Thursday, November 5, 2009

Have I seen you somewhere before?



Have you ever seen an old New England farm house or barn in person or photograph and had visions of what could be done with the raw materials if you used then again in another building? All the character and texture that life has worn into them has added to their beauty. They are more precious than new timber in some ways.

Well, deconstruct not demolish! What a sustainable idea. To reuse and recycle a material for another life as opposed to sending it to the landfill because it was no longer needed in it’s current form.

That is what Stone Source has accomplished with their Reclaimed Wood products in development with a third generation family owned mill. As a building is being deconstructed, not demolished, 90% of the building’s reclaimable resources are obtained and carefully graded to produce product that is of desirable quality and aesthetics.

Textured Reclaimed Wood Series

Textured Reclaimed Wood series comes mainly from deconstructed old barns, farm houses, attic floors, cabins and light structural beams.

Textures include American Chestnut - Sculpted, Berkshire Pine Barn Siding - Raked, New England Hemlock - Bear Wood, North Faced Oak Barn Siding, Poplar - Raked, Vertical Grain Heart Pine, Wide Pine - Burnished.

The product’s applications are best suited for interior walls.

All of the Reclaimed Wood is FSC Certified. The Textured Reclaimed Wood won the 2009 Best of NeoCon Silver Award in the Wall Treatment category. All of the Engineered Reclaimed Wood is Rainforest Alliance Certified.

Antique Reclaimed Wood Flooring Series

Antique Reclaimed Wood Flooring series is deconstructed from columns, structural timbers, siding and thick decking throughout the Northeast to provide different types and sizes of wood fiber in several different grades.

Antique Woods include: American Chestnut Beam Stock, Heart Pine Beam Stock, White Oak Beam Stock, Hickory Beam Stock, North Faced Oak Barn Siding - Kendall Road, and Reclaimed Mixed Softwoods.

Antique Reclaimed Wood Flooring is suitable for interiors.

The wood flooring is FSC Certified and Rainforest Alliance Certified.

Engineered Reclaimed Wood Flooring Series


Engineered wood flooring is primarily sourced and manufactured in the United States with the exception of the Fair Dinkum Jurrah. The mill has been proactive with their engineered wood flooring by seeking an ecologically responsible alternative to other manufactured product. The plywood used in the panels is produced from domestic species and is FSC Certified. Reclaimed wood, in a layer 3/16" thick, is bound to the plywood with a low-VOC formaldehyde-free adhesive.

This series includes: Engineered Reclaimed Hickory, Engineered Reclaimed Ash, Engineered Reclaimed Chestnut, Engineered Reclaimed Grey Elm, Engineered Reclaimed Fair Dinkum Jurrah, and Engineered Reclaimed Heart Pine.

Engineered Reclaimed Wood is suitable for interior floors.

All of the Engineered Reclaimed Wood is FSC Certified and is Rainforest Alliance Certified.


With this entire collection Stone Source has not only saved beautiful material from going to a land fill but have given the design community inspired product to create new spaces.

For more information about these material and Stone Source visit http://www.stonesource.com/eblasts/reclaimed_wood.html.