Turning lemons into lemonade

@Archer I feel for you. My new neighbor bought the two lots behind me, knocked down all the trees, and built two corrugated metal clad monstrosities.


I did my research and found the American Pillar Arborvitae that grows 5 feet a year and tops out at 30 feet or 9 meters.

Hopefully this is what the finished product will look like.

So we have a sliding barn door that goes from the bedroom into the washroom:



We had it made out of maple back in 2014 when we renovated the washroom. I had the idea to replace this with a slab design similar to our large table. But since this also blocks light coming into the bedroom the epoxy river needed to be darker. Here it is:



The epoxy is the same as the waterfall shelving unit we had made, black with a white pearlescent material mixed in:



I woke up this morning and when I first looked at the door, it seemed dark, but when I got close to it there was a faint glow coming through the epoxy - slow exposure on the iPhone plus I brightened it in photoshop:



I turned on all the lights inside the washroom and closed the door:



Pretty cool effect...



The door is heavy, but glides really well on the hardware.

Of the 900+ board feet we got from this tree, we have used the majority of it now. We do have a couple of slabs left so I'll have to come up with some new projects. I have a really nice maple top on my watchmaking bench, but I don't think it's worth it to replace that at this stage. Maybe a desk...