Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide

Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide

Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide

Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide

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Overview

The first handbook on reclaimed wood, combining useful information, rich history, and design ideas

Wood reclaimed from old houses, factories, barns, water tanks, and boardwalks has become a valuable commodity, treasured for the patina that gives witness to its history. Our ancestors built well, using locally sourced lumber that expressed the culture and natural history of their region: oak and pine in the Northeast; hickory and cypress in the South; Douglas fir and redwood in the West. Reclaimed Wood: A Field Guide is the first complete visual handbook to this popular resource, covering history, culture, salvage, sources, contemporary uses (in buildings and furniture), and practical advice.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781419738180
Publisher: Abrams
Publication date: 10/01/2019
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 636,810
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Klaas Armster and Alan Solomon are partners at Sawkill Lumber Company, a leading Brooklyn-based supplier of reclaimed woods. The son of a mill owner/architect, Armster lives in Guilford, Connecticut. Solomon has spent a life in salvage, starting with a family scrapyard in the Boston area. He was profiled in a New Yorker article in 2008. He lives in Brooklyn.


Michel Arnaud is an internationally recognized photographer who has worked for publications such as Vogue and Architectural Digest. He is the principal photographer for more than 20 design and lifestyle books, including Design Brooklyn and Detroit. He lives in New York City. Noted architectural curator, Donald Albrecht offers his perspective in the introduction.

Interviews

Klaas Armster lives in Guilford, CT. Alan Soloon lives in Brooklyn.

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