Samuel Moyer, top right, a furniture maker in Los Angeles, has introduced the Hello collection, his first retail venture. The one-of-a-kind pieces are all made with reclaimed wood, some of it over 100 years old.

Priced from $1,200 to $4,800, the pieces share a lightness that belies their sturdiness, and they seem to reflect Mr. Moyer's meditative nature. "What makes me unique has a lot to do with the way I think about the reclaimed material," said Mr. Moyer, who held onto one piece of black walnut for seven years before turning it into the top of his Evening sideboard, top left.

"You can read a story into it," he continued. "Like with a photograph: we look at it and our minds will want to recreate what's going on behind it. It's the same with a piece of reclaimed wood." The Scarlett daybed, above left, has a black walnut frame, white oak slats and a four-inch-thick leather cushion (available in five colors). Mr. Moyer also uses black walnut to make a shelf unit, above right, 89 inches high and 67 inches wide, called Inside Out. Other woods are available.

Mr. Moyer, 31, studied woodworking as a high school student and architecture at Brown University. He once worked for a company that rescued old buildings and moved them, piece by piece, to new locations, and he has tapped some of those buildings for his furniture. "I'm blessed and cursed, perhaps, to have a very intimate connection with everything I make," he said. The Hello collection can be viewed at samuelmoyerfurniture.com and ordered from there or from MediaNoche in Los Angeles, 1200 N. Alvarado St., (213) 353-4995.