Mountain Woodworks pine beetle furnishings.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: [small biz] COLORADO COOL STUFF - Randy Blunt of Mountain Woodworks - Brief article

In 1997, carpenter Randy Blunt was first exposed to blue-stained beetle-kill pine when he was commissioned to make an entertainment center. Today it's his full-time pursuit, as he's made more than 100 book-matched beetle-kill tables, four-poster bed frames, and other furnishings from the distinctively patterned wood.

"It's a combination between the beetles and a fungus that grows on the tree," Blunt says. "They call it blue-stained, but it's rarely blue--it can be a grayish color, or red or green. It's really quite beautiful."

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