Recycled RIMU Footstool Fundraiser
These classic new footstools (or wooden stools) are made from recycled Rimu is available now. Delivered to anywhere in New Zealand.
Each footstool has it's own unique character due to the variety of beautiful Rimu grains and the style of each stool finishing.
The stools are created by Papanui Rotary Club and Kaiapoi Menz Shed as a fundraiser to help the community.
Useful for all ages and popular with:
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Height seekers. Each stool adds 20cm to your reach.
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People wanting an under desk foot rest.
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Older people needing height to help with cutting toe nails or lacing up shoes.
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Curious & creative toddlers needing height to brush their teeth or help in the kitchen.
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Save the planet people who love recycling Every stool is made from recycled native timber.
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Everyone who wants to help us help the community.
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Evryone who wants something that lasts a lifetime.
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Proud to be a kiwi, kiwis. Everything about these stools is New Zealand sourced and made.
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Thoughtful gift givers. We believe a significant number of stools have been gifts.
This is a great gift which the whole family can use.
The stools have unique Rimu grains beautifully brought out with several coats of Danish Oil.
Each recycled native timber footstool is well made by many volunteers experienced in woodwork or carpentry and then they are oiled to a beautiful finish (with care) by Papanui Rotary Club Members.
The top measures 395 mm x 185 mm and the height is 210 mm. They can support a 120kg person.
It is almost impossible to get well-priced Rimu furniture these days and this is the handiest stool you will ever own. It gives short people an instant 20cm boost in height to reach items on high shelves, change light bulbs or smoke alarms.
Toddlers learning to walk use them as walking frames as well as sleds (upside down) and a step-up to see what Mum is doing at the kitchen bench.
The stools have been very popular with people who want a kitchen stool but want something beautiful instead of the cheap plastic stools avaiable.
Price is only $75 finished with Danish Oil. $10.50 freight anywhere in South Island. $12.50 freight anywhere in North Island.
To buy a stool click here BUY NOW or to ask questions contact:
Gary Denhard Email: gdenhard@xtra.co.nz or Mobile: (021) 224 4804
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the recycled Rimu come from?
Our first batch of Recycled Rimu Footstools were created by the members of the Kaiapoi Menzshed, They have a lot of timber donated to them and included in their stocks were Rimu furniture items such as bed-ends and cupboards. Their stocks were a suitable size to be recycled into the Papanui Rotary Wooden Foot Stools.
Click on this link to Kaiapoi Menzshed where the recycled Rimu stool components were made.
https://menzshedkaiapoi.weebly.com/
What is the background to the handy recycled Rimu footstools?
A member of the Papanui Rotary Club made a wooden footstool during woodwork classes at Intermediate School in 1958. When he took the footstool home it was so popular he made several more in their garden shed for his Aunties and Uncles.
For over 50 years all branches of the family and all ages have used them.
He still has this original footstool (which is now 63 years old) and it is still used several times a week by the family.
He had the idea to build the same footstool using recycled native timber as a fundraiser for the Papanui Rotary Club. The challenge was to find the recycled native timber and find someone who could make the components for the Papanui Rotary Club Members to assemble and finish.
References and usage feedback
Sara - Dunedin
Easy purchase, very quick, excellent communication and product. Very happy
Andrea– Christchurch
I am absolutely delighted
Nicola – Christchurch
It's Perfect
Melissa - Kaiapoi
Thank you for the second stool. I let me 4-year-old granddaughter pick which one she wanted. We love them
Sapna – Dunedin
We need a footstool for the kitchen and this one would be perfect.
Grace - Timaru
I am intending on using it to reach the top hanging rail in my wardrobe which is about 5cm too high for me.
I remember my Grandmother having two of them when I was very small and I recall them very extremely handy so I could reach the kitchen bench.
Melissa - Wellington
I’ll be using it because I’m 5 foot 1 and can’t reach anything! Hobbit genes unfortunately. Affordable stool which is handmade and cool at the same time!