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Jacob’s Ladder from reclaimed materials at the Spark Museum

February 15, 2012

Bill Englander is an out-of-the-box tinkerer. His most recent project was building a Jacob’s Ladder for the newly rebranded Spark Museum in Bellingham. We will just let Bill tell you in his own words below the video… As a boy, I had two grandfathers who each taught me the fine art of tinkering and repair.  [...]

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Shoji Salvage – Screens From Reclaimed Fir Beams

June 17, 2011

Designer/Builder: Jacki DeVincent Project Title: Shakti Shoji Screens Salvage Materials: All of the wood elements Project Description from Jackie: We were able to make a group of 8 Shoji doors for a couple in Greenlake out of Reclaimed Fir from The RE Store in Seattle.  There was this group of  6″ x 12″ Fir beams [...]

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A RE Store Rockstar – tells a story

March 23, 2011

This comes from Nancy Connolly, who spoke to us in person at the Phinney Home & Remodel Fair.  The story seemed to good not to broadcast: “My fabulous RE Store story is about my door knob and lock.  I have a 1950′s home with a very classy door knob mechanism – no knob on the [...]

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Are you a storyteller?

March 24, 2010

Are you looking for a way to help inspire people to take a second look at what is in their trash treasure can? Tell us all about your project that you created from used, recycled, found or scrounged materials in the comment section at the bottom of this post. What did you start with and [...]

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