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The historical character of reclaimed wood material is unparalleled. The Woodshop of Texas keeps track of the sources for our entire reclaimed inventory, and can identify what your floor or beam package was over the past hundred years. Most of the buildings from which we obtain our wood were commercial, which offers us a lot of reclaimed material of the same type and size. It stands a very good chance that all your flooring will be milled out of one source of material, which makes it easy to tell its history. 

Our Vintage Hardwoods are primarily reclaimed from barns and tobacco warehouses in the Midwest and Northeast regions. Our Antique Pines are salvaged along the east coast from Galveston in the south all the way up to Maine.

Barn wood siding is one of our most common sources for reclaimed wood. Barns constructed up through the early part of the 19th century were typically built using whatever trees were immediately available, and beam sizes were limited to what could be moved by horse. They often contain a mixed blend of oak, chestnut and other woods including hickory, poplar, and pine. The wood was either hand hewn using an axe or squared with an adze.

If you are interested in selling antique wood to The Woodshop of Texas, please e-mail us with information about the material. Be sure to tell us the source of material (i.e. barn, commercial building), the type of wood, and the amount available. Please include some pictures of the wood and structure.

 

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