High quality kitchen decor online gift shop Australia today? Stonewood Collections provides stunning homewares and kitchenware products to their valued customers through environmentally friendly operations. We are a small, Australian owned family business and we make stunning cheese boards, cutting boards, serving boards, grazing platters, coasters and other handmade products. All of our products are handcrafted and made purely from ethically sourced Camphor Laurel timber. By purchasing from us you are playing your role in saving our planet. Camphor Laurel cutting boards are considered one of the best when it comes to food preparation, due to its natural anti-bacterial properties found within the timber. Find additional details on kitchen decor online gift shop in Australia.
Many of us are aware that Camphor Laurel is considered an ecological pest but it has a good side too – it makes excellent boards for use in the kitchen or for any applications to do with food because of its unique combination of bacteria destroying oils. The Camphor Laurel used in our boards has been sourced through active involvement in the various eradication programs where the Camphor Laurels are removed to make way for native regeneration. The timber used in our boards has been kiln dried to below 10% moisture content which ensures that they will never warp or crack and that is something we guarantee absolutely.
Handmade homeware woodworking, whether thrown on the wheel or built by hand, retains the texture of the clay even when it is glazed. Depending on the design, you can sometimes feel some gritty bits of the earthy clay under your fingers and thumbs when you touch it, which somehow creates the connection between you, the earth, and the product. Sometimes, you can still see where the item has been removed from the wheel and it retains the gorgeous rhythmic lines as a reminder of its handcrafted nature, and of the maker behind it. It feels weighty, which automatically conveys quality and, if we’re talking about a stylish handmade homeware woodworking mug, warm and full in your hands which conjures up a feeling of cosiness and comfort.
Camphor Laurel timber has also been found to have innate anti-bacterial properties due to the naturally occurring oil in the timber, which makes it ideal for use in breadboards. The naturally occurring chemicals that provide these properties include; camphor, safrole, cineole, cinnamaldehyde, fatty acids, mannitol, limonene, tannins, terpineol, eugenol, pinene, linalool, and geraniol (3, 4). The kiln drying used in the processing of the timber ensures that these chemicals will not contaminate food prepared on the boards.
Camphor Laurel is considered better than plastic cutting boards because of tight grains that wash off the microbes, and moisture after washing. It does not get marked easily like plastic cutting boards. Though plastic cutting boards seem easy to clean, they can have hotspots of bacteria as compared to Camphor Laurel that has natural anti-bacterial properties. Timber cutting boards are extremely durable and can be your kitchen partner long term. Camphor Laurel cutting boards have been described as one of the best food preparation surfaces because of its natural anti-bacterial properties found within the wood. Not only are they one of the best surfaces for chopping and cutting they are also ideal for serving your favourite food as well. Timber cutting boards are kind to your knives. Read extra details at stonewoodcollections.com.au.