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In the early 90s, when timber recycling was in its infancy, scavenging old timber from demolition sites and turning it into custom furniture was an obscure pastime.

But it was around then that a young carpenter named Thor Diesendorf saw an opportunity to build a business that not only rescued premium, seasoned Australian hardwood timber from landfill, but also sewed

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