Blue Pine Beetle Wood Furniture

The beetle carries a fungus that slowly turns the wood different colors.

Blue pine beetle wood furniture.

While most furniture makers would toss. Beetle kill wood also known as blue pine wood has a beautiful unique color pattern that is all natural. Commonly know as blue stain the colors that appear can range from blue purple brown orange yellow red and pink. Pine beetle wood furniture or sometimes called blue pine beetle kill wood furniture is one of our most popular collections that takes a piece of colorado history and brings it straight to your room.

Sandra lupien and sam schabacker noticed how the damage from beetle larvae created unique streaks of color in the pine wood oranges greens grays and blues. We now can use the blue stained wood for furniture and some really unique vanities. Raised in a barn s blue pine furniture is made from the reclaimed wood of trees that have been killed by pine beetles. The wood gets its distinctive blue stain due to a bacteria left behind by pine beetles that infest the tree.

We work closely with loggers in the high country of the colorado rockies who harvest dead standing beetle kill pine douglas fir ponderosa pine spruce and aspen logs. Read lots of useful information about this product on our website. The fungal staining is purely cosmetic and has no effect on the structural integrity of the wood. Front range lumber is denver s beetle kill blue stain pine headquarters.

Colorado tables brings beetle kill pine back to life and into the home by utilizing the wood s signature blue stain to create beautiful handcrafted beetle kill furniture shop now 720 449 4126. What are the most common uses of beetle killed pine. In colorado we have seen many of our forests devastated by the rocky mountain pine beetle the only good news is what is left is some absolutely beautiful wood. This is one of the unique specialties implemented by raised in a barn.

Beetle kill pine bed all wood king 1950 queen 1550 full 1350 beetle kill pine and glass shelf 1150 beetle kill pine and steel contemporary desk 950. Beetle kill pine wood is high quality with great color and character. These logs are hauled off to our sawmill where we process your order on our baker blue streak horizontal bandsaw mill.