Wooden Doorstop - Burstenhaus Redecker

Description

A doorstop made from oiled oak, by Burstenhaus Redecker. 5.75” x 1” (14.5 x 2.5cm).

Why it’s here

Some objects don’t need improving. The rolling pin, the flour sifter, the mortar and pestle — these are forms that have been refined over centuries of daily use and arrived, long ago, at something close to perfect. Redecker understands this. Their kitchen and household tools are made from natural materials, designed without fuss, and built to reveal their character with use in a way that plastic never can. The kind of things you leave out on the counter rather than hide in a drawer.

We grew up with Redecker in English and Swedish kitchens, where the instinct has always been to reach for something well made and natural rather than something disposable and soulless. When we started Homestedt, carrying them was never really a question.

Burstenhaus Redecker have been making natural household tools in the Teutoburg Forest region of Germany since 1935. A family workshop, now in its third generation, that has spent nearly a century making things the right way. The designs haven’t changed much. They didn’t need to. Everything is made from natural biodegradable materials, ships plastic-free, and when a piece finally wears out, it goes back to the earth rather than a landfill.

What you’re getting

A doorstop. It keeps doors open. Made from oiled oak because oak is hard, dense, and built to take the kind of daily punishment a doorstop receives without showing much for it.

That’s the whole story. Some objects don’t need embellishing.

Specifications

Material: oiled oak. Size: 5.75” x 1” (14.5 x 2.5cm).

Care

Wipe clean occasionally. Oil with a small amount of Danish oil or beeswax when the wood begins to look dull.