Box Kite Barn Wood

Awesome place to find quality building materials and often times in quantity. It’s run by some serious craftspeople that take great pride in making sure you have what you need. Always changing, it’s fun just to stroll around. A gem of a place that we frequent often.

Box Kite is a treasure chest of old wood ready for a new life. I’d walked past the place for years seeing their sheds built from recycled wood and thinking they looked cool. I’d even seen some of their timber used in the adjacent Bang The Drum brewery bar garden. But it wasn’t until I wanted to build a pergola to support a new Wisteria plant that I actually went in and looked around. You’ll need some imagination and a rough sketch of what you want to make so one of their carpenters can show you around and help you find what you need. Everywhere are big heaps of neatly stacked timbers from barns or wineries or old buildings. If you want something old and with character this is the place to look. I found some rough logs still with bark attached, some old fir boards from the days when 2“x4″ meant real measurements and some rough thinner logs to go on top of my structure. I received lots of help with refining my design and tips on how to join it all together. They even offered to build it on site for me so I could see it all fitted and then to deliver it so I could build it at home. I chose to do my own experimenting (as its cheaper that way) but they do deliver so that saved my trying to balance it in a regular car.
I’ve seen furniture they build in the yard: gorgeous stuff made from old wine oak flavor sticks which has color and character and a good smell. Go for a wander around and you may find the components for your next project or some fresh inspiration. I want to start birdboxes next…