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Sunday
Aug012010

Reclaimed and Sustainable Wood Flooring by Pioneer Millworks

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To date, Pioneer Millworks has prevented over 20 million board feet of antique wood from ending up in the landfill. Their reclaimed wood is salvaged primarily from barns and other industrial buildings being demolished. These structures were often built with materials harvested from Virgin forests and the woods show beautiful tight growth rings, rich patina, and character from previous use. Wiped out by blights in the early parts of the 20th Century, species like Chestnut and Elm are now available for use as reclaimed materials.



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Photo © Pioneer Millworks.

This is an example of a custom that Pioneer Millworks designed for one of their clients. It features barn wood that has been skip-planed on the painted side - a process that adds to the time-worn character of the floor by leaving areas with a rich paint patina intact.



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Photo © Pioneer Millworks.

Created from a mosaic of Northeastern hardwoods, the Settlers' Plank in Mixed Hardwoods maintains a more relaxed, barn floor look with greater variety of color and grains due to the many species featured. Original wear marks, knots, saw marks, nail holes are naturally inherent.



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Photo © Pioneer Millworks.

The Settlers' Plank in Oak is a practical recreation of the classic barn floor. Its warm and rugged appearance celebrates wear marks, knots, saw marks and nail holes.



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Photo © Pioneer Millworks.

Decimated by a fungal blight in the early/mid 20th Century, Settler's Plank in Chestnut is considered the "holy grail" of salvaged woods. This wood species is highly sought after as it is no longer available as a fresh sawn wood.



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Photo © Pioneer Millworks.

This Rescued Industrial Maple flooring is very special because it is the only material Pioneer Millworks recycles that served as a floor in its past life. Rescued from structures that are in the process of being demolished, this hardwood flooring is surface cleaned and trimmed at the mill and contains significant patina from the floor's previous life.



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Photo © Pioneer Millworks.

Black and Tan oak is a limited edition hardwood floor. It acquired its name from the rugged coat of black paint that covers its surface - which when removed reveals a rich, tan-colored oak. This flooring is shown skip-planed on the painted side with just a hint of tan.



Thursday
Jul012010

Bohemian Chic Wool Carpet by Stacy Garcia for Brintons

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Designed by Stacy Garcia for Brintons, the Nouveau Boho wool carpet collection features absolutely gorgeous textures, rich colors and distinctive layered motifs. This collection was inspired by “global cultures and fashion” and relies on intentional disorder to create a vintage chic look that is swanky and free-spirited. One of the most impressive details found in this collection is the subtle patina that has been designed into the carpet backgrounds - creating a convincing time-worn look one would only expect to find in Bohemia.



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Photo © Brintons.

Patterns 6/J2418SG and 1/J2430SG from the Nouveau Boho carpet collection.



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Photo © Brintons.

Pattern 1/K3591SG from the Nouveau Boho carpet collection.



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Photo © Brintons.

Pattern 6/J2451SG from the Nouveau Boho carpet collection.



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Photo © Brintons.

Pattern 25/J2413SG from the Nouveau Boho carpet collection.



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Photo © Brintons.

Pattern 5/J7288SG from the Nouveau Boho carpet collection.



When visiting the Brintons website you will need to create a user account to download the Nouveau Boho Collection PDF. While cumberson, it is well worth the effort - this collection has a lot of other fabulous patterns and colorations not pictured above.



source: Brintons

Saturday
May012010

Nike Shoes Recycled into Athletic Flooring by Connor and Everlast

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Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe program collects old worn-out sneakers, grinds them up, and seperates them into three distinct types of Nike Grind material for use in athletic flooring. Nike Grind Foam (the shoe's midsole) is used as a cushion for outdoor basketball and tennis courts. Nike Grind Fiber (the shoe's fabric upper) is utilized in Connor hardwood basketball courts as cushioning pads. And Nike Grind Rubber (the shoe's outsole) is integrated into all rubber sports flooring products produced by Everlast.



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Photo © Nike and © Everlast.

Nike Reuse-A-Shoe recycling center and Ultra Tile with Nike Grind rubber by Everlast.



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Photo © Connor Sports Flooring.

Wood courts with Nike Grind fiber by Connor Sports Flooring.



Thursday
Apr012010

On-edge Bamboo Block Flooring by MOSO

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Found only in sub tropical climates where it can reach heights of 15 to 20 meters, "big bamboo" is grown and harvested in the managed forests of China. MOSO is the Chinese word for this particular species of bamboo which supplies the raw material for all of MOSO's innovative bamboo products. Their MOSO Industrial Flooring consists of short bamboo strips that are bundled into a block form with tape. After the bamboo flooring is installed over a sub floor, the tape is sanded off and the floor is filled and finished.



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Photo © MOSO.

On-edge industrial bamboo block flooring in Natural at the VRT - Amerikaans Theater designed by G. Biebauw, Brussel (Belgium).



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Photo © MOSO.

On-edge industrial bamboo block flooring in Caramel at Yamamoto designed by Front Architecten.



source: MOSO

Monday
Mar012010

Handmade Rugs from Recycled Carpet by Union Eighteen

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Founded by Todd and Meg van der Kruik, Union Eighteen is a California design studio that is focused on creating sustainable products through recycling and reuse of discarded source materials. Their striped RAW rugs are the culmination of hours spent sifting through manufacturing waste and searching for the perfect carpet remnants. Once found, each remnant piece is gathered, grouped and assembled in Union Eighteen trademark fashion; creating an extraordinarily unique rug that is greater than the sum of its parts.



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Photo © Union Eighteen.

A One of a kind RAW Rug in a vibrant coloration.



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Photo © Union Eighteen.

A One of a kind RAW Rug in a neutral coloration.



source: Union Eighteen