Looking to buy two slabs of solid wood for a desk - any suggestions on where to go?

Submitted by Sovereign-State t3_10abkr4 in RhodeIsland

Looking for suggestions!
We *really* need to upgrade our office space since we work from home a lot these days. I am looking for something semi-milled with no live edge, we don't mind sanding and staining but we don't have the equipment to do a lot of big cutting.
I have a feeling it's going to be pricey, but if you have a place that won't charge a million spacebux, even better.

(The piece we would need is big: 7.5' long, and about 20-22" wide and about 1.5" thick. Would love maple, cherry or walnut. We also want a return, but the length on that will depend on the slab we can find, assume 5.5' x 17"-ish.)

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sticksnsnails t1_j43b2cn wrote

Can’t hurt to do a quick fb marketplace search

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Unique-Public-8594 t1_j43hj2a wrote

I did a google search for buy 7.5’ x 20” wood board rhode island” and these guys came up in the results. You can request a quote from their website. Good luck.

https://www.arnoldwood.com/

I have no idea whether these guys are crazy expensive and I can’t vouch for them.

They are in NY.

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Rasmus1775 t1_j43yfzc wrote

Kozelas lumber sells live edge slabs and other exotic hardwoods that are rough milled. David Fage on Facebook market place (cash only), And Buttonwoods mill on Facebook (cash only). I have bought from in the past.

Re read your post. All of these places would be happy to cut dimensional lumber for you from live edge slabs.

Kozelas was around $10 per board foot for birds eye maple and high end is black walnut @ $18 per board foot.

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shotgun_riding t1_j46uhlk wrote

I have always shopped at RI Sawmill. They have a great selection and almost everything is locally harvested. Bring your checkbook, though - they don’t take cards.

https://www.risawmill.com/

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