SAN DIEGO, CA --  Kirei's new recycled millwork panel collection boldly illustrates the phrase "one man's trash is another's treasure." The Pacific Coastal Collection redwood and blue pine millwork panels are built using falloff from flooring or casework manufacture and waste wood from beetle-killed pine trees from across the western U.S. The result is a set of design materials that turn industrial waste components into new eco-friendly interior design looks.

"The material no one wants is our gold - to us it's where the real beauty lies," says John Stein, Kirei owner.

To make the Pacific Coastal Collection, discarded redwood falloff pieces are planed to shape and bonded with the age-old finger-jointing technique to create unique patterned panels with varying mixes of deep red heartwood and lighter colored sapwood. The process creates a variety of color and pattern mixes highlighting the natural beauty of redwood and the patterns resulting from the finger jointing process.

The Pacific Coastal Collection blue pine panels recover beauty from a different source. The pine forests of Western North America are being devastated by the bark beetle, which is now surviving warmer winters where colder seasons used to keep their populations under control. The beetle-affected trees ultimately becoming a sea of dead trees - and seemingly, waste. Large stands of beetle-affected trees are felled, and the clear pine desired for most millwork is harvested. What's not used is the wood that has been turned blue by the action of the beetle. This material is a striking grayish-blue shade not typically associated with wood, and when cut exhibits the wormlike borings of the beetles as they do their work.

Kirei's Pacific Coastal Collection panels are bonded with Ecobind Zero-VOC resin technology, and are manufactured in Southern California. Perfectly suited for wall paneling, casework, tables, retail fixtures, restaurant, hospitality and residential design. Due to the unique nature of the wood - all panels will vary slightly in natural design.

•Panels available in: 4'x8' ¾" and 1'x8' ¼"

•Custom stain & finish options available

•Slatwall for Retail is available

•FSC recycled content chain of custody is pending

•LEED Credits include: Recycled Content (Redwood only), Low-emitting material, Eco-Bind NAUF Resin, 600 Mile Credit and Regional Material Credit (depending on project location)

All Heart Pacific Coastal panels feature raw material sorted for vivid red heartwood from our recycled redwood source material, crisscrossed with visible finger joints for a modern industrial look.

Salvaged from beetle-felled trees, the blue pine panels are built with random width engineered strips to create a modern-rustic look.

The confetti color mix consists of heartwood and sapwood redwood recycled material, but with wider strips and flat straight joints.

A bold mix of color, including both red heartwood and clearer white sapwood redwood recycled from industrial falloff, crossed with finger joints.

About Kirei USA

Beautiful. Natural. Sustainable. Kirei USA, LLC is dedicated to bringing beautiful environmentally friendly design materials to the world's best designers, manufacturers and builders. Their products - Kirei Board, Kirei Bamboo, Kirei Wheatboard, Kirei Coco Tiles, Kirei Windfall & Kirei Canamo Hemp Panels- bring a new palette to the designer who cares about style and the environment. Kirei products are manufactured from rapidly renewable or reclaimed agricultural byproducts and low-or-no-added urea formaldehyde adhesives. Kirei Design Materials are used in architectural millwork and finished products in residential, commercial, hospitality and retail applications. Kirei products help reduce landfill waste and eases pressure on wood resources, while keeping toxic emissions from the indoor environment. Kirei design elements can help project gain LEED credit environmentally friendly construction. Visit www.kireiusa.com for more information.

Source: Kirei USA