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old growth

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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Forest Salvage plus Local Milling equals Sustainable Finish Lumber

February 7, 2012

The RE Store asks the folks at Local Source Forest Products, Inc. how they can make the claim to be creating sustainably harvested, locally processed old growth wood products. Old spring board stumps and felled tree remnants from 100-year old historic logging operations are being turned into premium finish grade material in their Whatcom County facility. The [...]

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The Tombstone Project: reclaimed lumber, wavy glass and wabi sabi

July 7, 2011

They just don’t build it like they used to, unless they work at Smith & Vallee Woodworks and Gallery. The talented and hardworking quartet has transformed an old barn into a state of the art shop, using lumber and windows salvaged out of the remodel to create their Tombstone Project cabinet and furniture collection. The [...]

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The Tombstone Project: Salvaged materials, barn restoration and green building

July 1, 2011

Smith & Vallee Gallery is launching one of their most unique design projects and furniture collections, “The Tombstone Project”, opening on the same evening as their new Woodshop Grand Opening, July 9th, from 5-8pm in Edison. These well-established Northwest artisans of green-built finish work have put their skills to work in creating their state-of-the-art woodshop, [...]

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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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Origins of The RE Store 2 – Salvage safety lessons

November 9, 2010

The early years (mid 1990s) of The RE Store were full of outstanding opportunities including a burgeoning salvage trade. Bruce Odum, former general manager recalled that quick action was always necessary while out salvaging materials. “In Mt. Vernon, we pulled out a gorgeous solid hardwood cabinet, but had to leave it overnight due to limited [...]

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New construction, salvaged materials and fully-laden gardens

June 4, 2010

John Nelson thinks outside the box, as a builder with a big focus on reuse, green building and vegetable gardens (?!?).  John has built four houses in the last two years with his small construction company, Northwest Framing & Finish, LLC. His projects have all taken place in Bellingham. His most recent project is a [...]

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Finding the beauty in the wood

March 22, 2010

Pat Contor loves old wood. He also has a connoisseur’s taste for old hand saws. Pat’s works as a school psychologist and his main hobby takes the form of building furniture for his home in Bellingham, Washington. His attention to details like dovetail joints and bringing the beauty of wood grain into his functional designs [...]

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New and Better: Utilizing The RE Store for residential remodeling contracting

February 25, 2010

by Bob Penny Hawk Meadow Homecraft small contractor in Bellingham Something that has bothered me for many years is the infrequency with which local contractors utilize The RE Store to create win-win arrangements for their remodeling clients.  Hopefully what follows can inspire and promote this incredible local resource, and illustrate some of the various strategies [...]

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