I’m not sure how I came up with the idea, but it probably happened while I was in wine country, tasting wine and I had a moment of inspiration while under the influence. In any case, I wanted to make something a little different than the normal chunky wine barrel furniture – something a little more graceful and contemporary. I’d never seen curved barrel staves turned on their side before, so I decided to start there.
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As part of an ongoing series of contemporary wood tables, I crafted this coffee table from reclaimed oak wine barrels from Napa & Sonoma Valley wineries.
I wanted to show off the gentle arc of the barrel cross section, along with the dark gradient of the toasted inner portion. The result is a three-dimensional effect. The ends are left staggered to reveal their origins as individual staves.
16in (h) x 60in (w) x 24in (d) (table shown)
Custom table sizes made to order.
Table bases are available in zinc, nickel, or chrome.
via Reclaimed Wood Coffee Table | John Whitmarsh | productFind | InteriorDesign.net.
Wine barrel furniture- chair, if you have no idea what to do with barrel i got one. Chair doesn t have any screw, i reused old pencils to fix the chair.
Idea sent by Miha Kaučič at recycling-art website !
California furniture maker, Cliff Spencer, began using salvaged wine staves in his craftsman furniture designs a few years ago. The white oak staves, which are a component of the wine fermentation process, are placed in the steel vats used in the modern wine-making process (in lieu of oak barrels).
via craftsman furniture from reclaimed oak wine staves – The Alternative Consumer.