Recycled Timber
John Najjar Furniture Forever's philosophy of using recycled timber began with John's desire to give “old timber a new life”. Working from this premise John began the task of sourcing fine timber and rescuing it from becoming firewood or wood chip products.
As the business has developed, John has shared in the enormous enjoyment his many customers gain from the origins of the beautiful he has sourced. His customers also feel positive about the contribution this makes to preserving our precious environment.
John Najjar Furniture Forever sources timber from a wide and varied range of locations. All of the products featured on this website have been created from timbers sourced from these locations and John is always on the lookout for more.
- Gilbertson's Abattoirs, Altona
- Lonsdale Street Melbourne Development
- Old Church in Brunswick,Coburg
- Wool store in North Melbourne
- Wool shed in South Australia
- Fallen trees from the Murray River
- Fallen Trees from local parks and private property
- Private properties - Tasmania
- Sydney Rd Shopping re development
- Timber collectors
- Shipping jetties and piers
- Old railway line sleepers
- Home renovators throughout Melbourne
The types of timbers we use:
- Wild Messmate
- Cracked Messmate
- Red gum
- Mountain Ash
- Tuart
- English Oak
- Silky Oak
- Paulownia
- Brown Stringy Bark
- Yellow Box
- Grey Box
- Spotted Gum
- Swamp Mahogany
- Iron Bark
- Golden Ash
- Blackbutt
- Baltic
- Beech
- Black Sassafras
- Blackwood
- Blue Gum
- Cedar
- Red Cedar
- Cypress
- Hardwood
- Karri
- Kauri
- Pine
- Walnut
