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Soul Trees to Custom Home Interiors
by: Nizie Lokman
Soul Trees to Custom Home Interiors
The only “tree-to-table” company in San Francisco, Arbor Upcycle has created an innovative new milling machine that moves another notch on its interior wood slabs offerings.
Photo Credit: David Enloe - @theenloecreative
MAKING A SOUL DIFFERENCE
The rare local and historical wood material from the city’s oldest residents was less appreciated in the past. “It was disappointing to see San Francisco’s urban lumber go to waste for years,” said Jean Claude Rochat, owner, and CEO of Arbor Upcycle. Rochat, who was always fascinated with trees, recalled he had an epiphany moment as he looked at the urban forest of San Francisco before he founded the arbor company.
Photo Credit: David Enloe - @theenloecreative
Rochat is an arborist by profession. He attended an arborist school in Switzerland and later gained a broad knowledge and deep experience in agriculture in America. He initially started a tree service with his co-founder Gui. He built the parent Arborist Now Inc. together with Remy Hummer.
Photo Credit: David Enloe - @theenloecreative
He and his co-founders, Gui and Remy, realized that it’s up to them to salvage and repurpose the urban forest, which has beautiful authentic woods. They made a meaningful action to change the status quo, and Arbor Upcycle was born with the mission to share their work back with the community. Currently, Arbor Upcycle is the only company in San Francisco dedicated to salvaging and milling downed trees in San Francisco.
By: Elise Ballard
Photo Credit: David Enloe - @theenloecreative
Established in 2010, they removed trees that were seen as unwanted wood to turn them into a natural treasure of beautiful artistic interior furnishings. They did this by upcycling and transforming unwanted industry by-products into new and improved materials of equal or better quality.
Photo Credit: David Enloe - @theenloecreative
By harvesting and upcycling the local trees that have to come down, they have preserved the history and soul essence of the tree here in San Francisco and the Bay Area for homes, office spaces, and showrooms.
Photo Credit: David Enloe - @theenloecreative
Read more at https://issuu.com/rareluxuryliving/docs/troora_san_francisco_2021_pages/68
