"We were down in Temecula (Calif.), wine tasting and I saw some furniture made with oak barrel staves, and I thought 'This has got to be a much better way to use old barrels,' " Betrand said.

But once the wine is bottled and the barrels are emptied ... acquired old-world carpentry skills that he uses now to create the rustic barrel-stave furniture. Adam once worked at a McMinnville ...

EUDORA — Eudora resident Andy Wingert wasn't into woodworking when he was growing up, so his talent for making furniture ... stave and head is stained a purplish-red from the wine stored in the ...

Their storefront The Stave and Barrel at 12330 James ... when Tara came across the concept of barrel furniture online. "She wanted a half barrel wine rack that she's seen on Pinterest," Ed said.

About 200 wine lovers showed up, and they were impressed by the furniture ... He uses every part of each barrel, from the heads, to the staves to the metal bands that hold barrels together.

Barrel heads used in his furniture often bear the stenciled mark of the wine or whiskey maker. Some of the staves he uses are rejects, passed over because the properties of the wood would permit ...

These wine barrel furniture and art pieces fashioned from ... with his favorite piece a rocking chair. “Staves from wine barrels can be transformed into so many things. It’s fascinating ...

Four years later, Garrod owns Double Barrel AZ, where making custom furniture ... the heads, staves, and rings. He says it's all recyclable. "It has a natural wine stain. Has the red stain ...

On a recent trip to California, however, he saw some furniture that was made from old wine barrel staves. "The curved lines of the wood reminded me of a bamboo bike I did a while ago, and I ...