Watch a Tree Get a Second Life as It's Transformed into Furniture

Eileen O’Dea and Ryan Silverman founded Studio E&R to pursue their vision of hand-worked wooden heirlooms, and own one of the biggest slabbing mills in Southern California. The mill is portable enough that they have hauled it down the road to Torrance, and spend the rest of the day slicing the giant Walnut into slabs up to seven feet wide. Each slab weighs about 1,000 pounds, and will be loaded into a truck for the trip back to the Studio E&R’s workspace in Gardena. A team of woodworkers will haul the dense slabs out to measure and catalogue, then stack them off the main floor to dry. Watch this old tree take on a new life as their custom furniture. Read the full story: <i><a href="http://www.laweekly.com/arts/when-a-massive-250-year-old-tree-comes-down-in-torrance-it-gets-a-second-shot-at-life-7205385">Watch a Tree Get a Second Life as It's Transformed into Furniture</a></i>