Before After. Removing the slaked lime (Calcium Hydroxide) off the slab reveals the amazing tone of the original wood. This piece is 1/2 of a beam (6” x 14” x 28’) and would have been milled in the 1840s. The parent beam was part of the historical Ontario Woolen Mills in Cobourg, Ontario. At that time, in 1846, the mill was the largest woolen mill in British North America. . Last photo found via the Cobourg Museum Foundation site. . Link: https://www.cobourgmuseum.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/WoolenMillMattingFactory-Final.pdf . #furnituredesign #barnsalvage #handmadefurniture #barnharvest #retrohandmade #retrorewind #smallbusiness #retrorewindstore #barnwood (at Northumberland County, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiGdQJYuWot/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=









