From the monthly archives:

April 2010

A rose is a rose is a toilet seat, unless it gets away

April 28, 2010

by Kristin Hill Quite a few years ago, my partner and I decided to go to The RE Store to look for some building materials for him.  When we walked in, I spotted a fantastic vintage pink plastic toilet seat.  The most intriguing (for lack of a better word) thing about this toilet seat was [...]

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The Photographic Forces at the 2010 Trash Fashion Show

April 28, 2010

by Michael Cline Lead Runway Photographer The RE Store’s Trash Fashion Show Seattle ~ 2010 I was introduced to the trash fashion movement in early 2006.  Later that year, I had the opportunity to photograph them through the friendly folks at The RE Store.  Back then I had a few fashion shows under my belt, [...]

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Salvaged building supplies as puzzle pieces

April 8, 2010

Gabriel Gonzalez is a young man with many skills and a passion for green design and reuse. He has plans to graduate with a degree in Adpative Reuse from Fairhaven College at Western Washington University in Bellingham in the fall of 2010. He also has worked for the salvage and deconstruction crews at The RE [...]

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