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Son of a Woodcutter is a woodcraft design company by Jack Fouracre that Tomiko and I discovered at the Annex Flea in November. Spurred by the need to prevent wooden pallets or old barnboard from ending up in landfill sites, Jack Fouracre transforms these into sturdy, beautiful pieces that will last a lifetime.
When I was furnishing my apartment back in the spring of 2013, I would have definitely bought one of these pieces. I am drawn to the whole reclaimed wood idea, which refashions existing and perfectly good wood into functional works of art. This not only gives you a one-of-a-kind piece, but your item might have some interesting history to it. I’ve seen furniture made with reclaimed beams from historic buildings in Toronto, and the trees themselves of course were even older than that! The other important aspect of using reclaimed items is that the wood and whatever other materials you are using do not end up in a landfill, where they will take decades to decompose and are of no use to anyone.
The Magic Wine Bottle Stand is a work of physics! The reclaimed wood wine bottle holder defies gravity and can hold up a full or empty wine bottle. Small but beautiful and functional, it would make a great gift (and interesting display) for any wine lover.
The geometric tealight holders come in oiled wood or painted in shades of blue. These would make great gifts.
The herringbone pattern coffee table made from reclaimed wood is just gorgeous. If I didn’t have my own reclaimed wood and cast iron sewing treadle coffee table, I might have had to get this one.
The reclaimed silver birch tealight holders would be perfect in my apartment!
All photos from Son of a Woodcutter‘s site.
