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Upcycled Wood Flooring Gets Character from Old Wine Barrels

08/04/2010
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  • Fontenay Wine Barrel Flooring
    If you are looking for a recycled floor with character for a bar or a wine cellar, what could be a more appealing than oak taken from used wine barrels (other than <a href="http://inhabitat.com/2010/05/13/recycled-wine-corks-make-stylish-penny-tile-flooring/">flooring made from wine corks</a>)? Now, <a href="http://www.fontenay.us/retailers.cfm">Fontenay Woods</a> offers flooring, as well as countertops and furniture made from oak originally used in wine barrels.
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  • Fontenay Wine Barrel Flooring
    Fontenay's Stave-style flooring features marks from metal coopers' bands across the wood.
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  • Fontenay Wine Barrel Flooring
    A wine room with flooring made from wine barrel heads.
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  • Fontenay Wine Barrel Flooring
    Detail of the Cooperage series of recycled oak flooring made from wine barrels.
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  • Fontenay Wine Barrel Flooring
    Wine room floor made with "Wine Infusion"-style recycled wine barrel wood flooring. The oak planks feature coloration where the wine came in contact with the wood.
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  • Fontenay Wine Barrel Flooring
    Recycled wine barrel wood with cooperage marks used as wainscotting.
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    A cafe table made from recycled wood from wine barrels.
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Fontenay Wine Barrel Flooring

If you are looking for a recycled floor with character for a bar or a wine cellar, what could be a more appealing than oak taken from used wine barrels (other than flooring made from wine corks)? Now, Fontenay Woods offers flooring, as well as countertops and furniture made from oak originally used in wine barrels.

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