# The ROHN Studio Journal

Notes from the ROHN Studio workshop in Brighton, Michigan: Yakisugi charring, salvaged Michigan hardwoods, fluted pedestals and how our furniture is made.

- [TRH Furniture is now ROHN Studio](https://rohnstudio.com/blog/rohn-studio/index.html.md) (News, 2026-10): A new name, a new mark, and a new website. The workshop, the people, and the way we build stay exactly where they are.
- [Charring hardwood: notes on our Yakisugi process](https://rohnstudio.com/blog/yakisugi/index.html.md) (Process, 2026-06): A Japanese way of protecting cedar with fire, adapted for hardwood and for a table you eat at every day. From the ROHN Studio workshop, Brighton, MI.
- [A fluted extension table for a modern interior](https://rohnstudio.com/blog/fluted-extension-table/index.html.md) (Workshop, 2026-05): Notes on Sand: two fluted pedestals, a quartersawn apron, and a white oak top that grows from six feet to nine. From the ROHN Studio workshop, Brighton, MI.
- [Why we build with salvaged hardwoods](https://rohnstudio.com/blog/salvaged-hardwoods/index.html.md) (Materials, 2026-04): Most of the trees that come down in Michigan were never meant to be lumber. Some of the best of them should be. From the ROHN Studio workshop, Brighton, MI.