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Home Decor, Furnishings and Art

Art Products

  • Sourced From: Furniture manufacturing industries, sawmill operations, deconstruction projects
  • Form: Cut-offs, slabs, branches, logs, pallets
  • Wood Size: Medium 
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods
  • MC: Varies depending on what it is being used for
  • MC Scale: Uncontrolled
  • Quantity: Small
  • Contamination: Medium
  • Value of Waste: Low
  • Complexity: Varies depending on what is being made

Siding

  • Sourced From: Old houses/buildings
  • Form: Panels, slats, beams
  • Wood Size: Medium
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods (chestnut, douglas fir, oak, elm, beech, maple, ash, poplar, hickory, pine)
  • MC: 6-8% for flooring; 6-9% for furniture; 9-14% for construction²⁹
  • MC Scale: Low
  • Quantity: Medium
  • Contamination: Low
  • Value of Waste: High
  • Complexity: Medium

Furniture

  • Sourced From: Sawmill operations, furniture manufacturing industries
  • Form: Cut-offs
  • Wood Size: Medium
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods
  • MC: Controlled, not green
  • MC Scale: Low
  • Quantity: Medium
  • Contamination: Low
  • Value of Waste: Medium
  • Complexity: Medium

Urban Lumber Furnishings

  • Sourced From: (Urban) sawmill operations, land clearing operations
  • Form: Cut-offs, logs, slabs, pallets
  • Wood Size: Medium
  • Species: Hardwoods, softwoods, (oak, elm, silver maple, pecan, walnut, sugar maple, cherry, spruce, ash)
  • MC: Kiln/air dried
  • MC Scale: Low
  • Quantity: Medium
  • Contamination: Medium
  • Value of Waste: Medium 
  • Complexity: Medium