in or so long
This fireplace mantel is a combination of several pieces. We loved the 4x6 with holes in it, but there was a rounded edge that was just too much to get over. So, we combined several...
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Oak Mantel Beam with Fills -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 6in or so x 65in long
Well priced at $350. This is an original oak barn beam with original mortise holes. They have been carefully filled with white oak plugs to show off the great old grain on some of this wood.
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Oak Barn Beam Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 8in or so x 72in long
This red oak barn beam mantel has lots of great old character and great color. It’s has lots of neat texture on the top. We left the deep crack open on the top.
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Tree-like; Sawn Mantel 5ft -- SOLD Approx. 5.75in x 7.5in or so x 60in long
This 5FT piece just had a great natural, tree-like face with a circle sawn top and bottom. Like all of our wood, this is another reclaimed piece. It happens to be an old red oak "sleeper" beam (think floor joist) from a barn in Wisconsin.
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Pair of Oak Barn Beams -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 12in x 72in long
A nice pair of red oak barn beams joined together; nice way to achieve a rectangular format. Most old building material is square – 6x6, 8x8, etc…so rectangular is somewhat hard to find (with the exception of log cabin beams). This pair is beautiful as-i
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Oak Log Cabin Mantel with Round Pegs -- SOLD Approx. 6in x 10in or so x 84in long
This is a red oak beam from an original settler log cabin in Wisconsin. Although it is red oak, by the weight of it, you’d swear it was white oak. This is a heavy one. The top and bottom are pretty close to original color. The face has been stained sligh
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Solid White Oak Mantel w/ Square and Round Pegs -- SOLD Approx. 7.5in x 8in x 82 or so long
This is a really nice piece of wood. It's extremely solid old white oak. Around here, when they built buildings, the used white oak on the sill beams -- the beams that touch the ground. White oak has natural rot resistance – much better than most other..
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Dark Stained Red Elm Mantel--SOLD Approx. 6in x 7in x 74.25in long
We're not real fond of staining, but this particular technique works pretty well. We use "asphaltum," which is basically tar that is thinned with mineral spirits. We then apply a couple coats of spray poly. The use of asphatum dates back thousands of yea
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Old Log Cabin Timber Mantel -- SOLD Approx. 6.5in x 7in x 63in long
This is a red oak, tree-like mantel timber from an old log cabin in Prior Lake, Minnesota. It has original axe marks where the original builder flattened out the sides. This one also has some nice natural, flowing lines to it. The color variation is also
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Sanded Smooth White Pine -- SOLD approximately 6in x 6in x 6ft
A nice clean mantel that's been bleached even lighter in color and sanded super smooth.
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