Recycling is not necessarily meant for just bottles and cans. Building materials may also be salvaged and re-purposed to become useful again. The beauty of wood is its workability - through sanding, staining or simply re-finishing, old wood can be made to look nearly brand new.
Re-purposing old windows has become a popular trend. From tables to cabinets, picture frames, and much more with a bit of ingenuity, inefficient single pane windows may continue to serve a useful purpose.
Their most recent project, The Beach House, is a great achievement in creative design, energy efficiency and use of materials. When completed this home will be a shining example of the many ways in which re-purposed building materials can bring unique character into a space.
When starting your next project or spring cleaning consider if the materials you plan to discard may be useful in some way. By re-purposing old materials we not only protect our environment but also put special meaning into our homes.
A word of caution: removing lead paint from old wood can be a health hazard; use caution if you are unsure of what finish has been previously applied to the wood.
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