Bamboo And Coconut Shell Great Substitution To Real Wood (Guest Post)

Working with recycled and natural material can help you make the environment more functional, comfortable, and sustainable. We have had a very warm winter this year. I have been dreaming about my children's winter in twenty years.  I remember my mom always told me to wear my hat and gloves not to mention my rubber boots. The winters were so bad to the point half of my small body were buried in the snow while making snow man. What happened to our four seasons? We have forgotten about our past and perhaps not worry about our children's future. We should be an advocate to save the world for others. Example why should we allow the factories to cut the wood to make wood floor when we can use the recycled wood that mimic the real walnut wood and so forth . Wood species that are easy to be found including rubber wood, bamboo, and old boats/ships are all being used in different countries to bring us sources of wood without harming the nature. I searched internet to see what sources we have for a wood flooring, wall tiles, and or furniture. There are many companies which promoted green material such as globaltrendsbuildingsupply.com. They have combination of many recycled and green materials from wood to resin and glass.  Even bigger companies now promote using recycled material such as crushed glass and recycled wood such as walker zanger, ann, sacks tile, and dal tile.

Take coconut as an example of a recycled shell. So many things can be made with coconut shell such as wooden boxes, wall panel, wall tiles, furniture and so forth which does not harm the nature and as a matter of fact reuses the shell and waste and promote. 

Ship wood is another recycled wood salvaged from old Asian boats and ships. Many factories now clean up any wood that is salvaged from old houses, ships, and barn and rejuvenate it to a new beauty. 

Bamboo has been a popular choice among many Asian artists. The reason is the bamboo grows fast and you do not have to plant bamboo every time you harvest bamboo. There are many product made from bamboo even t-shirts which absorb moisture. Take a look at the bamboo panel, bamboo tile, and bamboo decoration that is now available online. Even though there are many companies selling this product I found more choices on a website called globaltrendsbuildingsupply.com.

Other wood species such as Camura, Paddock, and Asian Sap are also exotic woods that are from old recycled wood material. Great for the wall cladding, featured wall, partition, dividers and signage.

Guest Post - Submitted by Wattson Crik

Padauk Wood Tiles

Recently, one of our Clients, who is an an avid outdoorsman wanted to completely renovate his home. He would much rather fill his free time by hiking in the forest rather than walking city sidewalks.  During his home renovation, one of his dining room walls was taunting me with its blankness, as if something was missing.  It was just begging me to add something interesting. 

Padauk Square Wood Tiles

Since this was his dining room, I wanted to make sure his wall reflected his personality as well as provided him with a conversation starter. Keeping this in mind, I looked at several styles of wood tiles before settling on the Padauk. I selected our exotic collection of 3D wood tiles which comes in a variety of wood types. The ones that were selected for this project were Padauk Elongeated-001~7 and Padauk Square-001~5 

Small or large, light to dark, you name it and I looked at it. We have wide range of choices for wood tiles at Global Trends.  Sheets of tiles from pine to oak!  Thin veneers!  Different patterns!  The simple tiles start at around $30/sf, definitely worth checking out.

At Global Trends, we have plenty of options with wood tiles. Wood tiles are hand pieced, multi-level and have great texture.  The recycled wood tiles can be custom ordered in a range of sizes, and start about $39/sf.  Also, since the wood is hand-pieced, the tiles can be any height!  The ones that I personally suggested for this project were the Padauk tiles because the colors range from very light to dark, yet they play off each other beautifully. They’re perfect for any home or business that wants to blur the line between inside and outside.  The large piece I used as my inspiration at Global Trends was a wall piece framed in brick and glass tiles.