I love the smell of burnt cedar in the morning

I’m putting an interesting siding on my house. For one it’s tongue and groove and not overlapping like you see on most of the tiny houses. If that wasn’t enough I’m taking a huge blow torch and burning the living bajeezus out of it until it’s a nice toasty black. I feel like a bit of a pyro-maniac but I think the results speak for themselves. It’s called “Shou Sugi Ban” and it’s not that hard to do. Check it out!

Using a weed burner we burn the wood until it just gets that “Alligator Skin” look. It helps to have a partner there to put out any little flames that linger on the wood.

This is what it looks like after we burn it but before we brush it off.

Brushing off the wood with a stiff push broom takes more effort than you’d think, but the transformation is awesome.

After the soot and dust come off it looks like this.

This is the before and after picture. Crazy right?!