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Remember these? These screens, salvaged from a film, have been repurposed before as interior decor. But they have great potential outdoors as well! The South Philly tree below needed a little help, so our friend Caitlin Perkins used a reclaimed … Continue reading
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Lisa Marie Middendorf and her friends recently visited The Resource Exchange, looking for lumber to make a table. They went home with this pile of 2×6. These painted boards were once part of the set for Arden Children’s Theatre’s production … Continue reading
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First up on our list of must-haves for the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby: cardboard tubes. These babies came from Arden Theatre Company. We think they’d make a great addition to your derby steed because they are visually striking, lightweight, and … Continue reading
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Andrew McManus, Anthony Ranalli + Jeremy Deck of Cambridge Street Studios “Cambridge Street Studios is Philadelphia’s premier academic atelier. We study academic drawing, painting and sculpture. Our goal is to represent nature in an accurate, unembellished manner, without any type … Continue reading
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On Tuesday we visited Beacon, a neighborhood faith community that invites people of all ages to grow together through arts, learning, and faith. In their words: Beacon represents a fascinating new chapter of a long history and unique presence on … Continue reading
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A step-by-step look at reuse from Dennis Lowrey! Step 1: Reclaim a tabletop. Is that a $5 sticker I see on the bottom corner? Step 2: Find some legs. Step 3: Assemble. Step 4: Add mini tables on top of … Continue reading
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This chair is ours. We love it! You can’t have it! It came to us from the Miss Rockaway Armada, who both used our reclaimed material in their flotilla AND donated material at the end of the project. We were … Continue reading
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One of our customers did a fantastic job remodeling a bathroom with our reclaimed tiles! We have tiles in sheets for easy use, but, with a little ambition, you can get creative with mosaics and patterns! This is just a … Continue reading
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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
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Did you know that The Resource Exchange saves building materials from landfill? We spent a snowy Saturday reorganizing our selection of tile to make room for some great marble, concrete, stone, and carpet samples that just came in. If you … Continue reading
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Ah, lumber. It makes us so happy to see 2x4s, like these, reused in art and building projects rather than being sent to landfill or chipped by recyclers. Clearly they’re still extremely useful — it’s just finding the user that … Continue reading
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Thing 1: Tom Weber, Co-Owner at Rent Campus Online, used the poplar that we saved from Arden Theatre Company’s Charlotte’s Web in the interior design of his building at 2200 N. Sydenham Street, near Temple University. Remember the poplar that Little … Continue reading