Reclaimed Wood makes a Comeback!
Breathing new life into old wine barrels, a Cape furniture designer is recycling discarded cellar items into pieces of masterfully crafted furniture.
For the past 17 years, Vinwood has been crafting unique indoor and outdoor furniture from reclaimed French oak, sourced from the winelands of the Western Cape where it was once used as wine barrels and casks. The furniture gives homes a welcoming ambience with Vinwood’s simplistic, functional yet timeless designs.
“The casks and tanks that we salvage date from the past two centuries and we preserve the character of these giants by carefully incorporating the markings and numbering on the staves left by the craftsman who made these items decades ago. The barrel, and stave numbers can be seen on the edges of our Reserve Range tables, making each piece a collector’s item,” said chief executive office Jianni Geras.
Vinwood’s manufacturing process relies largely on skilled labour, as the nature of the curved barrel timber demands hand selection and hand crafting.
Encapsulating the history and romance of the wine that the wood used to cradle within it, wineries such as Spier, Boschendal, Bilton, Devonvale, Walehaven, Jordan and Zorgvliet have commissioned Vinwood for unique pieces of furniture.
“Green living is a big trend in South Africa and identifying a gap for unique items which become conversation starters, together with looking remarkable in the home makes our furniture a logical solution,” Geras said. “We take pride in the fact that 90% of our material is re-cycled timber and from an environmentally sustainable source. The 10% new oak that we use is also from sustainable forests in North America, although it is not recycled wood.”
The large range consists of patio and cellar furniture, coffee tables, lounge and occasional seats, dining room tables and chairs, high chairs, as well as kitchen accessories.
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New Harvest Party - Kunjani Wine Farm 24 Feb2018
Vinwood invites you to join us at Kunjani Wine Farm, Devon Valley, Stellenbosch on Saturday 24 Feb 2018 from 5pm to celebrate the new harvest.
There will be wine tasting, canapes, live music and a display of some of our latest Vinwood furniture pieces recently installed at Kunjani.
While there is a subsidised entry ticket value of R150, each purchased ticket will act as a discount voucher of R450 when redeemed against future purchases of Vinwood furniture before 1 July 2018*.
For further information or to RSVP, please contact us at enquiries@vinwood.co.za or call on 021 8877011.
We really do hope to see you there!
Vinwood Customer Team
* TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Each purchased entry ticket will represent a discount of R450 when used against the purchase of Vinwood furniture prior to 1 July 2018.
A maximum number of one voucher can be used against each purchase transaction
These vouchers must be used by the attendee themselves and are not transferable and cannot be sold.
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