The best grain to have in your kitchen isn't one you can eat. With burl wood cabinets, your kitchen will be the most ...

On a mid-July morning in Corvallis’ Willamette Park, Callie Gunderson’s two-year-old son climbed a maple tree. Gunderson said playing in the park is the best way to encourage him to be adventurous.

Wood furniture is a warm trend that will never go out of style, but certain types seem to become trendier depending on fads and designer tips. Since many home designs and themes are cyclical, it's no ...

Some materials are synonymous with luxury — marble, lacquer, mohair. Then there’s burl wood, the most characterful of them all, despite its rather unfortunate backstory. Technically a tree’s tumor, it ...

A table top for a table made of popular burl wood and transparent epoxy resin. The resin is varnished and polished, the wood is saturated with tung oil. (Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Just think ...

In nature, beauty often comes from imperfections. Uneven textures and mottled colors lend depth and character to materials like wood and stone, and people are increasingly looking to bring that ...

Sponsored by: Northwest Hardwoods: Lumber that’s Graded For Yield®. Mappa burl, from the European poplar trees (Populus nigra to be exact), has grown more and more popular. It is often used in factory ...

The best burl wood pieces to add glamor to your abode. Burl wood found its heyday in the design world during the ‘60s and ‘70s, but this beautiful wood grain material has been used to craft furniture ...

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