Since 1995, The Hudson Company has been a leader in custom milled Reclaimed Wood Floors. Now, as a complement to our Reclaimed products, we are proud to introduce our Select Harvest line of custom milled, new flooring. Select Harvest flooring is available pre-finished and unfinished.
INSPIRED BY: AMEE ALLSOP
Binburra Beach House, Sydney.
Elegant Minimalism and Natural Style
Australian Amee Allsop considers space, proportion, light and materiality when working with her clients. Her emphasis on quality materials and craftsmanship is key to creating a space that transcends time and trends.
Based In New York, Amee designs in the spirit of Australian living by elevating the simple and beautiful essentials of a space and creating a minimal yet quality lifestyle.
A great example of Amee's fulfilled but paired-back interior design can be seen in the Binburra Beach House in Sydney. Open spaces and broad windows fill Binburra house with natural light and highlight the custom wooden cabinetry and trim that are contrasted by concrete flooring and counters. Amee has also worked in commercial design in Chelsea, New York. 'The Kitchen is one of New York City's oldest nonprofit spaces, showing innovative work by emerging and established artists across disciplines.'
In the East Hampton, Red Dirt Road to be precise, a unique home that connects indoor and outdoor living partly in thanks to a large wrap around deck, a distinctive Australian home feature. This A-framed house was built in 1980 with good bones but needed a large gut renovation. A large skylight was inserted and a slot window in the master bedroom were added to capture natural light to flood the interior with. Amee used a palette of fresh whites with black hardware accents, subtle features reminiscent of the beach lifestyle. Extra wide wood flooring softened the predominantly white interior and added a dose of organic material to soften the monochrome theme.
There's lot's more of Amee's excellent work on her website. You can also follow her on Instagram. For more on wood flooring get in touch with The Hudson Company.
Australian designer Amee Allsop.
This Just In: Indiana Mill from 1901
Vintage Image of the Noblesville Milling Co. grain storage facility (date unknown).
The mill, 2016.
The mill, 2016.
an icon of the American Heartland
This week, The Hudson Company has been on the road - visiting the sites of several historic, decommissioned Midwestern agrarian structures, in search of high-quality, high-character American timber to reclaim. One of the most interesting finds this week has been 'The Model Mill' and grain elevator in Noblesville, Indiana (pictured above and below).
Built in 1901, the mill was an essential part of the economy in Hamilton County and, for over a century, the iconic structure has been both a physical and symbolic icon for Noblesville and the surrounding farming communities. The mill was originally built to hold 350,000 bushels of wheat, but the area's wheat yields were so plentiful that, by 1911, the facility was expanded to hold a capacity of 700,000 bushels. According to David Heighway, of The Hamilton County Business Magazine, the mill was built in a a style of construction called, "cribbing [wherein] boards are [simply] stacked and nailed together." A 1914 article in The Indianapolis Star took note of the Noblesville mill and elevators, remarking that, "These structures tower above the other buildings of the town and are admired by everyone passing through the city.”
700,000 Board Feet of Reclaimed Heart Pine
After changing ownership several times in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, The Model Mill was eventually decommissioned and has sat abandoned for many years. In 2015, local officials decided that the historic mill and grain elevators would finally be taken down.
Luckily, much of the mill's original construction material has been well-preserved and will be now be diverted from the waste stream and reclaimed by The Hudson Company. From Noblesville, the 700,000 board feet of Reclaimed Heart Pine will be transported to The Hudson Company Mill in Pine Plains, NY were it will be re-milled and added to our growing inventory of reclaimed wood flooring, paneling, beams and joists.
The end result of this reclamation process will be 700,000 board feet of custom re-milled Reclaimed Heart Pine [New Face, Chalk Finish] flooring, like the flooring milled for and installed at New York's new Whitney Museum of Modern Art (completed in 2015).
Click here to learn more about (or to schedule a visit to) The Hudson Company's FSC-Certified lumber mill in Pine Plains, New York.
Pristine American Heart Pine, reclaimed from Noblesville grain facility.
On the road in the American Heartland.
The Hudson Company in ELLE DECOR Magazine
Reclaimed Heart Pine Flooring in ELLE DECOR
We are thrilled to share that our very own Reclaimed Heart Pine [Original Face] floors are featured in Samantha Emmerling and Hillary Brown's article 'Toolbox' in the newest issue of ELLE DECOR Magazine (April, 2016), on newsstands now.
Reclaimed Heart Pine [Original Face] Flooring is one of our most popular and versatile reclaimed wood flooring products and has found a place in design installations of all kinds, including two New York retail spaces for outdoor mega-brand Patagonia (see both stores below).
Reclaimed Antique Long Leaf Heart Pine wood is sourced from Hudson River Valley factories and warehouses whose construction dates back to the Industrial Revolution. Reclaimed Longleaf Heart Pine wood was once a predominant standing timber across a large span of the eastern seaboard. For generations, Long Leaf Heart Pine's prevalence and unique properties made it the most widely-utilized timber in American construction.
Today, The Hudson Company is always on the lookout of high-quality, high-character Heart Pine to reclaim, custom mill, and re-introduce to designers and architects for use in their next projects.
Learn more about the full range of Hudson Company Reclaimed wood floors (including six varieties of Reclaimed Heart Pine) on our Reclaimed Flooring Page.
The Patagonia Store, Meatpacking District, NYC
Patagonia Surf Shop, New York.
INSPIRED BY: FRAMA, COPENHAGEN
Frama Showroom, Copenhagen.
Frama's free-standing kitchen.
St. Paul's Apotek, home of Frama, Copenhagen
Frama CPH: crafting elegant, innovative, and classic forms
This week we are taking a good long look at the inspiring work of Copenhagen design house Frama.
Specializing in minimalist forms with a classical aesthetic, Frama is turning out some of the Scandinavian design world's most coveted stoneware, furniture, lights, and custom-built kitchens.
Located in Copenhagen's historic Nyboder neighborhood, the Frama showroom and offices occupy the lovingly preserved St. Paul's Apotek (a pharmacy from the 1800's that has saved much of its original woodwork and architectural elements, see above at right). Much of the Frama studio is painted in 'St. Paul's Blue,' their custom brand color, created in partnership with Jotun paint makers.
One of Frama's most exciting and ambitious innovations is their new line of custom-built kitchen designs (see above left). Unlike traditional kitchens, a Frama Kitchen is a completely free standing unit and is not permanently mounted to floor or walls. The Frama Kitchen's steel frame and steel box drawers are more like pieces of furniture within the kitchen environment than the traditionally built 'in-storage' style kitchen.
In addition to their drool-inducing custom kitchens, the current Frama Collection contains furniture, accessories and lighting made from a variety of high-quality, high-character materials, including cork, wood, marble and metals. With their impecable eye for clean, modernist aesthetics and their appreciation of timeless materials, Frama is not only a 'brand to watch,' they are also a design house whose approach to creativity and craftsmanship are certain to inspire us at The Hudson Company for a long time to come.
See more from the Frama Collection here.
The 90 degree wall light by Frama.
Aj Otto Stoneware by Frama.
Frama Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark.
This Just In: Reclaimed Heart Pine from the Iconic Belleview-Biltmore Hotel
An undated postcard of The Belleview-Biltmore Resort and Spa. The Hotel's original, iconic red roof was later replaced with green roofing.
Built by railroad magnate Henry Plant in 1897, this photo shows the hotel during it's early years.
Aerial view of the Belleview-Biltmore taken after it was closed in 2009.
Details of The Bellevue-Biltmore Hotel in disrepair.
Abandoned hotel lobby,
Abandoned hotel interior.
The Rise and Fall of "The White Queen of The Gulf"
Once known as 'The White Queen of the Gulf,' the historic Belleview-Biltmore Resort and Spa was, for over 100 years, one of Florida's most celebrated vacation destinations - an iconic symbol of the golden age of American entrepreneurship, travel, and optimism.
Built in 1897 by railroad giant Henry Bradley Plant, the Belleview-Biltmore was a massive feat of resort architecture, crafted in a Queen Anne and Shingle style. Constructed of native Florida pine, the hotel also featured hand-crafted Tiffany Glass. Eager to increase Florida's tourism and railroad use, the Bellevue-Biltmore was, 'often billed as the largest occupied wooden structure in the world.' Mr. Plant even had special rail service to deliver guests directly to the Belleview's front doors (see above, the image second from the top). In 1979, the hotel was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
According to a 2015 profile on the last days of the hotel by The Tampa Bay Times, the Belleview-Biltmore hosted a wide range of impressive celebrities and dignitaries over the past eleven decades, including "Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford...Margaret Thatcher and Barack Obama." In April of 1976, Bob Dylan and his band played two concerts inside the hotel's Starlight Ballroom.
But, despite visits by numerous notables, in the decades after WWII, this grand old resort faded significantly - due in large part to the construction of countless newer, beachfront resorts up and down both of Florida's coasts. In recent years, and after a lengthy debate between preservationists, local officials, and developers, it was decided that the majority of the crumbling hotel would be demolished to make way for new condominiums and townhouses.
Luckily, 36,000 square feet of the Belleview-Biltmore Hotel is being saved. A portion of Mr. Plant's original 1897 hotel is being relocated locally, and renovated into a boutique hotel. The 'new Belleview-Biltmore' will feature a restored 21st-century version of the hotel's original lobby, grand living spaces, 33 guest rooms, and ice-cream parlour. You can watch a video of the project's developer Mike Cheezem walking through the vision for this restored portion of the hotel here.
CAREFULLY RECLAIMING 100-YEAR-OLD HEART PINE FLOORING, JOISTS, AND BEAMS - PIECE BY PIECE
Meanwhile, the demolition of the 820,000 square feet portion of the hotel's structure is being done with precision, piece by piece, "taking the time to salvage 118-year-old heart pine floors, stained glass skylights and wrought iron stairway railings."
Currently, The Hudson Company is taking part in the enormous and careful demolition of this historic architectural treasure. Rather than being added to the waste stream, The Hudson Company is redirecting the Biltmore's still valuable and sustainable wood architectural materials to our mill in Pine Plains, NY. Once reclaimed, this inventory of high-character, high-quality, century-old wood will be custom milled into elements for new construction and design projects.
Below you can see photos of the process of reclaiming tens of thousands of board feet of century-old heart pine floors, paneling, beams, columns, and other wooden elements.
Stay tuned to www.thehudsonco.com.news for more updates on this reclamation preoject and about Reclaimed Heart Pine.
Click here to learn more about The Hudson Company's Reclamation Process.
The Belleview-Biltmore during deconstruction, 2015 -2016.
Beautiful, 100-year-old 'Dade' Heart Pine, reclaimed from The Belleview-Biltmore Hotel, Florida.
Introducing Our New 'Ready To Ship' Product Line
INSPIRED BY: HOME STORIES design shop
Sophie and Paul Yanacopoulos-Gross have created something truly inspiring with their stunning, Brooklyn design boutique Home Stories - a space that feels both timeless and modern.
With strong international influences, Sophie and Paul's style blends a mixture of time periods and geographical styles into a harmonious aesthetic - utilizing a strict color palette that is anything but boring. And from their time living together in the countryside, the couple has developed a finely-tuned eye for simple, calm and natural materials, textures, and patterns.
In 2013, Paul and Sophie moved from Switzerland to New York where they renovated their 148 Montague Street space. In addition to a thoughtful selection of interior and personal items, Home Stories also offers custom services such as cabinetry and shelving design. Examples of their custom work can be seen in the Home Stories showroom, where their custom solutions help display the shop's linens, ceramics and smaller furniture items.
This combination of well-traveled inspiration, simplicity, and quality craftsmanship are qualities that always inspires us here at The Hudson Company. And it's not hard to see how Paul and Sophie's curated collection of goods and services is becoming such an influential force in the Brooklyn design scene.
Visit the Home Stories Shop at 148 Montague St, Brooklyn, NY 11201, United States.
INSPIRED BY: Designer MONICA Förster
Monica Förster is an industrial, furniture and object designer from Sweden. Her range of collaborations cover Volvo, Alessi, Whirlpool and many in between. She has received awards and acknowledgements almost every year since 2004 including Elle Decoration's Designer of the Year 2015.
One of Monica's most recent designs is a set of tables used as side or coffee tables to compliment her line of seating for Danish brand Erik Jorgensen. The thin line wooden frame from the seating range is echoed in these new tables that support an oval top made or either stained wood or solid granite.
Above is a family or candle holders Monica designed for Cosentino Group and made of a stone material called Dekton.
"The idea for this family of outdoor torches in two sizes has been to play with shadow and light," Förster explains. "The result is a sculptural torch holder full of poetic feeling."
Retreat is modular, flexible sofa system Monica created in 2015 for furniture producer Fogia. With the intent to design something timeless and above trends this series allows the user to combine single seats, corner seats, with wide or narrow chaise lounges.
““I sometimes say that I’m not interested in form, but that may not be entirely true. What I mean is simply that the idea behind each project is more important. When the idea is set I focus on shape, color and detail.””
A series of trays and candle holders celebrating the importance of candle light in Scandinavian culture made out of Dekton, the same material Monica used in the sculptural candle holders shown above.
Keep up to date with Monica Förster's work or peer at completed projects by visiting her website and Instagram.
This Just In: Reclaimed White Oak Beams from Western PA Ham Curing Shed
This Just In: Reclaimed, Hand Cut White Oak Beams sourced by The Hudson Company from a Western Pennsylvania ham curing shed.
The above pictures show off a beautiful batch of recently recovered Reclaimed Oak Beams, sourced by The Hudson Company from a Western Pennsylvania ham curing shed. These White Oak 4" x 6" and 3" x 9" beams are imbued with a rich, historic aged patina - and feature some of the nicest colors and textures we have ever seen in reclaimed wooden beams. You will notice in the above detail photos, that the ends of the 3" x 9"s were hand cut with an axe (no chainsaw marks!).
Whoever is lucky enough to snag these beams will have no problem utilizing them into their next design project as accent rafters, mantles, shelves or furniture.
Email info@thehudsonco.com to learn more about these specific White Oak Beams or to get a quote for the whole batch. Or, click here to learn more about The Hudson Company's line of Reclaimed Wood Beams and Joists.