Should you be a Manomin Customer?

Do you take pride in your home and/or business? Would you like to create a look and feel — an experience — people remember after they’ve visited? Does the richness of real wood appeal to you? Do you settle for nothing less than the best? If you answered, “yes” to any or all of these questions, then Manomin Resawn Timbers may be the right company for you.



Known for reclaimed wood, particularly wide-plank antique wood flooring, Manomin provides customers with truly exceptional products. In this video, Mark Clasen and Sarah Londerville, co-owners of Manomin Resawn Timbers, talk about working with clients.

Whether people find us at tradeshows like the Midwest Home Show, direct mail, our website or even Twitter, they come to Manomin because they’re looking for the best in antique flooring or extraordinary reclaimed antique wood finishes on furniture or other custom projects. Our customers are designers, builders and architects as well as end users who are building or remodeling a home or business. They bring their blueprints and photos, and we bring years of experience and a variety of reclaimed wood options to consult on and create the perfect solution for each person.

Each style of reclaimed wood has it’s own look and feel, from reclaimed antique oak that we skip-plane to wide-plank Douglas fir coming out of a timber stock to antique elm for a more formal look. We need to understand your style and the experience you’re trying to create, and then we can bring the right reclaimed wood to the table — or mantle, or staircase, or paneling, or floor — whatever the case may be.

We invite you to watch the video or look through the gallery, but to truly experience the Manomin difference, you have to come to our show room at 15152 Freeland Avenue in Hugo, MN. We look forward to meeting you soon!

Countertop on I Hate My Kitchen

This countertop was created for the DIY Network's show 'I Hate My Kitchen'. The show featured a kitchen in a 1920's Minneapolis home. DIY saw us at the Minneapolis Home Show and asked if we would be interested in providing a countertop. They wanted a unique wood counter top that was also 'Green', so Manomin Resawn Timbers was a natural choice. This particular countertop is made of Antique Elm. The Antique Elm we have comes out of barns in central Wisconsin and dates from between 1820 and 1880. It comes to us as timbers and is custom milled, stained, and finished. You can find show times for this episode of 'I Hate My Kitchen' at the DIY networks website http://www.diynetwork.com/i-hate-my-kitchen/a-cooks-cottage/index.html.

Stout's Pub Floor - Into the Kiln

Our wood air dries for one hundred years or more, but kiln drying ensures that all of our products are top quality. Especially with floors, it is important to have consistent low level moisture content. Low moisture content stabilizes the wood so that we can be confident that the floors won’t cup or buckle over time. It also guarantees that no living organisms inhabit the wood. The time it takes a load of wood to reach it's optimal moisture level varies from several days up to a week. We expect this particualar floor to be ready to come out of the kiln for final processing by end of the week.

Breathe Easy with Reclaimed Wood Flooring

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoor air quality is one of our country’s leading health concerns. Plus, an estimated 60-70 million Americans are affected by house dust, suffering from sniffling, sneezing, itchy eyes, sinus troubles and difficulty breathing.


So what do reclaimed wood floors have to do with better breathing? Quite a lot, actually. Not only are they visually appealing and environmentally smart, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America claims that hardwood floors are ideal for persons with allergies and asthma.


The Health Benefits of Reclaimed Wood Floors 


Look Ma, No Fibers
Unlike carpets, reclaimed wood does not contain fibers. The smooth, solid surface is less likely to confine dust, dirt, allergens and animal dander. It is also more resistant to dust mites and mold. 


Un-Noxiously Clean
Reclaimed wood floors are much easier to maintain. Regular cleaning — which prevents airborne particles and pollens from accumulating — requires little more than sweeping, dry mopping or vacuuming to keep them allergen free. 


We Won’t Emit It
Hardwood materials are fundamentally less toxic than synthetic materials found in carpet, vinyl, laminate and linoleum do not emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs).  VOCs can trigger asthma symptoms if their levels are too high.


Repelling Really

The hard surface of reclaimed wood floors is more resistant to artificial substances like pesticides that can build up on other floor coverings. We track in outside pesticides, which can accumulate on floors, but wood floors can significantly reduce the buildup of such toxins. 


Whether you suffer from asthma or allergies or simply enjoy making healthy choices, reclaimed wood flooring is a smart option for a healthier indoor environment. Feel free to contact us at Manomin Resawn Timbers to learn more about how reclaimed lumber can help you to create a healthy home, office or living space.

Stout's Pub The first step - Denailing

We have an exciting new project - Stout's Pub located at 1611 Larpenter in Falcon Heights. We will be documenting the process from start to finish. The first step in preparing the wood is denailing. Since the wood that we use comes from old warehouses and barns, it is filled with nails. All of the old hardware has to be pulled by hand. We use a metal detector to find metal pieces that we can't see. All of the old hardware must be removed before we can run it through the saw.

More than just beautiful floors.

Reclaimed wood has a wide variety of uses. It is rich in character and has great stability due to the years of air drying. Of course it makes beautiful floors, but did you know it can also be used for furniture, cabinets, countertops, paneling, ceiling tiles, structural pieces and coverings and more? Anything that you would make out of wood can be made out of reclaimed wood. .

The console designed and made by Partners Woodcraft in Fridley, MN is a beautiful example. www.partnerswoodcraft.com

The face of the cabinet was made using Reclaimed Antique Oak. The Antique Oak comes mainly out of barns.

The top is Wormy Chestnut. Manomin Resawn Timbers custom milled all of the pieces from our reclaimed wood

What the FSC?

We are, of course, referring to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®). The FSC’s mission is to promote environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world’s forests. Something Manomin Resawn Timbers enthusiastically supports. 


The FSC was created in 1993 to help consumers and businesses identify products from well-managed forests. An FSC label ensures that the forest products used are from responsibly harvested and verified sources, so you can feel confident you are directly supporting good forest management. 


There are 2 main FSC certifications:
1) Forest Management Certification — Awarded to forest managers or owners who prove that their forest operations are socially beneficial and managed in an environmentally appropriate and economically viable way.


2) Chain-of-Custody Certification — Verifies FSC-certified forest products through the production chain. 


Manomin has received the FSC Chain-of-Custody Certification for reclaimed material, License Code FSC-C019842. This certification ensures our customers — particularly those that need to know for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) or Minnesota GreenStar — that our wood is truly reclaimed. From the beginning, the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) rating system has recognized FSC as the world’s only credible forest certification system. 


With green building growing in popularity — possibly tripling by 2013 according to McGraw-Hill Construction — FSC certification will continue to play an important role in sustainable design.