We are Hout met Historie
We are wood hunters, combing Europe for reclaimed wood.
We are Hout met Historie.
Behind Hout met Historie are its founders, Wietze and Jurjen, and together we collect reclaimed wood from all over Europe. To us, wood is more than a raw material: it carries a piece of the life it has lived through. Old wood is something you need to feel and experience for yourself. That's why we believe it deserves to be found and cherished.
Wood hunters
We are houtjutters: wood hunters, always on the lookout for old wood with a rich history. Genuine oak wagon boards from old railway wagons, barnwood from old farmhouses and barns, oak railway sleepers that lay beneath the tracks for years, mooring posts from old harbours: we collect the best and most unique wood, and make sure its history lives on in beautiful new pieces.
All our wood is the real thing: never new, never fake. It has matured, shaped by heavy use and the passing of time, weathered by the elements and tested by the years. Wood that tells a story, with a soul carved into its grain. Wood with character. Wood with a story. Hout met Historie.
Wagon with old pine wagon boards 
Old wagon with a wagon board floor 
Original rails on railway sleepers
“We collect the best and most unique wood, and make sure its history lives on in beautiful new pieces.”
Inspiring and connecting
We inspire, and we connect. We encourage the reuse of wood by supplying it to a network of passionate, inspiring (furniture) makers across the Netherlands. Because we believe in things made from wood with a past.
These makers all share one thing: an endless love of wood. You can sense the care, quality and craftsmanship in everything they make. Planing, brushing, sawing: that's how they work the wood and design the most original pieces, full of character. And so they give old wood with a unique past a new life.
The Hout met Historie label
We only sell genuine reclaimed wood, selected for its quality. That's what our label stands for.
Our wood is never new, and never made to look old. It is bound up with its past and the story behind it. So with us, you're not just buying wood: you're buying, quite literally, a piece of history.
