Check out our friends and customers at Nelson Treehouse and Supply (from Animal Planet’s Treehouse Masters), featured in the latest issue of American Builder’s Quarterly!
Help Crossroads Save Standing Dead Pine from the Sierra Nevada Foothills It’s the perfect time to start your summer project with Crossroads’ Rescued Blue Stain Pine. As its name suggests, this lumber is remarkable for the shades of blue that streak this golden Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine wood—a chemical reaction spurred by the dying trees, …
Dear Friends and Customers, As we leave 2015 behind us, our company would like to thank you for your continued patronage and support! As you know, we are a small business, and we pride ourselves on doing exceptional work that helps our local economy and contributes positively to the ecologies of the forests of California and …
From our friend in Port Townsend, Ron Myhre, who carved the prow of this beautiful Sugar Pine Viking Boat: “…it was a one-off happening in San Diego for the epic series “The Vikings” on the History channel. Took place on the roof of a hotel in San Diego during Comic-con 2013, transforming the rooftop into …
Nail puller [neyl pool er] 1. One who pulls nails.Pulling iron from our reclaimed lumber is one of the most important jobs here at Crossroads. A lot of our wood is remilled on site and due to the expense and time involved in keeping the milling blades sharp, making sure the wood is metal free is important. …
This morning a load of historic lumber out of beautiful Saint Joseph’s Church in San Francisco is on a truck, making its way to us! The current church building was erected in 1906. The wood is old and sturdy rough-cut, full-dimension 2x material, and as far as we can tell is 108 years old. …
2013 was a fantastic year for Crossroads Recycled Lumber. We finally were able to shake the drag of the shattered economy, and our investment in infrastructure and marketing over the last two years really paid off. One of the more exciting new developments here is that Crossroads is now certified by the Forest Stewardship CouncilTM! …
This week we are remembering the incredible life and impact of folk musician Pete Seeger, who passed away on Monday at the age of 94. Like many people, Crossroads’ founder Marc Mandel is a great admirer of Seeger, and the spirit of Pete’s music and work has been an inspiration for Crossroads Recycled Lumber and …
Basically brined in salt water, these beams are heavy and still carry some of the ocean’s bottom on their skins. Shells, sand, spots where decayed chain rotted away, colors of iron and bits of rocks defiantly cling to their sides. This, my friends, spells love. Running my hands along the rough surface, I could feel …
As we venture into 2014, we at Crossroads Recycled Lumber want to express our gratitude for the past year. Two years ago the economy was in a very bad place, and our company was just keeping its head above the water. Today, Crossroads has ten employees – that’s the most we have had in our …