Reclaimed heart pine, saved from old Georgia structures and given new life as handmade art.
Longleaf pine trees once covered much of Georgia and the American South. Those old-growth forests were cut, cleared, and used to build the homes, barns, churches, stores, furniture, and everyday structures throughout this region.
Old Georgia pieces are made from reclaimed heart pine saved from those historic structures. This is wood that was cut from old-growth trees more than a century ago, then salvaged from places where it would have otherwise been discarded, left to rot, or burned.
The grain, saw marks, occasional nail holes, and sealed, preserved traces of old paint are all part of the story that belongs to both the structure and the tree itself. You can plant new longleaf pine today, and thankfully many people are doing that, but old-growth wood like this cannot be reproduced or purchased new. These are finite, irreplaceable pieces of Georgia history, preserved by hand so they can live on.
