![]() ![]() Simply taking wood from a moist climate like the East Coast’s and building furniture with it is impossible, Moore emphasized. Watchman’s team uses a kiln-drying process that involves keeping the wood at 170 degrees for three months, a process he and his team has fine-tuned for preparing the wood for the desert. It would serve a customer to understand what it really takes to prepare a slab of wood for the dry Las Vegas desert, both experts say. Custom steel frames are the most common and durable leg options the tables are heavy, anywhere from 200 to 800 pounds. Moore and Watchman also say river tables are popular, where epoxy with a blue or green hue is poured into gaps in the table or areas that are dammed off on the structure’s edges or elsewhere in the design. In fact, book-matched tables, where two slabs are an almost mirror image of one another are the most popular request from Moore’s customers. Some requests require fusing pieces together. You can also find circular pieces cut across the diameter of a large trunk. They can range from 6 or 7 feet in length, even up to 18 or 20 feet for some. Most of the wood slabs are cut length-wise along the height of the tree trunk. ![]() Costa Rica has strict controls against clear-cutting these fast-growing trees (they grow about a yard per year), and no more than three trees can be cut per 2.5 acres, Watchman emphasized. Both hardwoods are “exceptionally dense and feature amazing grain,” he said. ![]() Watchman imports his wood from Costa Rica and carries two varieties: parota and monkey pod. “Plus, those are the woods I want because you get all the crazy coloring and it’s not so straight-grained and boring.” “We don’t cut green, and salvage is better for us because it’s more sustainable,” Moore said. The pieces are salvaged from ranches and tree removal requests. His brother, who lives in Oklahoma, sources the wood there, kiln dries it, then ships it to Las Vegas. Today, his company offers pecan, American elm, walnut, sycamore, maple, cottonwood, oak and others. He initially worked with reclaimed wood, beetle-killed pine most often, before venturing into hardwoods. Moore started building live-edge tables in 2005. Local table builders such as Watchman and Andrew Moore, owner of Reclaimed Secrets, in Las Vegas, have warehouses stocked with wood slabs from a variety of locations. ![]() Watchman and another local live-edge table builder expand on what it takes to create one of these memorable furniture pieces. So, I think architects look for those points of warmth that can become the centerpiece of a living area.” “Our tables have been embraced by the contemporary market because all of that steel, marble and glass you find in modern homes can be a little cold. “Classic live edge is anything but a traditional block,” said Bill Watchman, principal of local custom table maker, Live Edge Slabs of Las Vegas. They add something quite unique to modern homes as well. In fact, many of today’s homeowners are often surprised to learn that they are not solely for traditional or rustic interiors. When it comes to dining areas, custom-made live-edge wood tables are certainly an option. It may be a vase, a light fixture or a distinguishing piece of furniture. Sometimes a statement piece is needed to give a room or area of the home that extra touch of character. ![]()
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