Salla Thai
A Note About Salvaged Wood
The salvaged wood being offered through Salla Thai has for the most part come from the Thai countryside. After it was logged, it took the form of oxcarts, houses, rice barns, plows, yolks, looms, boats, and any number of other practical equipment used every day by rural people. As it fell into disrepair, or was simply retired from use (with modern life rapidly taking over), people began to recycle the wood materials for other purposes.
Alas, much of this reclaiming has, in my opinion, been of poor design, a hasty and sad step down from the original level of fine craftsmanship. A prime example is the furniture into which much of the salvaged wood was made. This tended to be of shoddy construction, both a sore to the eye and the back, where comfort was not even considered. I have made a sincere effort to select for the better designs, or do my own so as to more fully respect the trees that supplied the wood and the original artisans that worked it.
A Little on the Trees
The great teak forests of Thailand were mostly wiped out years ago. A lot was used for domestic growth within Thailand, though much of this rapid destruction was to feed insatiable, international demand. There has been a moratorium on teak wood logging in Thailand since 1990. Now teak tree farms supply much of the current demand, and these are located in many parts of the world. Reclaimed, or salvaged, wood is only a small fraction of the supply. It is not renewable in the strict sense of the word, but neither is it environmentally unfriendly. While we wish to enhance your home and garden with our lovely collection of items, we also urge your awareness about forest conservation in USA and abroad.
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