Pretty hardwood (oak)

With rust striated patina from years of holding steel pipes. Pretty. Thanks to Houston’s Reuse Warehouse who helps divert industrial/construction waste from our land fills and repurposes the materials to/for non-profits like BOX 13 Artspace. Currently I am making planter boxes out of the oak to line the BOX courtyard to create some much needed green space (to counter balance all the asphalt and tires/tubes and grow some veggies (arugala, ummmm). Try to knock them out today but it’s suppose to be 100+ and with this hardwood I have to predrill the holes.