Raw materials in making furniture do not need to come from current or new resources. We see old homes that are normally torn down in lieu of a new one and the scraps or the old wood that normally comes down with it are surely to be of use if you think about it.

Call it a matter of recycling and putting ingenuity into place, old home materials can be used to make new furniture. In fact, if you think about it, newly made woodworks such as tables or chairs may eventually look like they have been around for some years now. All it takes is to put them together and create a finished product out of recycled wood.

Fogg says that 15 percent to 20 percent of the wood he uses is recycled from old homes and barns.

Out of this fir, yellow pine and other enduring wood, he makes something new, but always with an eye on the simple elegance of the American past.

“The idea,” he said, pointing to his newly finished table, “is to make furniture that looks like it’s been around for 200 years.”

(Source) Courant.com

Making New Furniture out of Old Homes or Barns

The figures can be seen in the steady increase of woodworks and timber product demands that Vietnam has experienced For practically the first half of the year, the figures show a promising future in the furniture export industry, particularly the beds.

Among the countries that have imported from Vietnam include that of the United States, Japan and Europe. Of the three, it is the US that has imported the biggest and if trends continue, the Vietnamese bed manufacturing industry outlook seems promising.

Read the whole article: Bedroom Furniture on Prospering Stage

Vietnam Prospering in Bed Sales

This is the Pumpkin bed. It is designed and built by John Russell of Russell Woodworks. Isn’t it looks cute? Especially on the classical lamp on the top of the bed. It brings classical and elegant to the bed design. This pumpkin bed is specially customized to suits the owner taste.

[Via www.custommade.com]

Pumpkin Bed