Patent ID: 8898998

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a wood panel for flooring or paneling from a wood stave of a discarded barrel used for fermentation of contents stored therein, the wood stave having a curved profile, a stained surface layer corresponding to an interior of the discarded barrel, the stained surface layer having a thickness defined by a coloration throughout the thickness from the fermentation of the contents stored therein, and an opposing non-stained surface layer corresponding to an exterior of the discarded barrel, the method comprising: straightening the wood stave from the curved profile into a straightened profile suitable for flooring or paneling comprising pressing the wood stave between the stained surface layer and the opposing non-stained surface layer; and smoothing the outer surface of the stained surface layer of the wood stave, the smoothed outer surface forming an outer exposed surface of the wood panel for flooring or paneling comprising the coloration from the fermentation.