Weekend(s) Project

We had leftover materials from our cement countertop projects in the house (laundry room, fireplace) and a friend was having a beautiful Madrona cut down so we decided to make use of these things and make some furniture. We needed a smaller coffee table for our living room so that was project number one and we also needed more seating for the kitchen table that we partially built. Since we couldn't find a bench with the correct dimensions we made one and both turned out great (for our taste). We only had to buy some plywood, screws and metal lathe and we were in business. We thought it would be a quick project because we used to be really fast when we were doing stuff for the house but since we are no longer had a time is money incentive it took us a few days spread over a few weeks to actually get er done.

Tree Guy

Born and bred in the wilds of Alaska (okay, I'm not sure exactly where in Alaska, but it's all wild right?), this guy is about as rugged as they come. With nothing but spurs and a cable anchoring him to the tree, he cuts off substantial limbs and throws them down like nothing. Referring to his men on the ground as 'girls', he cut our trees down in thirds and as the top portion would come down he would be left swaying on what was remaining. Yikes.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have a crush on anyone who can do what he does (you should see his forearms, really). No, you're not going to come to find one day that I've run off with the tree guy, but my respect runs deep. If you had seen him up in those giant 100ft+ fir trees working his chainsaw magic yours would too. As it turns out, he is afraid of heights.

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Video posted here.