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The majority of our window and door trim is re-milled Douglas
fir. We ordered "character grade", which is the lowest quality (and
in our view the most interesting), and received the wood with all the bad pieces
still intact. These "waste" pieces (far left) often still has usable
chunks. Even on this particularly bad piece the lower right section would probably make a
near perfect 3" by 24" board. By carefully laying out the board,
we were able to make much better use of the wood than if the sawmill had cut all
the "bad" pieces out for us.
A sill showing minor defects (near left). We use the
term "wabi-sabi", which is a Japanese word implying patina, or
character for these pieces.
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