Tropical Collection - Environmental Information

The “Island Collection” off The “Island Collection” offers the marketplace a very unique look. The look is created by using very unique teak logs harvested like no other. These old teak logs were cut down and abandoned in the jungle up to 100 years ago. These rustic logs were found to be undesirable at the time because they had so much character and variation. Today this rich rustic character is in high demand and very hard to obtain. Since these logs where left in the thick jungle where vehicle access is impossible, local natives use well trained elephants to enter these thick jungles and bring out the logs. Since these jungles are the elephant’s natural habitat they are very comfortable navigating these giant ancient logs out of the jungle. Once they are out of the jungle the elephants carry the logs to rivers where the logs are transported to the saw mill. This could possibly be the most environmental friendly way to produce lumber. No new trees are cut and no fossil fuels are used to harvest this beautiful material. Because we use elephants in place of logging trucks to recover these logs the natural habitat where they laid for up to 100 years remains undamaged by man. What was once considered to be trash has now become treasure.

Here you can see the density of the jungle where these teak logs lay. It would be impossible for commercial vehicles to enter these areas without doing damage to the habitat.

Elephants bringing the recovered logs from the dense jungle. Since this is natural elephant habitat no damage is done to these areas during log recovery.

Reclaimed teak beams and house posts. This material is removed from old buildings and homes in Southeast Asia.st Asia. This material appears to look old and unusable on the outside however because of teaks natural ability to resist the elements of nature it is fresh and new on the inside. By using these reclaimed logs we are able to save existing trees while producing an exceptionally beautiful floor rich in color and character.

These photos show reclaimed teak beams and house posts. This material is removed from old buildings and homes in Southeast Asia.

As you can see once the reclaimed material is milled the material inside is beautiful and well preserved.