Ed Allen has spent a lifetime buying and selling logs, following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, grandfather and dad.
While he's been based in St. Peter for decades few knew of his business, which focused on selling whole logs to buyers around the world, mostly for use as veneer.
But now he's opened a showroom, Ed Allen Designs, where he is selling slab tables and other furniture.
Allen has plenty of material to keep the shop busy — he has 3,000 kiln-dried slabs in storage that he's sawn over the years.