For over three decades, Kina and Frank Terhardt have operated a joinery workshop in Heerdt. Specializing in large-format picture frames, their production generates substantial offcuts—premium scrap wood in oak, ash, walnut, and maple. Too valuable to burn, yet too abundant for local schools and kindergartens. In 2015, designer and carpenter Kina Terhardt found her answer: transform the offcuts into new products and launch the Cutoffs brand. Today, these reclaimed wood strips become home and kitchen accessories, bespoke handcrafted pieces, and limited collections. It's a thoughtful rejection of industrial mass production.

The collection spans cutting boards, shelves, coasters, serving trays, and knife blocks—plus garden birdhouses and raised planter boxes. Terhardt artfully pairs leftover frame-production strips with copper, brass, and steel accents, complemented by textiles and ceramics. Standout pieces include the Keep away from Fire side table, with its base available in multiple wood profiles and top in olive ash or oak; the Loniake serving board, crafted from walnut or maple remnants; and the Wood+ series—containers topped with wooden lids, perfect for spices or beauty products. Products are sold online or at the showroom—a converted shipping container situated in the workshop's courtyard, whose flooring is, fittingly, made from wood offcuts.

www.cutoffs.de

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(Published in CUBE Düsseldorf 03|22)