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A Young RE Store Rockstar builds her own Tiny House of Salvage

May 16, 2013

This RE Store Rockstar is one industrious young lady.  Celina Dill, 17, is building her 10’ x 18’ x 14’ high home, on wheels, entirely out of reused and repurposed materials. Inspired by the Tiny House Movement she is ‘unschooling’ herself by diving into all the trades it takes to make a project like this [...]

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PSE’s Re-Energized by Design winners – designing around reuse

May 5, 2013

Scott and Nia Sayers spent the last six months winning a competition that remodeled their home’s interior, benefitted their family and their professional lives, all while designing around reuse. That contest was Puget Sound Energy’s Re-Energized by Design challenge that pitted six households against each other in a contest that we quote here from the PSE [...]

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Building Deconstruction, Green Demolition and Decon ’13

April 29, 2013

If someone asked you what deconstruction is, would you respond: A complex philosophical movement about meaning that started in France in the 1960′s A new way of salvaging construction supplies from structures that are being demolished The age-old method of recovering useful building materials from an existing building If you answered 3, you are correct. [...]

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Where Do You Wear a Chair?

April 8, 2013

Q: What do art galleries, beach cleanups and salvaged materials have in common? A: The RE Store’s 12th Annual Recycled Arts Show opening weekend The Recycled Art Program has been showcasing creative works made from used materials since its early days in the late 1990′s, with partners over the years that have included: Whatcom Museum, [...]

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Chalkboard Slate Counters, Door Headboards and more from “Art & Architecture”

April 1, 2013

Friend of The RE Store, Jay Lazerwitz of art and architecture is an Architect, Artist and Certified Passive House Consultant who is constantly thinking of salvage for his projects.  Where else is better to experiment than in his own house?  Below are a few of his recent examples sent (in his own words): Chalkboard Slate [...]

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Picker professional Devin Champlin – luthier, musician and salvager

March 15, 2013

Our old friend Devin Champin, had a short and well-done video made about him. He shares how he uses reclaimed wood in building guitars. His work as a luthier and instrument repairman continues to gain notoriety. And if you haven’t ever seen him perform with one of his projects like the Gallus Brothers or any [...]

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Outdoor Cinemas, Flying Beds & Funky Junk at NW Flower & Garden Show

March 8, 2013

Did you ever ride on a flying bed made from old stair stringers and reclaimed fir posts? If you didn’t get a chance to see it in person, we had a suspended day bed from which to watch the movie screen on the side of the “house” with salvaged beveled siding. Cabinet drawers arranged around the bed [...]

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Show Us Your Junk – 2013 Call for Recycled Art & Functional Designs

January 29, 2013

One of the harbingers of Spring is The RE Store’s annual Call for Recycled Art and Functional Designs. The RE Store’s Recycled Arts Show will bring fresh examples of fine art and useful things for it’s 12th year. Galleries this year include: Blowing Sands Studio and the Laura Frost Fine Arts Gallery in Seattle (Ballard) [...]

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The 2012 End of The World Window Display & Video

December 19, 2012

In the spirit of light(ness) during this holiday season, we celebrate the kooky cacophony of doomsayers and hopefuls with a tongue-in-cheek window display at The RE Store in Bellingham as we pass through another apocalyptic date, 12/21/2012. Shabby crabby bomb shelter decor blending vintage survival gear with reclaimed building materials Paranoid protection wear on Calamity [...]

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Economical RE-design Made Possible with Salvage Cabinets

November 26, 2012

by RE Store Rockstar and customer, Kathleen, of Lily-Max Design A couple approached me when they were thinking about putting their home on the market.  They knew there was a lot to do to get it ready for sale and wanted to stretch that budget as far as possible, so they hired me to re-design [...]

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