Reclaimed Hardwood Cutting Boards
Reclaimed Hardwood Cutting Boards
Every board has already lived a life. This one is its next chapter.
My Dad loves to build these and that’s the most important thing about it. This is his specialty, and honestly his favorite thing to build.
What makes it different from anything else you’ll pick up is the wood itself. Before it was a cutting board it was already something — a dining room table, a hardwood floor, the arm of a chair. It lived one life, sometimes for decades, and then got discarded when the world moved on. My dad finds those pieces, sees what they still are underneath, and brings them back as something you’ll use every day. That board’s story started long before it was built. That’s what people love about it.
Where most people see an old dresser headed for the curb or a pile of reclaimed flooring, he sees the wood underneath. He sees the grain that took decades to develop, the character that only comes from age and use, and the potential for something that honors what the material has already been through. He strips it back, stabilizes it where needed, fills what needs filling, and works it down to the raw wood that was always there waiting.
What comes out the other side is a cutting board with something new boards can’t have: history.
The grain is denser. The color is deeper. The wood has already done its settling — it’s not going anywhere. And the story behind it is one you’ll actually want to tell. When someone picks up one of these boards and asks where you got it, the answer isn’t just “a woodshop in the North Georgia mountains.” It’s “that used to be a cherry chair arm from the 1960s” or “that floor was in a Victorian house in Savannah.” That’s not a cutting board. That’s a conversation piece with a past.
Every reclaimed board goes through the same 7 day proprietary food safe oil and wax finishing process as every other Ember Ridge piece. The finish brings out the full depth of color and grain that the wood has earned over its lifetime and protects it for the decades ahead.
No two reclaimed boards are ever alike. The source material determines the grain orientation, the color, the character, and the dimensions. Some pieces lend themselves to large statement boards. Others become smaller, more intimate pieces. All of them are worth owning.
Construction:
• Source material varies — furniture, flooring, architectural salvage, and more
• Grain orientation determined by source material and desired build
• Stabilized, stripped, and processed as needed for each unique piece
• 7 day proprietary food safe oil and wax finish
Sizes:
• Similar range to standard Ember Ridge boards
• Custom dimensions available depending on source material
Wood Sources:
Hardwoods sourced from Florida and Georgia — furniture, flooring, salvage, and whatever my dad finds next that’s too good to throw away.
Every reclaimed board is one of a kind.
There is no reordering the same board twice. When it’s gone, it’s gone. Click below to start a conversation about what’s currently available or to get on the list for future pieces.
These are built by my dad. He’s been doing this longer than I have, and he’s better at finding the story in a piece of wood than almost anyone I know.