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Salvaged Items & Rich History of Sanborn Building in Old Ballard: Notes From the Field

April 17, 2013

by Ryan DeSales, Seattle Field Crew Member The RE Store’s Seattle field crew had the recent privilege of salvaging the stately, if not slightly dilapidated, G.B. Sanborn building on historical Ballard Avenue. The three story Romanesque structure was named in honor of Ballard businessman Gustavus B. Sanborn (G.B. to his friends) and opened its doors [...]

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Notes From the Field – a Window of Opportunity and a Stairway to Heaven

January 17, 2013

The RE Store’s Seattle field crew is accustomed to being under the gun. On a typical day we juggle multiple salvage jobs and/or material pickups across the Puget Sound area. Our schedule is constantly changing to accommodate the priorities of the homeowners, contractors and other organizations whose donations keep us rolling. This means that we’re [...]

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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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Meet the Fleet – Trucks, Trailers and Moving Stuff Around

October 19, 2012

We like to move stuff around just as much as any American. The thing that The RE Store does differently is that each load that we carry on our trucks save precious building materials from the brink of doom by way of landfill or incinerator. It is a lot of work and we love it. [...]

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Striking Salvage Gold in Own Backyard – Notes from the Field

October 8, 2012

by Ryan DeSales, Seattle Field Crew Member Working on The RE Store’s field crew is a lot like digging for buried treasure. It’s a dirty, dusty, splintery business, and it’s often done at a fever pitch. While we travel to many exotic locales in our never-ending quest for architectural gold, there’s nothing better than striking [...]

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The Salvage Path – a Side Yard of Repurposed Goods

August 31, 2012

James Taylor  has been with The RE Store’s Seattle field crew for over a decade now, helping to fill the stores with artfully removed and carefully preserved salvaged materials.  But as a self-avowed packrat (in recovery) and homeowner, he also has many pieces that have gone home with him – many still waiting to become projects too [...]

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Back to School – Chalkboards, Lockers and Old Pioneer Middle School

August 16, 2012

The Seattle Field Crew Goes Back to School in Steilacoom Notes from the Field – by Ryan DeSales Just when we thought our summer-school days were behind us, it was back-to-school for the Seattle RE Store’s field crew this July.  Fortunately, as we salvaged the Old Pioneer Middle School located in historic Steilacoom, we didn’t [...]

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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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A Piece of History Gets a New Life at The Mighty House

April 19, 2012

Mighty House Construction Co-Founders, Doug and Laura Elfline found themselves expecting twins in 2006, and quickly realized that their “postage stamp-sized” place in Georgetown was not going to fit the needs as the family was about to double in size.  So they bought a modest house in West Seattle that was originally built in 1980 [...]

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Gourmet locavores and reclaimed materials at The Willows Inn

April 16, 2012

The Willows Inn on Lummi Island has leapt into the national gourmet food limelight in the last 18 months, under the culinary guidance of Olympia born, 25-year old acclaimed chef Blaine Wetzel. A 2011 article in the New York Times, titled, “10 Restaurants Worth a Plane Ride”, placed the Willows Inn amongst the great gastronomic [...]

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