This holiday how to dates back to 2009 and our original blog. Designer Kate Joyce suggests using crystals for icicles and doorknobs for wreath decor. The links to live inventory no longer work, but the advice is timeless.
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This throwback blog post features a note from the mother of a very creatively clad high schooler. His Halloween costume included a “trick-or-treat door” that he lugged from class to class and used to distribute candy.
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A blast from the past when we had just removed 600 theater seats. This week we spent a few days removing theater seats from Chief Sealth High School in West Seattle. Although overwhelming to look at before we started, once we tore into them they came out relatively fast and easy.
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The team found an old Seattle PI newspaper in 2009. Extra! Extra! Read all about it.
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A sad, but funny cry for help with the blog from 2009. Blog….guess most blogs mean people keep up with them. We’re still trying to figure that out. Do we make a post for every mundane vanity and vinyl window pick up? Do we talk about how routine the last strip out was with the 6 doors, 2 vanities, and small oak kitchen cabinet set? Do we post about pending projects…only to jinx them? Maybe after lugging 8′ vanities with slate countertops down two flights of stairs we’re too tired to write about it.
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A throwback to our Fall Fest Art Contest in 2009! On September 26, Second Use celebrated its 15th anniversary with our annual Fall Festival and Salvage Art Contests. Thank you to everyone who came down to the store that day to join in the festivities.
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A throwback to the summer of school jobs. This last week found us at a couple of schools in the area. We started at McMicken Elementary over in Tukwila where we got a jump on the asbestos people and salvaged a lot of fir. And if pulling and denailing tons of trim wasn’t exciting enough…we got to witness the local SWAT team practicing their bomb detonations!
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A throwback to a schooljob in 2009. We’ve Graduated! Last week we were in Kindergarten…this week….middle school! We recently cleared out the locker rooms at Dimmit Middle School in Renton.
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We recently had a chance to go back and relive our childhood on a recent salvage job at Catherine Blaine K-8 school in Magnolia. Although it was tempting to take a nap after our first recess we continued working diligently to remove several kitchens worth of vintage Lyon steel cabinets. If you’ve ever wanted a cool retro look here’s what a little sandblasting and fresh coat of paint could do.
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