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Our customer Rachael and family took on an interesting project during the pandemic shut down.
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We’re grateful for customers like Jacob G. who incorporate salvage into every corner of their lives and homes! Check out some of Jacob’s inspiring projects below!
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You know what they say: Doors are the eyes of the house, and the eyes are the passage to the soul… (they say that, right?)
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Second Use customer Walker L. gave his fireplace a salvage facelift with live edge lumber!
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Second Use customer Shannon W. challenges us to reconsider our ideas of what a chair should look like.
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Second Use Customer Scott created these incredible light fixtures using pipe fittings and other industrial odds and ends found at Second Use!
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Second Use customer William Q. found a stained glass window at our Seattle store that fit perfectly into a small bathroom addition he was making to his house!
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Second Use customer Mara K. gave her bathroom a sleek update with a sink she found at 2U! Check out Mara’s bathroom before and after!
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As purveyors of old, often mysterious things, it’s no surprise that we have an affinity for Halloween. Because there is no such thing as being too prepared or too spooky, we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite salvage tricks and treats.
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Second Use customer Mary recently completed a series of home updates using material from our stores. Check out the photo gallery to see the many salvaged treasures she incorporated.
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Intiman Theater’s production of Barbeque is magnificent and unpredictable, not unlike the salvage industry. Check it out, as well as the reclaimed light they used on set!
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Using only a chunk of reclaimed purple heart wood, a little bit of acrylic paint for the white details, and some sparurethane as finish, Second Use staffer Vik created a game of dominos as fun to look at as to play.
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“I bet it’s hard not to buy everything” is a phrase every Second Use employee hears at least once a day. And it’s true- with up to 1,000 new items coming through weekly, it takes a profound level of self control not to spend the bulk of your paycheck before you’ve left the building. Yet somehow, we all manage. And with our brand new series, 2U Cribs, we show you how. Each post will feature the space of a different Second Use employee so you can see how salvage plays a role in our lives (and maybe glean some inspiration for your own)!
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Suzanne recently purchased a $15 project chair from our SODO store and though it lost its seat at some point along the way and had some scuffs on its finish, it had plenty of life left in it.
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One of our customers, David, recently completed a sink installation in his bike shop. Primarily for wheel washing, he now has a space to clean parts that’s not his bathtub.
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One of our customers completed a large-scale home renovation using over 75% of their materials from Second Use Seattle!
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Seattle-based artist John L’esperance recently created a series of mixed-media sculptures assembled from reclaimed Foundry Patterns. L’esperance describes himself as “an artist in the Outsider tradition, unschooled and self-trained, utilizing found objects and reclaimed materials to construct multi-dimensional, mixed media art pieces that offer a fresh new vernacular.
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Seattle Upcycle artist Russ Morgan submitted this striking Coke Bottle Chandelier that he was commissioned to make for a client.
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If you are nostalgic for the “I Spy” books that graced the bookshelves of most 90’s era children, you’ll get a kick out of Marianne’s “Seek and Find Table.”
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Mrs. Gamze Shidler brought her bathroom out of the 1980s and into the 21st century with a clean, modern update that used salvaged cabinets and counter tops from the Second Use store.
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Second Use customer Warren and their son collaborated on a remodel that infused a small powder room with retro charm without sacrificing clean, timeless style.
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Second Use Customer Carma Gael created this striking coat rack and shelf from a foundry pattern they purchased at the Second Use store. Although they were originally looking for a worn piece of wood to give the coat rack an industrial feel, they “knew they were on to something” when they stumbled across the wealth of foundry patterns at the store.
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Longtime contributor Eric Martinez shows us his latest project: a purple heart coffee table with hand forged hairpin legs.
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