A purveyor and broker of high-end architectural specialties, former CEO of Details International, Inc., Michael Capp, discovers and repurposes rare woods, from near-extinct cypress logs rescued from a riverbed, to the legendary “bog oak” in Ireland, and massive cedar beams that once buttressed a railroad bridge in Canada.
Capp said, “When Yosemite National Park replaced its ancient redwood water pipeline with metal, I used helicopters to take down the old pipeline, milled the wood to bring back its original beauty, and installed it as an immense trellis at Chalk Hill Winery in Healdsburg.