Needing, Wanting, Loving: Burl Wood

Hello, hello!  Happy Tuesday!  Thank you all for your thoughtful comments and emails regarding yesterday's post.  I always love hearing your thoughts and perspective on my more contemplative posts.  But today, we are focusing on a delicious material that I have been obsessing over lately- burl wood.  Burl wood is cut from burls, which are tree growths with a deformed grain.  However odd they might look from the exterior, they yield a wood that's prized for its beauty and rarity.  Additionally, burl wood is extremely hard to work with and takes a skilled craftsman lots of time and energy to construct, which makes burl wood pieces all the more special:

{Lonny}

{Nuevo Estilo}

{Sketch 42}

{Lonny}

{Gabriel Hendifar}

{Grant Gibson}

And how unexpected and beautiful is this burl wood kitchen island?  I've never seen such an exquisite amount of detail be poured in to kitchen cabinetry!

{Chic du Monde}

So what's your take?  Are you a fan of burled?  As Jessica from The Aestate said, "I like my furniture like I like my men- burly and made in the 70s."

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