A Tree to Table Story | Drake Street Walnut
A Madison, Wisconsin Tree to Table Story
In the video below we’re sharing the entire process of taking a walnut tree from a 16’ log to a live edge conference table.
urban wood - local roots
This walnut tree once grew on Drake Street in Madison, Wisconsin. When it was taken down it traveled 11 miles to our location where it was sawn, dried and crafted into a custom 9’x26’ conference table for a local company. The table now sits a mere 16 miles from where the tree stood.
Stories like this are at the heart of the urban wood movement. You can learn more about the urban wood movement and read more stories like this in Paul’s book Tree to Table | Emergence of the Urban Wood Movement