Why use repurposed wood?
Repurposing shifts an item's use beyond its initial design. Similarly, personal growth involves redefining meaning and goals, essentially repurposing ourselves. Though new materials simplify creation, employing repurposed items to symbolize this ongoing self-reinvention feels inherently appropriate.
What is repurposed?
Furniture
Salvaged wood from damaged furniture offers sign-making potential. Chair legs, drawer sides, trim, and shelves can serve as unique bases. Despite their broken state, these pieces often retain structural integrity.
Outdoor Building Materials
Weathered outdoor wood, like from old decks, possesses a unique, sun-bleached patina. This natural aging creates an unmatched character, ensuring each sign crafted from it is truly one-of-a-kind.
Pallets
Pallet wood, bearing the marks of varied use and weathering, exhibits a rustic aesthetic. Having carried the weight of goods across the globe, their history is etched into their very grain. This inherent character, a testament to their arduous journey, lends itself to crafting striking signs that convey impactful messages.
Indoor Building Materials
Reusing materials from personal and others' projects is a core principle. These project remnants, though often deemed "leftovers," retain inherent value and potential. We believe in minimizing waste by creatively repurposing these resources, giving them a second life and contributing to a more sustainable practice. Every scrap, every offcut, holds the possibility for reinvention.
Packing and Shipping Materials
We embrace the reuse of packaging materials, reflecting our commitment to minimizing waste. Like many, we repurpose much of the associated shipping materials, including cardboard and wooden crates and protective fillers. We believe that even shipping materials can have a second life, and we prioritize utilizing them whenever possible.
Wood Rescue Source
Each sign or larger piece from NC Raised carries a story. Flip it over, and you'll find the rescued wood's origin noted on the back. We encourage you to take a moment to ponder the history and life etched within that material, its journey now culminating in your unique piece.
