Districtmillworks (Kunst)

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WE ARE A CUSTOM FABRICATION SHOP AND DESIGN STUDIO SPECIALIZING IN RECLAIMED WOOD AND SALVAGED MATERIALS.

WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR WORK AND CRAFTSMANSHIP AND ARE GENUINE IN OUR PURSUIT TO TRANSFORM REMNANTS OF WHAT ONCE WAS INTO PIECES THAT ARE HIGH QUALITY AND RELEVANT ONCE AGAIN. WE HOPE THAT OUR PIECES WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR HISTORIES AS MODERN ARTIFACTS IN THE LIVES AND ENVIRONMENTS OF OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS.

WITH JOBS BARELY TRICKLING IN AND GETTING FRUSTRATED FROM LOOKING AT SILENT SAWS, WE DECIDED TO BUILD OUR OWN FURNITURE FROM WOOD SALVAGED FROM A NEARBY HOME DEMOLITION..

WE SHOWED A FEW PIECES TO SOME OF OUR CLIENTS AND PUT UP A FEW ADS, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE GETTING CALLS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR FURNITURE AND WHAT WE WERE DOING..

OUR SAWS WERE SILENT NO MORE! WITH ALL THE ORDERS COMING IN WE NEEDED MORE SPACE. WE FOUND A NEW HOME TO EXECUTE OUR VISION AT 917 E. 3RD ST AND HAVE BEEN BUSY GROWING EVER SINCE.

WE ARE STILL A YOUNG COMPANY, BUT WE ARE MATURING AND CONSTANTLY HONING OUR CRAFT. AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR BUSINESS WE WANT TO STAY TRUE TO OUR BEGINNINGS, MAKE HIGH QUALITY, DESIRED PRODUCTS OUT OF REPURPOSED MATERIALS.

SINCE JANUARY 2010, IN LINE WITH THE IDEOLOGY OF OUR PRODUCTS, WE HAVE BEEN BUSY NON-STOP, TRANSFORMING A GUTTED WAREHOUSE INTO OUR OFFICES, SHOWROOM, WORKSHOP, AND DESIGN PLAYGROUND.

REMNANTS OF THE FORMER A1 FLOUR MILL ARE EMBEDDED THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING SPACE, AND LIKE OUR FURNITURE, WE HAVE RECRAFTED THEM TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS DISTINCTLY OUR OWN. 917 EAST 3RD STREET IS PERHAPS OUR GREATEST REPURPOSING PROJECT YET, AND ONE WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.

WE ENCOURAGE OUR CUSTOMERS TO COME EXPERIENCE OUR SPACE AND SIT FOR A DESIGN CONSULT IN OUR OFFICE (OUTFITTED WITH OUR OWN FURNITURE OF COURSE). OUR SHOWROOM WAS CREATED TO INSPIRE OUR CLIENTS, COMPLETE WITH ITS OWN SOUNDTRACK OF SAWS FROM OUR SHOP BELOW. WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO CREATE A SPACE THAT REFLECTS OUR VALUES AND OUR WORK, AND TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO OUR CUSTOMER IN THEIR VISIT.

VINTAGE WINERY BARRELS, ABANDONED RAILROAD SLEEPERS, DEFUNCT BOWLING ALLEYS, AND DILAPIDATED BARNS ARE A SAMPLE OF THE WOODTYPES FOUND IN OUR RESERVE.

WITH EACH PIECE BUILT, WE GUARANTEE NOT ONLY A QUALITY CUSTOM PRODUCT, BUT ONE MADE FROM A LIMITED EDITION MATERIAL, SOURCED FROM AN EXCLUSIVE LOCATION IN AMERICA, EACH WITH ITS OWN UNIQUE STORY.

WE BELIEVE EVERYTHING WE MAKE IS MORE THAN JUST A TABLE OR CHAIR OR WOODEN ORNAMENT, THEY ARE CULTURALLY INSPIRED PIECES RECONSTRUCTED FROM THE HARDENED SKELETONS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. AMERICA'S GRANDPARENTS BUILT THESE BARNS, BOWLED IN THESE CLASSIC LANES, AND MAY HAVE WORKED ON OR TRAVELED ACROSS THESE RAILTIMBERS.

IT IS OUR BELIEF THAT THE STAIN EARNED BY AGE AND WEAR ARE UNMATCHED BY THAT OUT OF A CAN FROM THE HARDWARE STORE. OUR PIECES ARE MADE FROM MATURED WOOD THAT CARRIES DEEPER HUES AND RICHER, MORE DEVELOPED GRAINS THAT ARE NOT FOUND IN YOUNG LUMBER. WE DO NOT COVER THESE UP WITH STAINS, BUT INSTEAD BRING THEM OUT WITH OUR MILLING PROCESS AND CLEAR FINISHES. THE SCARS OF OLD NAIL HOLES, ABANDONED BUG-HOLES AND WEATHERED HISTORY GIVE OUR PIECES CHARACTER THAT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED BY CONTEMPORARY METHODS. RATHER THAN SEE THESE AS IMPERFECTIONS, WE LOOK AT THEM AS BOOKMARKS IN STORIES THAT WILL CONTINUE THEIR TALES IN OUR CUSTOMERS LIVES.

WE DECIDED FROM DAY ONE TO FOLLOW OUR OWN MODEL OF PRODUCTION AND TO PUT MEANING BEHIND THE WORDS "CUSTOM-MADE" AND "QUALITY."

WITH EACH PIECE WE MAKE, OUR QUALITY GUARANTEE COMES EMBEDDED WITH THE PRIDE WE HAVE IN OUR CRAFTSMANSHIP. WE DO NOT PRODUCE ANYTHING THAT WE ARE NOT PROUD OF. THE SATISFACTION WE GET FROM RUNNING OUR HANDS OVER A FINISHED PIECE IS THE SAME A PAINTER MAY FEEL ABOUT HIS FINISHED CANVAS, A SCULPTOR ABOUT HIS POLISHED STATUE, OR AN AUTHOR ABOUT HIS COMPLETED NOVEL. WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO RECIEVE OUR PRODUCT WITH THE SAME FEELING WE HAVE WHEN WE RELENQUISH THEM. WE PLACE THE VALUE OF OUR PRODUCT ON OUR CRAFTSMANSHIP, THE EXPERIENCE IT TOOK US TO GET THERE, AND THE APPRECIATION OF OUR CUSTOMERS WHO CAN RECOGNIZE AND SHARE ITS VALUE.

MUCH OF THE WOOD USED IN CONSTRUCTION AND FURNITURE BUILDING IS FROM TREES THAT ARE NOT FULLY MATURED AND HARVESTED EARLY. DEFORESTATION IS AN EVER EXPANDING CONCERN AND HAS ALREADY HAD DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON OUR PLANET. WE DECIDED TO USE RECLAIMED WOOD FOR OUR PIECES FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES, THE MAIN BEING THAT WE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO FURTHER DEFORESTATION. THERE IS UNRECOGNIZED BEAUTY IN WOOD THAT HAS AGED THROUGH USE AND WE SEE NO REASON TO CUT DOWN TREES WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE MATERIALS THAT ARE RIPE WITH AGE AND CHARACTER.

OUR MATERIAL IS SOURCED EXCLUSIVELY FROM LOCATIONS IN THE US AND EVERYTHING IS CUSTOM-BUILT IN OUR WORKSHOP IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. BY MAINTAINING OUR PRODUCTION IN ONE LOCATION, WE ARE ABLE TO OVERSEE ALL ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS FROM DESIGN TO DELIVERY. WE ARE PROUD OF THE AMERICAN HERITAGE IN OUR PIECES AND PROUD TO SAY THEY ARE REPURPOSED IN THE COUNTRY THEY GREW UP IN.

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