European Fumed Oak: Getting this Antique Look with Reclaimed Wood

Fuming, or “smoking,” wood (predominantly oak species) is a process that involves exposing the wood to ammonia gas, which reacts with the tannins. Learn more about about the history of this type of wood and how to style it in your design project.

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Source Story: Heritage Oak

Reclaimed Spirit

The rich history of our forefathers can be felt through each plank of our Heritage Oak wood. Many Eastern farmers upon staking their claim would build and live in their barns first before building their homes. To them barns represented the farms income and where their livestock lived. In this region of the US, Oak trees were the most common tree to be found, so this is why most barns in Eastern US were constructed of either red or white oak planks. The wood from an Oak Tree is strong and hard, with a high tannin content making it resistant to both insect and fungal attack. Despite their rich legacies and strong timber frames, so many of these structures have been left empty as new generations head to the city abandoning the old family farm.

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This Contemporary Home Sources Reclaimed Wood From One Entire Railroad Building

This is a true “barn to table” kind of story. But in this case the barn is a 19th century railroad building in the midwest and the table is an entire Napa Valley estate.

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Reclaimed Wood: Top 6 Reason to Use It

Whether you love a good story or on a mission to save the planet, reclaimed wood offers many motivations for use in contemporary interiors for wood walls, floors, custom doors and table tops.

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Oil V. Poly: How Finish Affects the Look of Your Reclaimed Wood

When sampling reclaimed wood, it is important to consider how the finish will influence the color, depth, and tone of your selection.

Reclaimed wood is unique, and naturally weathered and aged patina reclaimed wood is even more unique (in the "no two pieces are exactly the same" sort of way). This is the character that speaks to our soul and whispers about the rich history that the wood has lived through. This is also the character that influences finish in a way unique to reclaimed wood.