Lets talk waste
Furniture and home décor seem to follow fashion trends. In now and in the landfill later. On to the next style. Add to that cheap,...
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Jake Deitz
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
My furniture journey
Thanks to the Flathead Beacon for sharing my story last year! Read it at the link below.
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Jake Deitz
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
Making an impact
In 2015 I salvaged my first trees, they were elm. These trees were being removed as part of a park renovation at Whitefish Montana’s...
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Jake Deitz
- Aug 17, 2021
- 1 min
Sustainable furniture
I am building sustainable furniture! Our consumer model tells us to buy new and through away when it is breaks. Have you ever thought of...
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Jake Deitz
- Jul 23, 2021
- 1 min
Trees and slabs!
Siberian Elm salvaged this week from Kalispell. My process finds the highest value for otherwise junk trees. This is a perfect example of...
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Jake Deitz
- Jun 24, 2021
- 1 min
Another beautiful tree in the yard!
This past week I was contacted by a couple in Kalispell. They had a boxelder that had blown down this spring. They were planning on...
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Jake Deitz
- Jun 20, 2021
- 1 min
The Golden light of trees
As an ode to fathers day. My father shared this wisdom with me as a young man; "Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a...
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Jake Deitz
- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
Tree to table
This past week I have been milling some great big cottonwood slabs. The electric company is working to remove dangerous trees near lines....
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Jake Deitz
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
Sustainability and Deitz Customs
We are on this earth for a short period of time. To live your life in a way that denies the health of our habitat is the epitome of...
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Jake Deitz
- Apr 7, 2021
- 1 min
Peace from Trees
How many of us have found a shift in our priorities in this year of hunkering down? I found this Wendell Berry poem recently. I found...
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Jake Deitz
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
The beauty of wood
This cherry branch was taken from my family orchard years ago. It moved houses with us. This past week I pulled it out of the pile and...
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Jake Deitz
- Mar 19, 2021
- 2 min
The Stories of trees
This past spring I have jumped into a new journey as a sawyer. The past few years I have been using a chainsaw mill to turn logs into...
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Jake Deitz
- Feb 8, 2020
- 2 min
#TheSoulofaTree
Working this wood, I cannot help but pause and smell it’s sweet essence and reflect upon it’s life. My grandpa planted this tree more...
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Jake Deitz
- Dec 31, 2019
- 2 min
A call for defending public lands
We live in a time of political and social division. Much of our culture, especially in the West is built around outdoor recreation....
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