Pete Rumfolo taught me that wood tells the truth. A heart pine beam salvaged from an 1880s warehouse either has the density and the character, or it does not. No finish and no salesman can change what the material actually is. Our job is to find the best of it, mill it with precision, and put it in the hands of people who can tell the difference.

I acquired Antique Woods and apprenticed under Pete forty years ago, the man who spent his career supplying reclaimed timber to renowned architect A. Hays Town. Pete rejected more material than he accepted. His standards were not negotiable. Neither are ours.

Every board in our inventory is sourced, graded, and finished in our Louisiana shop. We do not ship a truss until every joint has been tested. That standard holds whether the client is a homeowner in Baton Rouge or an architect in New York.

My family is in the shop now. The next generation, learning the same way I did. The standard does not change.

From generations of our family for generations of yours.