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Why blog about The RE Store?

Notes from the Field Crew – Aerialist and Tetris-style Salvage Techniques

May 10, 2012

Greetings and salutations from all of us here on the Seattle field crew. Like you, we have also noticed that glowing, round object in the sky, which must mean that it’s Spring. This time of year brings more Salvage Service jobs and more hours spent crammed in the cab of The RE Store trucks. From [...]

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The RE Store and Alcoa – supporting construction waste reduction and creative reuse

January 20, 2012

The RE Store has a long history of bootstrapping its own projects and innovations. We have had very few grants over the years. The few we have been awarded were focused on research and development of creative ways to reclaim more materials from the flood stage waste stream that we are drowning in. We already [...]

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Video – Do it yourself cabinet decoration with scrap trim

November 25, 2011

In this Quick Tip from our resident furniture design/build rockstar, Eberhard Eichner, learn how to turn scrap pieces of trim / molding into creative accents for cabinetry. You could apply these techniques to counters, tables, and other home decor items. Learn more about The RE Store’s REvision Division, making affordable furniture from reclaimed materials or [...]

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Fall harvesting in the RE Patch – food and reuse

September 9, 2011

The RE Patch community garden and demonstration site is enjoying it’s first harvest season. This urban pea patch lives behind The RE Store in Bellingham, as a part of the The RE Store/RE Sources/Sustainable Living Center compound. It is a fertile and food-bearing example of creative reuse and volunteer elbow grease, guided by the good [...]

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Furniture made from doors, reclaimed lumber, trim and hardware

August 30, 2011

The REvision DIvision is building functional and affordable furniture in it’s not-so-secret laboratory. Doors, cabinet doors, reclaimed wood, used hardware and other materials are being upcycled into chests, tables, armoires, cabinets and other household items.  Eberhard Eichner is the mastermind behind The RE Store’s long-envisioned program that got off the ground in the spring of [...]

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Old Friends and New at the Flower & Garden Show

February 28, 2011

So great to see old friends, and make new ones at the NW Flower and Garden Show this past weekend!  The RE Store crew busted out an “Inside Out” display garden in just two days, with the wonderful plant help and chicken wrangling of Seattle Urban Farm Co.  A special thanks to them – and [...]

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Salvage statistics to be proud of

December 20, 2010

The RE Store has calculated the total tonnage of building materials and home decor items that we salvaged from being needlessly wasted in 2010. To sum it all up, we saved more than the equivalent of five Boeing 747s. That is also the same weight as 10 locomotive engines or 56 truck semi- trailers or [...]

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What is this blog about anyways?

February 17, 2010

We admit it – we are junkies. We love junk – and by junk we mean stuff that someone doesn’t want anymore. It is trash or leftovers to them. More specifically, we love high-quality junk that you can use to build, remodel, adorn, beautify and upgrade any sort of structure or landscaped area with. Junk [...]

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