Renewed Timber Products
Bib'n Brace
Architectural Products From Recycled Australian Timbers
Our Mission
Bib’n Brace was founded in 2016 to match timber waste streams with appropriate products and markets. Ultimately reducing timber going to landfill plus reduce the need for cutting down new trees.
Since 2016 Bib’n Brace has been using salvageable demolition timbers to repurpose into engineered Board products for use as:
Doors
Screens
Stairs
Office, Kitchen and Study Cabinets
Furniture
Doors & Jambs
We make a variety of solid timber and composite door styles, primarily out of recycled timbers. All doors are custom made to your desired size.
We can, and usually do provide hardwood jambs, weather seals, hinges, locks and handles.
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Screens
Screens define spaces with a fixed element like Shutters, Louvres, Partition walls or as is the case of the image attached a combination of Grey Glass and Mirrors set within a lattice of American Walnut integrated with the Stairs
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Bench Tops and Vanities
Modern finishes and adhesives on the high density old growth hardwoods allow us to confidently provide timber bench tops that will give an effective service life in excess of 10 years
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Furniture
Furniture for us is free standing and is ideally designed and made to be of value to future generations.
Dining tables, Consoles, TV cabinets, Coffee Tables and Spice racks are all examples of furniture that w have designed and made for clients.
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Features
Recycled timber features add an organic element that provides a sense of legacy or history to any clean modern space.
Ideal Features include Bed Heads, Floating Shelves, Mantle Pieces, Mirrors and Furniture
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Gallery
A Collection of Doors
A Collection of Screens
A Collection of Bench Tops & Vanities
A Collection of Freestanding Furniture
A Collection of Features
Process
Communication, Creation and Completion
Design
Contact us with your needs/ wants and we will interpret and prepare a Scope recommending materials, finishes and styles for you.
Budget
From the Scope we will prepare an estimate of cost, if acceptable we will prepare a 3D drawing of your job and finish samples as needed. This gives us an opportunity to ensure we have an optimum design before any timber is cut.
Assembly
Your job is then fabricated from the 3D drawings and to finish samples bearing in mind that we are working with recycled timbers that only reveal themselves when the years of detritus is cleaned off them so we will never get exactly the same finish as seen in a sample.
Deliver
When the product is finished we send a confirmation photo of the job and discuss times for delivery or installation. Production resources are finite, hence lead times vary subject to work flow.
Enjoy
Once the product is delivered and installed you will have many years of enjoyment with it.
Finishes
For us, it is easier to talk in Themes rather than Finishes as each piece of recycled timbers is unique but will fit within a broad theme that has a range of colours and textures.
Timber Selection
Timber arrives in our yard unsorted and unloved, covered in dirt, nails cables, plaster and goodness knows what else. Before we can select for colour we de-nail and clean off the grime and oxidised surface, then we can sort for into stockpiles of Blond to Brown timbers and Brown to Red timbers.
Industrial/ Rustic
Weathered timbers, brushed to smooth the original saw marks and
Weathered timbers, brushed to smooth leaving the original saw and wear marks. Colouring will be impacted by exposure to sunlight, dirt and in some cases smoke. Grey weathered timbers are most sought after and consequently we are always on the look out for more.
We use a handful of finishing techniques for our Rustic style:
Hampton
Thick lines, clean sections, traditionally painted the white-grey range
Hampton style is very clean substantial look with painted surfaces contrasting with feature natural finishes like stone, iron or timber. Paint finishes can be rubbed back to show subtle colour changes of different layers of paint or aged with coloured waxes to give the timeless, comfortable classic look.
Scandinavian
Clean timbers with defined lines
Having spent my lifetime growing up with a Danish master craftsman, I have an appreciation for the effort it takes to think through the obvious and ignore all that is not essential and emphasis what matters.
In our Scandinavian theme we leave the timber to be timber, finished with subtle Matte oils that feel soft and smooth. Where the grain needs carving out to remove hard edges or splinters we do, blending the carving with the natural grain. Where a joint is required, we make a feature of it, where strength is required, we ensure it is obvious. For example an industry standard external door has a skin skin of min. 4.75mm and door is 40mm thick. Our door skins are more than 2x that and our standard is is 46mm thick.
Collection of case studies and feedback
Corrion Prestige
"The door looks fantastic, feels solid, finish is really beautiful, your service was second to none"
Scott
"You have stolen the show. Massive thank you for your work. Everyone loves it"
Bert and Sarah
"We love our new spice rack and chopping board, thank you very much!"
About Us
Traditional Values. Modern Efficiencies
Founder Bruce Cottrill, who has been in the manufacturing industry for 35 years, built Bib'n Brace on traditional values he learnt while working with his father who is a Danish Cabinet Maker.
Resourceful/ Sustainable
Trustworthy
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