Now more than ever, we are focused on removing materials from your project site.
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When Second Use employee Michael Greenwood informed the Harvey family about the bar, daughter Michelle Harvey rushed over. She was nearly brought to tears looking at the bar, thinking of her family’s memories of it, and the thought of it leaving the family again.
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Just days after wrapping up work on the East Side Mansion, the Field Crew’s largest job ever, they’re back at it.
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Unfortunately, a homeowner in the suburbs is demolishing a 25,000-square-foot home in order to build something different. Fortunately, this homeowner has called Second Use to salvage what we can before the structure goes down. The result is Second Use’s biggest project in our history.
Read full postIn an effort to gather materials in a place where it’s not as easy for people to salvage, Second Use will set up shop at Granny’s on Sunrise Ridge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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“I was a little nostalgic when I saw it,” he says. “It’s cool to see something that you made when you were 17, 20 years later.”
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Homeowners often place newspaper underneath wood flooring during installation, largely to prevent squeaking. When you’re in the business of salvaging old flooring like we are, it’s common to come across these old newspapers.
Read full postEvery day, livable homes with usable building materials get demolished.
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Earlier this summer, a group of 11 artists used five Capitol Hill homes to show off their craft. Rather than simply hanging paintings on the wall, they used less conventional methods to display their art, making the house part of the art.
Read full postChecking out the basement before the building would get demolished, he discovered some items that shouldn’t belong to Second Use showroom but instead should belong to the Washington State Historical Society.
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People use glass blocks for a variety of purposes, both decorative and functional.
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Our 2010 field crew expresses some apologies for not updating more regularly. Personally, I’m relieved because I don’t know how many more blog posts I can manually transfer. Kidding, mostly. Check out the post to hear about their week back in 2010.
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A Clyde Hill job excites our field crew in 2010.
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Our field crew reports on that week in 2010, and a job from Mercer Island with some real treasures.
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Another summary of what we were salvaging one week, back in 2010. Oh, and an offhanded note about Patrick’s teeth?
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This merch from 2010 is doubtfully (no, definitely) NOT still lingering at Second Use, but it’s fun to read the excitement of the field crew for their recent finds.
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Our 2010 salvage crew brag about some of the great finds among the scheduled strip outs that week.
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A summary of the projects we were working on, dating back to 2010. The churn continues!
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A special post from 2010 overviewing our involvement in the Paul Thiry House salvage. Thiry was an architect known throughout the Northwest and the world as an architect who pushed the boundaries in design and construction. This home was built in 1962, the same year as the World’s Fair was hosted in Seattle. Thiry was the lead architect for the fair and designed several important pieces that still remain in the city.
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A glimpse at a job from 2010 featuring maple cabinets and contemporary fixtures.
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A summary of our salvage at Nathan Hale High School in 2010. We’re proud to report that job lead Tim Anderson is still on the Second Use team and bringing back more treasures than ever.
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This is our first blogpost ever, originally published back in 2008. Our previous Outreach Coordinator talks to the Salvage Services crew about everything from their favorite tools to their best salvage memories. Features the voices of current Salvage Services manager Flynn Bickley, as well as former Second Use employees Rodney Breyer, Vince Kallberg Jr, Jeff Sell, Zachariah Langhauser, and Ross Lambert.
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