From the category archives:
Read about author/writer Nan Chase’s choice to build with Highland Craftsmen’s Poplar Bark Shingles: ” My own interest in building a bark house came while I was helping to write a book on the subject (“Bark House Style: Sustainable Designs From Nature,” with Chris McCurry).” read the full article at csmonitor.com
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Eighteen NC firms get stimulus money for green projects
November 20, 2009
RALEIGH, NC – Eighteen North Carolina companies will receive federal stimulus grants to spur development in green technology, Gov. Bev Perdue said Wednesday.
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From GoBlueRidge.net
Written by Adam Hicks Thursday, November 19 2009
Small businesses in Watauga, Mitchell, and Catawba County were three of 18 that received grant money from the state to continue their work in green initiatives.
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Mayland Court furniture incorporating Bark House laminates is featured in Best of the Market section of Furniture Today.
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Meridian tables featuring Bark House Massive Wooden Slabs gets great write up in Furniture Today
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July 01, 2009
“A number of the old bark siding structures are still standing today, but the same can’t be said for the source of the bark. Due to it’s resistance to rot, the bark of the American chestnut was the choice for making shingles. But a blight that was accidentally introduced from Asia in the [...]
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Reno Gazette-Journal
April 28, 2009
“…According to the magazine, the kitchen cabinets were handcrafted from pine finished at a sixth-generation California steam mill, while the square nails came from Tremont Nail, the country’s oldest nail manufacturers. Poplar bark shingles panel the walls of the first floor powder room…”
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Toledo Free Press
“Be it door hardware, siding or the store’s two glass-paneled elevators, many of the buildings elements are trimmed with reclaimed barn wood, fiberglass logs, stamped tin, bark shingles or cedar-based siding…”
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