Eating off the Floor

Anybody who reads my blog knows that I love the hand-made and the recycled so you can only imagine how much I love our new dining room table that has been hand-crafted right here in Australia from old floor boards.

Our Ravenswood table was purchased from Jimmy Possum, a company that is committed to having a positive impact on the enviroment. Timber used is sourced from demolished building sites in the Central Victorian Goldfields area.

Nothing is mass-produced at Jimmy Possum. In fact, you have to order and wait patiently for your furniture to be especially crafted for you so no two pieces are the same. Now we need to decide what dining chairs to buy. I will definitely keep you posted.

Ah, the joys of good old-fashioned service. We received this adorable recycled timber care pack with the delivery of our table. Even the rag is recycled. It looks like it may have been somebody's underwear. Waste not, want not.

Closer to home, I discovered that Stuart Bywater also designs and crafts furniture in Brisbane from recycled timber. You can find Stuart's designs at Lace and Bark and he also teaches woodworking classes. And my own man upcycled a wooden pallet here.

For more recycled timber, salvaged windows and other reclaimed materials, try The Big Red Shed with locations at Kelvin Grove and Darra.

Would you eat off the floor? Do you know other places for sourcing reclaimed materials?

Images are courtesy of Jimmy Possum, Thea, The Big Red Shed & Stuart Bywater.