Introducing : Our Ethical Database's Latest Addition ... interiors made from old wine barrels!

As you know, the Ethical Database we've been developing will feature all sorts of resources and information you need to create ethical interiors and fashion. We're very pleased to preview our latest addition ... a manufacturer who has just introduced a range of flooring, countertops and furniture made from old wine barrels.

As the end-products have a higher-value with a longer, more useful life than the original, the development could be regarded as upcycling. Oak is desirable for both flooring as a beautiful and durable material, and wine producers, or vintners, due to the benefits it imparts to the wine. However, vintners don’t like to reuse the oak barrels, and therefore, after they are used once, they are often discarded.

Wonderfully, the wine-barrel wood adds gorgeous character to its products - and is in fact an advantage, rather than a liability.

The manufacturer offers three different styles of wood. The first collection is made from the ends of the barrels and features printed numerals and other coopers marks, which add gorgeous character. The second line is made from the barrel interiors, and therefore have a slight colour alteration due to staining from the wine. The third line has a distinctive patterning, as the pieces are made from the metal banding which wrapped the barrels.

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