Lifestyle & Inspiration | Glasgow Wood

Glasgow Community Sauna team build an affordable and accessible space using reclaimed wood

Lucy Watkins — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 10:43:07 +0000

Nestled in the back of the Bowling Green in Glasgow's Southside, Glasgow Community Sauna is a queer-led community project making the benefits of sauna and cold plunge affordable and accessible to everyone. Using various types of reclaimed materials including our reclaimed timber, they've created a space which matches their ethos.

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Aberfeldy Community Bike Workshop upcycles Hunterian drawers for workbenches

Lucy Watkins — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:37:26 +0000

Draft & Flow Community Bike Workshop founder, Nick, visited Glasgow Wood in April 2023 to pick up a rather large order of ex-Hunterian Museum archive drawers which we collected via our Waste Wood Collections Service. 8 months later, he's transformed them into a beautiful set of workshop storage units for organising tools and bike parts.

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A bespoke bookcase side unit made using 100% reclaimed wood

Peter Lavelle — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 12:53:13 +0000

A great community creation made by Ryan Kerr (aka @woodworkerrs) built using completely waste wood. Who knew a combination of old floorboards, victorian pine and a decent finish could look so great!

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Kitchen renovations using reclaimed scaffold boards

Peter Lavelle — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:14:24 +0000

It's amazing what can be done on a small budget! Check out what Hayley and Adrian used to transform their kitchen spaces with the help of some reclaimed wood. Eco-friendly and affordable, what more could you want.

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Hunterian Museum archive boxes transformed by Art School graduate

Peter Lavelle — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:57:41 +0000

Glasgow-based artist Tinsel Edwards created a beautiful series of pieces for her degree show utilising ex-Hunterian Museum archive drawers. See the paintings and learn about what's next for her practice.

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Scottish graduate uses Hunterian Museum archive drawers to build her own archive

Peter Lavelle — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:48:48 +0000

Glasgow School of Art graduate Susan Breckenridge up-cycles drawers from the Hunterian Museum & Gallery to display all the treasured memories and artefacts of her childrens' lives.

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An ex-exhibitor stand transformation: COP26 to Scottish Lend and Mend Hubs

Peter Lavelle — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 15:37:43 +0000

Via our wood collections service, we worked with EventCycle to collect waste wood from COP26 back in 2021. When Scottish Libraries contacted us in early summer 2023 to produce some peg boards, we had just the material for the job! Learn about the full transformation here.

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GSA Masters student Garrett Ure creates sculptures using reclaimed wood

Peter Lavelle — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:23:02 +0000

Glasgow School of Art Sculpture Masters student Garret, centres his practice around restoring and reimagining waste timber. Using a wide range of reclaimed wood including various components of oak whisky barrels, he combines this timber with other recycled materials to craft highly unique sculptures.

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Community Creations: Timber Kid, the aspiring young wood-worker

Peter Lavelle — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:07:26 +0000

Brodie has been building dens and using woodworking tools since he was aged 3. Over 10 years later and he’s now building tables, storage units and even event props, all from reclaimed wood. It sounds like Timber Kid has started his furniture making career early!

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Helping to create a restorative space in GCU’s Library

Peter Lavelle — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:51:22 +0000

With a goal to improve health and wellbeing among staff and students, we were very excited to assist in bringing the Relax & Renew Space to life.

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