This may be the most remote Longleaf floor to date! Deep in Maine’s North Woods and miles from paved roads, power lines, and the neighborhood Dunkin’, this Skip-Planed Factory Maple floor has traveled more than most.
South Berwick’s own Thistle Pig restaurant didn’t have to travel far for their reclaimed wood bar top.
March was a big month for reclaimed wood flooring and the newsstand! Four of our floors made it to the glossy pages of two home and design magazines, Maine Home + Design, and Old House Journal’s New Old House.
We installed a new (recycled) grinding system at our Berwick, Maine mill this week, enabling us to recycle more of our waste than ever before.
Before the proliferation of the sawmill, hand-hewing was the long, hard road to a square structural timber. As American settlers pushed westward into previously unoccupied forested territory, they cleared land for homes and early agricultural buildings. The process, although time-consuming and labor-intensive, was necessary, as sawmills were often too far from their settled plots of … Read More
This East Harlem fast food restaurant re-thinks sustainability by building with recycled woods and becoming the first LEED gold certified restaurant in New York City.
