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Cook’s Antique Lumber now features hand-hewn barn frames in its product line!

We specialize in white pine because they make the best frames. We offer full construction services or we can sell you a frame and material.
At Cook’s, we get the best material simply because we have the best suppliers and I take the time to select each board and beam personally.

We offer the best pricing because we have the lowest overhead in the business.

“Antique lumber is more than just a business it is my passion.” Tim Cook

Quality * Service * Value

Since 1979, Cook’s Antique Lumber in New Preston, CT has salvaged the finest antique lumber available from barns, houses, and mills. Our clients include architects, builders, furniture makers, and homeowners.

Our search takes us from Amish country in Pennsylvania to the shores of the Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada. Each board and beam is hand-selected to ensure the best material for your project.

So give us a call or visit our yard:

860-480-7892

Furniture

Furniture

Kitchens Tables  Benches

Many of our customers purchase boards to make cabinets, furniture and countertops. We also make custom cabinets and furniture for our clients.

Chestnut Table
Chestnut Table

Granary Board White Pine Table
Granary Board White Pine Table

Available in white pine, hemlock, white oak and chestnut. Granary boards, threshing floors, attic and loft floors are favorites of our customers for these projects.

White Oak Bench
White Oak Bench

 

bench
bench

Threshing Floor

Threshing Floor

Threshing floor is usually 1 1/2″ to 2  1/4″ thick and is 10″ – 20′ wide.
It is ideal for tables and countertops and is available in white oak, white pine and chestnut.

White Oak

Threshing Board
White Oak Threshing Board Floor

Threshing Board Floor
Threshing Board Floor

White Pine

Threshing Board Floor
White Pine Threshing Board Floor

Threshing Floor

Threshing Board Floor
Threshing  Floor

Hand Hewn Beams

Hand Hewn Beams

Hand hewn beams  available  6″×6″-12″-12″ lengths  to  40′. White pinehemlockoak and chestnut.

White Pine Hand Hewn Beam

It is deeply hewn, with exceptional knots and color. Cook’s top seller!

White Pine Hand Hewn Beam
White Pine Hand Hewn Beam

Hemlock Hand Hewn Beam

It has the same great color and character of white pine, it is harder so not as deeply hewn with more pronounced grain.

Hemlock Hand Hewn Beam
Hemlock Hand Hewn Beam

Oak Hand Hewn Beam

Oak is very hard and heavy with a nice brown color. It is exceptionally strong.

Oak Hand Hewn Beam
Oak Hand Hewn Beam

 

Chestnut Hand Hewn Beam

Softer than oak so it has deep hewing similar to pine with a rich brown color.

Chestnut Hand Hewn Beam
Chestnut Hand Hewn Beam

Pine Hand Hewn Beam

 

Hand Hewn Pine Beams
Hand Hewn Pine Beams

 

Wide Flooring

Wide Flooring

Wide flooring is milled from barn boards that have great color, character, length and width. Each board is hand selected then wire brushed to clean it and denailed to prepare it for milling.

Boards are then straight line ripped and thickness planed into finished flooring. Available in white pine, hemlock, oak and chestnut.

White Pine

Has a pumpkin pine color, great character, exceptional width and length. A favorite for 300 years.

White Pine Wide Flooring
White Pine Wide Flooring

Hemlock

Same great color, character, width and length as white pine but harder with more grain.
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White Oak

Very hard, tight grain,great character  often quarter  sawn our top seller.
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Oak Wide Flooring
Oak Wide Flooring

Chestnut

Warm color, nice grain. Exceptionally beautiful when wormy, softer than oak,  makes a very handsome floor.

Chestnut Wide Flooring
Chestnut Wide Flooring

Resawn Flooring

Resawn Flooring

Beams are resawn into 1″ boards and then made into finished flooring. Same tight grain, lighter color and less character than flooring made from boards. A very elegant formal look. Available in oak, chestnut and heart pine.

Resawn White Oak

Very hard,nice character  and color,often  quarter sawn  our top seller.

Resawn Flooring, White Oak
Resawn Flooring, White Oak

Chestnut

Warm color, nice grain.  Exceptionally  beautiful when wormy,  softer  than oak makes a very handsome  floor.

Resawn Flooring, Chestnut
Resawn Flooring, Chestnut

Heart Pine

Very tight grain, almost as hard as oak, great widths and lengths.

Resawn Flooring, Heartpine
Resawn Flooring, Heartpine

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