Antique Victorian Siding at (a Treylor Park's) Hitch

September 26, 2016 by Guest User

We wanted to commemorate the recent opening of Treylor Park's new addition Hitch, (on 300 Drayton St!) with a short remark about their bar's new and historic siding.

From our deconstruction work in the Victorian district of Savannah, we've accumulated quite a lot of these pieces of painted siding from the late 19th century. It's often cut with a v-grove of a bead, and after the years has accumulated layers of different coats of paint. One hundred years of flaking, change, and displacement has left an imitable patina which now sides this lovely new Savannah bar.

All photos courtesy of Hitch themselves.

The assortment of paint jobs keeps the once stately look of these boards become eclectic by intermixing.

And the tough installation!

Here's how they describe themselves:

"Treylor Park and Hitch are built on the motto "Quality over Quantity". In everything we do, quality comes first. Whether you are talking about our seasonal cocktails, our craft beer, or our local fare, everything is done with quality in mind. Treylor Park and Hitch are unique spaces that offer a fun and unique food/cocktail/beer menu day and night. Whether you are in the mood for a nice, smooth cocktail or a cool crisp draft beer, these unique classic restaurants are full of great music and great energy."

We're happy to help another restaurant (and bar!) out in Savannah, and hope you stop by to try their menu out.You can read more about them here.

Reclaimed Heart Pine Mantles

July 18, 2016 by Guest User

We've been sending out beam after beam for mantles all around the South East this summer, and just received a picture of one beam settled into its now home. The beam was provided to our client Ryan for a private home. He asked us where the beams came from, and it turns out they're from the original Savannah Ice Factory, currently the Florence and One West Victory, which we deconstructed a few years ago. The building was built in 1888, meaning the wood for the beams are closer to two-hundred years old. they still bear the nail holes form all those years of use, as well as some wonderful distress from age. We were asked to pick out something rough to top this pristine room, and were surprised with how much depth we were able to provide!

Billy's Nightstand

June 17, 2016 by Guest User

Today we received pictures of this lovely nightstand one of our clients just finished. It's quite lovely and made of antique reclaimed heart pine he selected from our warehouse. The design of the drawers is very subtle, and the finish work brings out the details of the old boards. Here's his before and after:

He came by today for extra wood to make a coffee table. We can't wait to see how it turns out!

Reclaimed Heart Pine Range Hood

May 23, 2016 by Guest User

We recently shipped off a beautiful twelve-foot board of antique heart pine to be used as a kitchen's range hood cover. Of course the question was what exactly they'd be doing with the wood, and why for a range hood.

But to start, here's the hood cover:

As you can see, it functions as a simple accent or anchor to the predominantly white cabinets and walls. They wanted a means of contrast to comprehend the diversity of color and texture of the entire room. It happened they the floor of the room was a lovely dark wood, so they considered wood the proper material for the job. When we brought them by, they noticed our saw marked boards, which provide a series of curved traced of the original cut. These are much sought after, for just this reason, that it adds a different texture to traditionally angular rooms.

Thus the kitchen:

And thus the 10" board:

We have stacks and stacks of boards just like these, so if you'd like one of your own, just contact us!

Customer's Work: Reclaimed Heart Pine Coffee Table

May 18, 2016 by Guest User

We've just received a new photo of a costumer's finished reclaimed heart pine coffee table, made from some of our reclaimed heart pine flooring. This flooring specifically came from a house on Jones St.

Just finished this reclaimed wood coffee table. More old heart pine flooring from an old house on Jones St. in Savannah.

See this Instagram photo by @twopencemotorbikes * 14 likes

The low profile, clean white skirt, and conduit legs all create a subtle commixture. We're proud to have supplied the top! If you have an instagram, go have a look at more of their work.

Reclaimed Heart Pine Flooring Tabletop

April 27, 2016 by Guest User

We've just received photos from a customer's finished table, for the top of which we supplied some beautiful wood.

The wood itself is from our reclaimed old growth heart pine, sturdy as a rock. We happened to have some lovely pieces we did not need for a 3/4" tongue-in-groove flooring order. Rather than throw it out as unusable, our customers were able to repurpose it into a functional design.

It's surprising how well pieces intended for a floor can, by a simple metamorphosis, serve as furniture, or a surface off which you can eat. I believe the idea of having dinner at something normally swept, mopped, muddied, and stepped on, and cleaned again might appear strange on first consideration, but the fact that a floor can survive a century of foot-traffic yields an equally sturdy, as well as a slim table. So have a glance: does this seem to have been meant as a floor?

We have plenty more pieces of excess flooring we'd love to see repurposed, so if you have an idea please contact us.

Marv Graff "Remains of the Day"

April 18, 2016 by Guest User

Last Friday we attended Marv Graff's delightful solo M.F.A. thesis exhibition, "Remains of the Day," a mingling of many media, from sculptural elements, to textiles, and repurposed antiques. Many of his sculptures implemented wood from our shop, either as sculptural bases we cut for him from antique wood, or our massive, rough hewn, piling points salvaged from the old Savannah wharf.

His work "expertly merges the fields of avant-garde fashion, textile design, sculpture, and historic preservation in order to re-imagine the purpose and aesthetic of old-world objects into contemporary sculpture," and deals with the nuances of "forgotten, swept-aside objects" which is quite apparent with his use of our pieces. Their new context in a gallery stands in explicit contrast with their previous residence in our reclaimed wood shop and piles of salvaged materials, and allows them to yield to the senses a new meaning.

This contrast is even more apparent with our river recovery heart pine, used as a base for these horses. The wood comes from pieces of Savannah river pilings, driven sometimes 15 feed into the muddy riverbed. Over time they've accumulated this grey hue throughout the interior of the wood, which accents the color of the horses. We were impressed with the keen eye by which Marv actively wove together the texture of wood we supplied with the work he made.

This base he selected with Eric and Chris in the woodshop, and over time had it custom fit to this capitol, with a rod stuck through it to support his deer.

The opening proved to be well attended, and appeared to us to be a great success.

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Marv Graff's work has been featured in Women's Wear Daily, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and New York Magazine. In 1979, he won the Pré de Cache award for Young Designer of the Year. He created a knotted tunic commissioned by Mary McFadden that is part of the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.

You can find more pictures of his work on his site, here are a few:

Personally the most impressive example of Marv's repurposing is shown with his implementation of our piling points for sculpture bases and elements. These rough pieces came at the bottom end of our river recovery wood, and were pointed to be piled deep into the Savannah river. Seen in a gallery, they are almost transfigured from their original scarred faces.

"Remains of the Day" will be showing until April 30th at the Pei Ling Chan Gallery (322 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Savannah Ga.), so stop by!

We love collaborating or assisting artists with our pieces, and are always willing to do more. If you have any ideas, please contact us!

Customer's Work: Rustic Farm Table and Bench

April 01, 2016 by Guest User

We were happy to receive pictures of one of our client's finished products: a rustic farm table and matching bench. They were made using some lovely pieces of our reclaimed wood. The end product looks wonderful and truly displays great repurpose of our wood.

The strength of the boards allow for a very low-profile table top, rather than a large clunky kind typically found on farm tables, but the aged wood allows for the rustic look desired. These pieces exhibit a nice blend of subtlety and art while maintaining their purpose: a table and bench.

Collins Quarter Live-Edge Tables

March 30, 2016 by Guest User

We are happy to have assisted such a wonderful restaurant as Collins Quarter by helping make these massive live-edge tables for two of their rooms.

Photo Courtesy of You're Welcome Savannah.

The Collins Quarter is a sleek, classy café, bar, and eatery that combines a farm-to table menu, espresso cocktails, and accents of Australian cuisine.

To emphasize this accent, these tabletops are made from massive, live-edged single slabs of reclaimed Austrialian banksia and red gum brought all the way from their indigenous home. These trees are indigenous to Australia, and banksia especially is found only in Australia, with one exception. Thus, the wood anchors the provenance of the restaurant. We were happy to assist!

One of the many species of Banksia, banksia prionotes, growing back in these slabs' home. — One of the many species of Banksia, banksia prionotes, growing back in these slabs' home.

They’re so massive that they can accomodate whole extended families, while providing a warm and solid sense of home, even thousands of miles away.

Custom Sliding Barn Door

February 29, 2016 by Guest User

A few months ago we finished and installed these beautiful custom “Barn Door” sliding doors. They're cleverly made from a rusted reclaimed angle iron frame, weathered oaken fence boards, and handles from reclaimed industrial machine parts.

We’ve combined the experience of an entire barn operation just in this one piece by implementing objects found around a farm: thus the piece itself works as kind of aesthetic-by-metonymy. The boards provided were salvaged from the original fence surrounding the house that this door is currently installed in, and the frame is specially built to fench the boards in, and rusted to match their weather-beaten look.

This door subtly demonstrates one of the artistic advantages had by implementing diverse reclaimed material to build a single object: the mixture of a variety of facets from a variety of origins can aggregate into a total impression inside of a home, and stand alone.

We have plenty of iron for framing, and lots of door options, so contact us if you'd like your own!

Custom Reclaimed Heart Pine Pot Rack

February 26, 2016 by Guest User

This is a lovely custom made reclaimed heart pine wood hanging pot rack we installed in an equally lovely home in South Carolina. It was quite a massive piece to make and install, but with the open kitchen, fit quite well with the decor.

The wood enahnces light caught through the windows, and the nearly unseen mounting bars give a sense of levitating saucepans, pots, and lids. When we saw the finished product, it definitely ranked as one of our favorites.

For all your pothook needs, contact us today!

West Jones St. Renovation

February 19, 2016 by Guest User

Reviewing the many projects we've just recently completed, our work on the interior of this Jones Street home easily ranks as our favorite. The task we were required to complete included an entirely new master bathroom, closet, powder room, and kitchen, complete with custom designed cabinetry, antique flooring, closet doors, and an invisible door. But the location of the itself provided another dimension.

Historic Savannah has received the accolades of beauty and splendor since its beginnings. So much so that General Sherman, on arriving at the end of his charred warpath and a decimated Georgia, spared the city of Savannah for its beauty, and gifted it (the entire city) to President Lincoln as a charming birthday gift. But Jones Street exemplifies and exceeds the city. Even to this day Jones Street impresses denizens and visitors alike, receiving awards such as "America's Prettiest Street," from Southern Living, and countless photos and articles by ecstatic travel writers propagate it's fame every year.

Historic Jones Street. Photo courtesy of Sotheby's.

"And that the street running south of the southern range of lots, and parallel with Harris street, be also sixty feet in width and be called and known by the name of Jones Street" —Code of the City of Savannah.

The street itself was christened in 1837, and its first house, the Eliza Thompson House, was erected in 1847. Just seven years later, in 1854, the home we renovated was built. This was only year after Forsyth Park was plotted, and seven years before the Civil War began.

Thus, our work required a double duty. First, as with all interior design, to render the beauty of an entire home, this one older than the Civil War, and second, to make the interior mirror the street's inherent splendor. We were quite happy to take on the task.

Bright Kitchen

The renovation of the kitchen required a complete revising of the original, in all it required, new cabinets, a sink, a range and oven, and replacing of the floor.

We replaced the original cabinets with hand-made new ones of various sizes, which we meticulously fashioned to the homeowner's very precise instructions. The transoms as well were custom built, and look quite regal, while retaining the simplicity of the kitchen. It conducts the beautiful Savannah light evenly and brightly, a personal necessity of an interior space.

The countertops and high-end range are complimented by the black and white cabinets, and dark brown, verging toward red, of the antique heart pine flooring.

These massive black-painted cabinets were designed to wrap around the refrigerator, and contrast with the white of the rest of the kitchen, matching the facade of the fridge. It all fit together quite perfectly.

Antique Heart Pine Floors

Due to the age of the house, much of the floor needed repair or replacement. Because it is a Savannah home, however, the floor is very old heart pine, and thus we worked hard to retain the age and history written across it.

Here you can see some of the other interior work, in the context of the beautiful floor.

A close up of the antique heart pine floor. To renew it, we kept whatever of the original 150 year old flooring that we could, rather than wasting its age and beauty. But for the large sections that wear demanded we replace, we chose age-relative flooring from our reclaimed old-growth heart pine. It's quite likely that much of the wood we custom fit and installed is in fact from an older tree than the original floor.

Closet Doors

To cohere with the austerity of the kitchen, we also custom built the home's closet doors. They retain the purity and light-bearing whiteness that runs throughout the house, and add an accent of luxury as well as subtlety to a simple matter as a closet.

Master Bathroom

Finally, we provided a complete renovation and update of the old master bathroom. This consisted of a continuation of the simple white, and refinished or replaced heart pine flooring, but also of a new, modern shower, that subtracts nothing of the antique home.

The dark wood of the beautiful vanity and floor give anchor to the lightness from above, while this ornamental claw-foot tub floats freely in the room, reminding one of the antiquity of the home itself.

On seeing the outcome of this renovation, we are proud to say we've managed to retain the inherent beauty of a Jones Street home, and provide a new and resplendent look to the interior of this home.

We are fascinated with interior projects such as this one, and would love to help with another. If you're interested, please contact us!

Fix It and Finish It: Laura's Heart Pine Attic

February 17, 2016 by Guest User

Aside from providing reclaimed heart pine cabinets and a wardrobe for Fix It and Finish It, we also helped them renovate Ramsey's attic, to make a beautiful, historically accurate, room for his daughter, Laura.

The house itself is Ramsey's, one of the last remaining plantation homes in Savannah, which he preserved by moving it to its current location, and completely restoring it. The attic hadn't yet been given a use, so when we worked with designer Nicki Huggins to turn it from storage into a dream room.

The room itself consists of heart pine wood for the floor and vaulted ceiling, supported by massive beams. The wood is accurate to the age house, it was built in the early 1800s, and provides a warm interior.

We also designed a hanging bed with reclaimed heart pine as a frame. Called the "Southern Arabian Nights" bed, it is suspended from beautiful beams supporting the roof, and the wood for the frame displays original saw-marking. The wood, like the walls, has been pickled, or whitewashed then wiped, which lightens the color, and alludes the antique nature of the house itself.

Designer Nicki Huggins on the TV renovation show "Fix It and Finish It" pickles or white washes wood walls from the 1700's. Features Laura Khalidi and Paul Scibilia.

Here our painter Paul explains the process of picking to Nicki and Laura. The result is quite stunning, and helps to lighten the room:

We further designed and built the room a hanging desk, a minimal addition to save space in the small (27 foot!) room. It's also made of reclaimed heart pine. In terms of minimal design and micro-spaces, this piece is a favorite of ours.

Our team installing the custom hanging bed's heart pine frame.

Ramsey and Nicki discussing an antique pulley we added as a historical accent.

Our team of builders and designers, also known as "the Gang." A great bunch of people!

In the end, the room stunned us more than we could have hoped. It is a perfectly minimal, spacious and comfortable hide-away crowing the house. We certainly enjoyed this project, and Laura loved her new room.

More videos are available on Nicki's vimeo, and you can catch the whole episode on Fix It and Finish It!

Grand Bohemian Charleston

February 15, 2016 by Guest User

One project we assisted on was the interior of the Grand Bohemian Charleston's upscale Élevé bar and wine tasting room. The Grand Bohemian belongs to hotelier Richard Kessler's Autograph Collection of boutique, designer hotels spanning the globe, each of which offer a cultured lifestyle along with their elaborate rooms, furnished with Bohemian-resemblant decor.

Photo courtesy of the Grand Bohemian Charleston.

The first of the collection was the Mansion on Forsyth, and quickly caught on elsewhere. We've worked with Mr. Kessler for a variety of projects, from flooring to custom furniture.

For this hotel in particular, we provided reclaimed heart pine for the wall and overhang of the main bar, which accents the rustic charm of the whole establishment. It's quite flattering to us that our antique and aged wood serves as a centerpiece.

We also built a massive refectory table out of one of our reclaimed antique factory worktables, which now serves as workspace and seat of their magnificent wine blending room. This room also features two large reclaimed doors we made and fitted.

In the corner you can see one of two sliding barn doors we made out of reclaimed wood. They were custom ordered specially for this blending room, and look great! Also in this room is a custom heart pine shutter to accent the wine-supplies.

The wine blending process has struck vino-thusia throughout the Charleston area, with quite a few wonderful articles about the actual process. At the hotel, classes are available to learn the craft and enjoy your own mixture. You can read about it (and see some nice pictures of the table!) here. The hotel is, in fact, the first stand-alone hotel offering wine mixing classes in the United States. You can learn more or sign up on the Wine Blending site.

With the complexity of the process, it's relieving that the immense size of the table has enough room to accommodate, and leave all wine mixers and mixing comfortable.

If you happen to be in Charleston, looking for a place to stay or a breathtaking bar to visit, think about Élevé, and tell us what you think about the wood, doors, shutter and table!

Gerald's Pig & Shrimp: Reclaimed Beams and Columns

February 12, 2016 by Guest User

A few years ago we supplied some beautiful reclaimed heart pine beams and columns for our friends at Gerald's Pig & Shrimp, when they moved to Tybee Island.

The wood and beams are extremely old, sturdy, and look great in their current home!

Gerald's Pig & Shrimp sells barbecue and locally caught seafood on Tybee Island.

"Yes, the atmosphere of this stand is unexpected, and one you may not think you should try. But trust us, you really should. Do not miss this spot in all its funkdom." —A review of Gerald's in an article (see below) titled "Tybee Island: Going Back In Time"

It is an exceptional eatery, earning award after mention after anecdote after satisfied gustation, and its location assures magnifies it's character. For those of you who haven't been to Tybee, the only adequate description available is the phrase "Tybee Time" as a form of life, a bar (featuring frozen alcoholic slushies), a complaint, a sutra, a mantra, a suda, and a kind of spiritual exercise (for example, this article titled "Living on Tybee Time"). The present author, himself, learned to swim in one this environment's many semi-stagnant tidal pools. I hope that it can be inferred how excited we were to help Gerald.

Gerald himself has an interesting Savannah story, taken from his website, "Back in the early 90’s Gerald Schantz, a Savannah native, a Vietnam era Navy veteran, a professional stained glass artisan and local theatre thespian happened upon an opportunity to cater a private party for the cast and crew of “This Old House” which John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was throwing. Before the event was over, Gerald found himself talking to the show’s producer who commissioned him to handle the company’s wrap party in Monterey Square. The event was so successful, the entrepreneur was able to purchase the first of several custom grills on wheels that formed the beginnings of his rolling catering service, GERALD’S CHUCKWAGON."

So it should be obvious how great of an opportunity it was to help out such a fascinating person with such a spectacular restaurant.

You can find see more on their Facebook.

Reclaimed Wood Medicine Cabinet

February 10, 2016 by Guest User

Once of our clients, who had spent his life as a very successful digital effects artist, happened to walk through our woodshop. He decided he wanted to learn to build with his hands, and gathered up a menagerie of boards from all types of tree. We were curious to see what he was creating with such an eccentric selection, so asked if he'd send us a picture of his progress.

It turned out he was building a mounted medicine cabinet. And a quite nifty one at that. For learning a new skill, the craftsmanship is stunning!

We're always happy to have customers willing to take unconventional pieces, those traditionally scraped, and make something useful and beautiful out of them. That's why we keep all our wood from the dumpster and ready for whoever can use them.

Industrial Pipe & Reclaimed Heart Pine Bench

February 08, 2016 by Guest User

This lovely bench was made by our friend Bruce with some reclaimed Savannah heart pine supplied by us:

It's quite a simple design, two heart pine boards and a custom-made industrial pipe frame, but stunning to see. Certainly the durability and tight grain of our reclaimed old-growth wood is perfect for such minimal structure, and the color scheme coheres perfectly with the piping.

As always, we love to see the work done with our materials!

If you'd like to try your hand at a bench, feel free to contact us, we've got the boards you need!

Our Repurposed Balusters for AnSquared

February 05, 2016 by Guest User

We were delighted with the final look of AnSquared's huge (6.5' x 4'!) custom coffee table with legs repurposed from our beautiful salvaged, antique balusters.

The finished coffee table. Photo courtesy of AnSquared. — The finished coffee table. Photo courtesy of AnSquared.

We're big admirers and supporters of AnSquared. They work out of Indianapolis, producing designs and furniture made from recycled and reclaimed materials, with the mission of making beautiful pieces from recycled materials, leaving behind the smallest carbon footprint possible. This coincides perfectly with our own ethos and mission, so we were happy to supply our salvaged balusters for this project.

Back in November, Anthony at AnSquared asked if anyone could turn a few large table legs for a coffee table he was making for a client. We contacted him, told him we certainly could, but that we also had a row of balusters salvaged from a porch in the Historic District, which happened to be nearly the same dimensions he needed. He was happy to accept our salvaged materials, rather than expend the energy required to turn out new ones. And certainly the unconventional use of porch balusters as table legs made for a great embellishment to the table. So off we sent them!

The baluster in our shop, before removing it from balustrade and rail. You can see the palimpsest of layers of paint.

It's always a pleasure to see old architectural accents return to life in a sort of metempsychosis of furnishing. The case is quite extreme considering the size of the actual balustrade.

The process, from his instagram

Here are the balusters @southernpinecompany shipped me with their paint still intact. Thanks again guys for providing me with what I needed to complete this project. If you guys don't already follow them they have tons of cool reclaimed large pieces for sale so you should probably check them out! #cleansethatpallet #ansquared #lumber #coffeetable #keepindyindie #igersindy #indianapolis #indygram #antique #rustic #rustic #reused #recycled #reclaimed #repurposed #liveedge #wood #woodgrain #woodworking #carpenter #chalkboard #decor #homedecor #furniture #builtnotbought #handmade #creative #indianapolismade

"Here are the balusters @southernpinecompany shipped me with their paint still intact. Thanks again guys for providing me with what I needed to complete..."

And the balusters are all cleaned up! Tomorrow I'll finish the bed and then start work on the new coffee table. #cleansethatpallet #ansquared #lumber #coffeetable #keepindyindie #igersindy #indianapolis #indygram #antique #rustic #rustic #reused #recycled #reclaimed #repurposed #liveedge #wood #woodgrain #woodworking #carpenter #chalkboard #decor #homedecor #furniture #builtnotbought #handmade #creative #indianapolismade

"And the balusters are all cleaned up! Tomorrow I'll finish the bed and then start work on the new coffee table. #cleansethatpallet #ansquared #lumber..."

As he scraped off the original paint, what he found was a beautiful old poplar wood, with incredible coloration and grain.

If you're interested in this table or more of AnSquare's work, be sure to check out their website!

And if you'd like a few of these beautiful antique balusters for your own project, contact us today.

Reclaimed Heart Pine Design: Perc Coffee

January 25, 2016 by Guest User

Almost three years ago, PERC Coffee Roasters moved their roasting operation into our facilities at the old Star Laundry building, on the block of 35th St. and East Broad.

PERC's facade on East Broad. Photo courtesy of PERC themselves.

PERC roasts fine and seasonally selected coffee beans from around the world, distributing them throughout the Southeast, with the help of an equally diverse team of coffee theorists and music enthusiasts. Their approach resembles closely an hybrid between alchemy, botany, and chemistry. Deriving their exotic roasts from beans grown at various elevations, they are then processed in diverse ways to develop different types of beans. These beans are then roasted, first in a "roast profile," or a gauged method of treating the beans ideally from these last two conditions. To get an idea of their laborious process here's what they've written next to one of their analytic and vibrant coffee-charts:

Each coffee gets to the “first crack” a little differently, so the first thing we do with a new coffee is develop a roast profile. In the first few batches, we work out the ideal: charge temperature, batch size, airflow settings, heat application, and development time to achieve the maximum flavor before it goes into production and out to our customers.

The scientific procedure, and attention to the origins in their roasting allows that the taste that ends up in the coffee brewed and poured into a cup retains the flavor and a trace of the environment of the bean's home soil. It's this effort on their part that reminds us at Southern Pine Company of our dedication to preserving the history and tradition of our wood, be it flooring, timbers, or in furniture. We attempt, like them, to preserve in the final creation, the flavor and look through understanding the story of what we've reclaimed and allowing that to abide. We were quite a lucky paring. Naturally, we were excited to have them next door and across the courtyard.

Perc's quite international array of beans, situated on our reclaimed heart pine table top, with an antique Victorian porch wood skirt. Photo from an interesting article at The Local Palate.

To help get them situated next door, we did some work building out the space to fit their roasterly needs, and keep the industrial, blue-collar working aesthetic they wanted to present. Thus we kept the exposed and faded brick walls in tact, and added an array of our antique custom tables.

During the renovations, photo from this article on the buildout.

The beautiful reclaimed factory table frame we cleaned up for their espresso bar. Photo courtesy here.

The result is a clean, airy, but industrial home base for their roasting. An added rolling door keeps the room drafty while their roaster is running, and the tables accent their roastery with austere and solid workspaces.

The complete renovations, with (from left to right) the large factory table / espresso bar, our long reclaimed heart pine tables with Victorian porch wood trim, long reclaimed wood tables, and our massive industrial L-beam table with salvaged s… — The complete renovations, with (from left to right) the large factory table / espresso bar, our long reclaimed heart pine tables with Victorian porch wood trim, long reclaimed wood tables, and our massive industrial L-beam table with salvaged stunning shattered glass tabletop.

Finshed, it's become quite a good home-base for their operation, with plenty of open space, spectacular lighting, and enough surfaces to supply even Whole Foods with enough coffee.

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The old factory table supporting their espresso bar also features an original C.A. Herriman wood vise, dated October 27th, 1903. We managed to find an old advertisement with appended testimonials. It's quite a lovely piece of wood-history.

To accent their attention to the journey of their beans, we provided this café table, made of reclaimed heart pine boards we acquired through an extensive deconstruction of the One West Victory building, which used to be an old ice factory. The saw … — To accent their attention to the journey of their beans, we provided this café table, made of reclaimed heart pine boards we acquired through an extensive deconstruction of the One West Victory building, which used to be an old ice factory. The saw edge markings and old distress is still visible.

Another view of the same table. The skirt is made of painted porch wood, also reclaimed heart pine, from a house built in the Victorian era.

If you're in Savannah on a Saturday, be sure to stop by for their weekly coffee cupping.

From a Pile of Reclaimed Savannah Grey Bricks to a Chimney Back, Charlotte N.C.

January 04, 2016 by Guest User

A few months ago we were asked to supply antique reclaimed bricks for a private residence in Charlotte N.C. Among the many kinds we've collected from years of preservation and reclaim work, we were delighted to provide our most precious, the hand made Savannah Grey bricks. Here is a beautiful pallet of them:

The history of these bricks is inextricably inlaid in Savannah's history, and dates back to the early 1800s, on the McAlpin plantation. This plantation was situated on a rare type of grey clay which was then hand-formed into these irregular and large bricks. The result was a rare non-agricultural plantation.

After the 1820 fire that devastated the city of Savannah, these bricks were made and deliver in huge quantities to rebuild the city. Because they were local and inexpensive at the time, they provided an easy solution to reconstruction, and can be found in many of the older buildings throughout the Historic District.

Because they were hand-made and sourced in a small and unconventional deposit of grey clay, these bricks became increasingly rare, such that now it's almost impossible to find them. Their shape and composition requires a special kind of historic mortar, which looks stunning when finished.

The finished product, in North Carolina is an antique chimney-back built into the guest bathroom of a renovated historic home:

We are quite proud of how austere yet ornate they look in their new home.

There are still plenty of these bricks left, so please contact us if you have a ideas for a project!