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Wood
Aug 7, 2011 16:30:14 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2011 16:30:14 GMT
You'll be pleased to know that the price was reduced from something like 800€ to 350€. I don't know if he is still waiting for a new home.
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 17:05:12 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2011 17:05:12 GMT
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 17:33:49 GMT
Post by Kimby on Sept 26, 2011 17:33:49 GMT
Will this wood also be looking for a new home? Or destined for the landfill, or a bonfire?
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 17:39:57 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2011 17:39:57 GMT
It is the beams of a 100-150 year old building that has been demolished.
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 17:40:47 GMT
Post by Kimby on Sept 26, 2011 17:40:47 GMT
Is no one rushing to claim the beams to give new construction the veneer of authenticity?
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 17:46:10 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2011 17:46:10 GMT
Frankly, it is not a rare commodity in Europe. Maybe it is time for us to start an import-export company for old wood, the same way certain people use old bricks.
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 17:54:32 GMT
Post by Kimby on Sept 26, 2011 17:54:32 GMT
Lots of demand for old industrial building wood around here. The big beams in old warehouses and scuffed and gouged floorboards are avidly sought after for use in high-end new construction. Those trees were harvested back when there were still big old trees to cut, they aren't making them like that anymore.
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 19:37:00 GMT
Post by Kimby on Sept 26, 2011 19:37:00 GMT
Something old: and something new: though actually the trees this firewood comes from died long ago.
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 19:47:18 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2011 19:47:18 GMT
Looks brand new to me, you tree murderer!
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 20:10:55 GMT
Post by Kimby on Sept 26, 2011 20:10:55 GMT
Well, if we can believe the firewood cutter we buy it from, the wood is from standing dead larch that were killed during the fires of 1910! Which makes the wood over 100 years old. The very low humidity in the mountains would keep it from rotting, but I don't know what would keep the trees standing for so long. Wouldn't their roots rot?
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Wood
Sept 26, 2011 21:04:22 GMT
Post by fumobici on Sept 26, 2011 21:04:22 GMT
Lots of demand for old industrial building wood around here. The big beams in old warehouses and scuffed and gouged floorboards are avidly sought after for use in high-end new construction. Those trees were harvested back when there were still big old trees to cut, they aren't making them like that anymore. Same here in WA. The floor beams in old buildings (here that'd mean only 100-150 years) cut from first growth trees can be up to three feet wide(!). They are usually in almost perfect condition too when the buildings are demolished. Those are unobtainium nowadays and highly sought after.
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Wood
Oct 10, 2011 22:18:45 GMT
Post by Kimby on Oct 10, 2011 22:18:45 GMT
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Wood
Oct 11, 2011 4:13:09 GMT
Post by Kimby on Oct 11, 2011 4:13:09 GMT
Found in an old blacksmith's forge.
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Wood
Nov 7, 2011 15:09:24 GMT
Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2011 15:09:24 GMT
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Wood
Nov 8, 2011 15:42:38 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 8, 2011 15:42:38 GMT
That is a truly great photograph. Obviously the subject matter is interesting, but apart from that -- great photograph!
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Wood
Nov 21, 2011 10:38:58 GMT
Post by tod2 on Nov 21, 2011 10:38:58 GMT
I wonder if the tenants on the other side of that wall feel re-assured? Great Photo!
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Wood
Nov 26, 2011 15:02:49 GMT
Post by tod2 on Nov 26, 2011 15:02:49 GMT
Bench at the Skukuza Golf Club.
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Wood
Dec 29, 2011 21:25:22 GMT
Post by Kimby on Dec 29, 2011 21:25:22 GMT
I can't imagine where this image #148 on p.5 has got to, I haven't done any deleting on imagebank...
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Wood
Dec 29, 2011 21:33:04 GMT
Post by Kimby on Dec 29, 2011 21:33:04 GMT
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Wood
Jan 11, 2012 20:58:16 GMT
Post by Kimby on Jan 11, 2012 20:58:16 GMT
This fallen-down log cabin was built to house wood-cutters for the big smelter stack in the town 12 miles away... (I initially set out to make this a photograph for the moon and stars thread, till I realized that I framed it up without the moon in it! Oops.)
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Wood
Jan 11, 2012 21:07:04 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2012 21:07:04 GMT
#198 is delightfully odd, no detraction from the more classic #199 intended.
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Wood
Jan 11, 2012 21:18:29 GMT
Post by Kimby on Jan 11, 2012 21:18:29 GMT
That stump washed ashore somewhere on Australia's North Queensland coast...Or was it New Zealand? The trips begin to blur together.
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Wood
Jan 21, 2012 20:50:31 GMT
Post by nycgirl on Jan 21, 2012 20:50:31 GMT
Another gorgeous natural sculpture, Kimby. The log cabin is lovely, as well.
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Wood
Jan 21, 2012 22:04:30 GMT
Post by nycgirl on Jan 21, 2012 22:04:30 GMT
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Wood
Jan 21, 2012 22:57:17 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2012 22:57:17 GMT
Oooh! Nice!
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Wood
Jan 22, 2012 0:14:08 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jan 22, 2012 0:14:08 GMT
Good grief -- world class, NYCGirl!
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Wood
Jan 24, 2012 4:28:54 GMT
Post by Kimby on Jan 24, 2012 4:28:54 GMT
NYCGirls picture loaded from top down and the first half definitely looked like it didn't belong in this thread, but the bottom half won me over. Great photo!
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Wood
Jan 24, 2012 5:59:18 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2012 5:59:18 GMT
You mean those bluish things in the background are not big stumps, too?
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Wood
Jan 25, 2012 4:04:15 GMT
Post by nycgirl on Jan 25, 2012 4:04:15 GMT
Thanks, everyone! I don't have access to the beautiful types of wood you come across, Kimby, but I try.
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Wood
Jan 25, 2012 16:26:49 GMT
Post by Kimby on Jan 25, 2012 16:26:49 GMT
The variety of photos and varying interpretations of the themes are what make these photo threads on Any Port so intriguing. Your photo above NYCG is one of the best!
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