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fabric samples © 2013 kgerred. All rights reserved.

Reclaimed Samples

We received a donation last month from the design and consulting firm Nelson. NELCO Architecture Inc. is the firm’s Philadelphia branch. They were doing an office clean-out and had a lot of fabric, stone, carpet, and glass samples for discontinued products that … Continue reading

bird wallpaper © 2013 kgerred. All rights reserved.

Reclaimed Wallpaper!

We get wallpaper donated from film and theater productions. Often more wallpaper is bought than needed to decorate a set. The excess would be sent to landfills if we didn’t step in to reclaim them. There are gems within our … Continue reading

Reclaimed Homasote/Set walls for Manhardt © 2013 kgerred. All rights reserved.

More Homasote!

Just in: 20 more sheets of homasote reclaimed from a film set! Remember homasote? We’ve featured it on the blog before, because it’s something you’ll almost always find at The Resource Exchange. Homasote is actually a brand name, but the … Continue reading

Arden Cinderella set © 2013 kgerred. All rights reserved.

Cinderella at Arden Theatre Company

The set for Arden Children’s Theatre’s Cinderella before… …and after. Under the supervision of the Arden’s Technical Director Glenn Perlman, even huge sets like this one come down quickly. Much like the set of Charlotte’s Web from last season, this … Continue reading

Horizon - A Magazine of the Arts (Vol 6, No. 2) © 2013 kgerred. All rights reserved.

The Barnes Collection in Horizon Arts Magazine/Spring 1964

  The vintage hardcover Horizon arts magazines we have in our reclaimed books section are very popular (only two left!) And check out the amazing find spotted by a customer in the Spring 1964 issue…a “No Place for the Rabble” article on The … Continue reading