Antique Wood, Vintage Wood, Recycled Wood, Salvaged Wood, Reclaimed Wood, and Rediscovered Wood

Dale Mitchell

March 11, 2010  by Dale Mitchell

Many people get easily confused by the various terms used to describe wood that has been rescued from buildings, recovered from natural forests, or harvested in a sustainable way.  This post is intended to make the distinction between salvaged, antique, vintage, reclaimed, recycled, and rediscovered wood and make sense of how the various terms can be used.

Reclaimed and Salvaged antique rustic oak from a tobacco barn

reclaimed and salvaged antique rustic oak from a tobacco barn

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