Splintie,
Just read your post in the Larsen thread.
Thought it might be interesting to see what treasures people have incorporated in their homes.
I’ll start with 3 of my favorite architecturals.
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Rock n' Roll, baby!
Peace full.
I'll take some more if you've got interest.
All doors, interior trim,and tons of other stuff are recycled.
Guess what the roofs made of ?
What a great idea for a thread!
I'll contribute the (9) Eastlake-style doors found in a construction dumpster that became F&P wainscot in my c. 1900 Vic. This was my first-ever construction project, c.1985. Excuse the framing and non-period trim; i was pretty green back then about both form and function.
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Window seat with headboard...
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Very nice- hoping more folks will show us their finds and salvaged items.
I like the trim and panels, but you should have left the wallpaper in the trash <G, D, & R>.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Great idea with the doors splintie!
J. D. ReynoldsHome Improvements
Shoot ya, Recycle rules!
Actually, 9 times out of 10 that recycled item is of a much heavier duty material or of a better quality production process than the majority of modern stuff and techniques.
Same principle as what do you want in your house?...a particleboard desk that once constructed that's it and if you move it takes either wasted time in careful disassembly or you break the thing
as opposed to the same money being spent on an old wooden desk sturdy as 10 and keeps it's value.
All that aside from the fact of the dollars involved trying to match old world strengths and charm with constructed new pieces
when older pieces can be found for low percentages on the dollar with genuine patina that can add to the ambience of strength and reliability to your surroundings of daily life.
Old interior trim with up to 5 components to make the design.
Interior trim? We don't need no stinkin' interior trim!!!
be drywalling those window sills and go on down the road.
Peace full.
Having done both, i can tell ya that the all-drywall approach takes a LOT less time to dust!
Dust? Who's needs to friggin' dust?
be living on the dusty trail
Peace full.
I need ta git me a wife...
I need ta git me a wife...
i think all women should have one.... I'd even pick one out for stacy if she'd let me...
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Man, you are the King of Scrounge...well, Co-King with Rez (that looks like something it isn't, doesn't it?)...throw some images at the thread, will ya?
I'm way down towards the end of the honorable electic collectic list of BTers of which I'm sure you hold a place up there somewhere but thanks for the thought.
Did relay a bid for the lighting rod and blackwalnut staircase for Monday tho' so we'll see what happens.
be gee, I never owned a lightening rod before
Peace full.
Guess what the roofs made of ?
Don't tell me thatch or canvas. snorK*
Peace full.
Great stuff....love the door with the oval glass and sidelights (Probably open easier once the duct tape is removed though......snicker, snicker)
I try and reuse certain items on the homes in which they were original....I'll see if I have any pics.
As for my own home, almost nothing was salvageable.....I kid thee not. But I do have a few gorgeous light fixtures that I cleaned up and rewired....I'll check for pics on those as well.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
I wondered who'd be the first to pick on my tape job !!
Doesn't usually completely fall off until March, right? Perfect timing! <G>
We just did a kitchen remodel in our 1887 house. Still need to do some trim work and painting, but we used a lot of salvaged house parts in the remodel - Exterior doors, stained glass window, kitchen cupboards, butler's pantry, light fixtures, radiators, and (not a house part) sections of bowling alley lane for the countertops.
It's a LOT of extra work, but there's nothing to compare to this stuff. I do understand why most contractors are less than thrilled about using salvaged materials, though.
You can see the whole story and lots of pics at this link, but I'm attaching a few pics here.
Our 1887 Octagon - Kitchen Remodel
You bet it's a lot more work, but if you prep the materials yourself it's so much more pleasurable in the end.
Lots of stories to go with the materials.
Here are some shots of my billiard room windows that came over from England, trimmed with wood I salvaged during some of myView Image house demolitions.
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Slate blackboard floors from a Catholic School being converted - Then wainscotting from an appropriate builoding demo- The Odd Fellows Building
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Walter,Those blackboard walls in your billiard room are such a great idea! Were they from the same Catholic school as where the floors came from?And, there's a photo tacked to the wall in the first photo. Looks like perhaps a guy in a pool hall? Is there a story there?Best,
Steve'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
Steve,
The pool room blackboards came out of a Junior High School being renovated- but remaining a School.
Notice the music scale on one of them?
The picture came from a friend who thought I should have it. Don't know the history behind it.
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These items from an antique shop nearby.
Lubec is way over on the Canadian border
I did notice the scale! What a great thought to give the kids a place to be creative without messing anything up. You get high marks for this. And, to me, it's the perfect decor for a billiard room.Somehow I was thinking that the photo was you playing pool as a kid. And in the spirit of the thread, I am putting in a recycled clawfoot tub. Even stumbled into Norm A. when he was in the salvage yard that day.Do you remember the article in FHB a few years back of the house that had the recycled car parts? Hatchbacks for balusters, a back window assembly for an awning over the rear entrance, etc. Fun stuff.Mini-hijack...how did your meeting go with your web guy?'Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt man doing it' ~ Chinese proverb
Steve,
The scale was painted on while at the school- I just left it there.
Picture was of some old guy- definately not me !!!
Don't see your tub picture- did you intend to post it?
Good memory on the lunch date. We caught up on lots of stuff besides the web design. He's just finishing up a business class this week, then we can sit down and see what I need.
Walter
I'd forgotten about this thread.
All I can add now are two 8 inch 3/8s bolts I'll be using to secure a newel post.
Came from an old piano.
be I've got it all here in my headThere's nothing more needs to be saidI'm just bangin' on my old pianoI'm getting in tune with the straight and narrow
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Rez,
How'd ya sleep? Dream of dismantling everything in sight and feel real tired when you got up???
Maybe you've got the FEVER
No, not letting my mind dwell on it to be sure I don't get the fever.
Sometimes the fever can work to your benefit as the psyche can increase yer gumption and energy levels and get the joybell yayas out as it's fun.
Othertimes the psyche can turn to psycho and make you shoot yerself in the foot by getting involved when you shouldn't.
I'm singing this note 'cause it fits in wellWith the way I'm feelingThere's no symphony that I hear in my heartSo my head's not-reeling
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Here's a nice salvaged tub. It was in the house my wife grew up in when her parents bought it in the early 50's. It sat out in the in-laws' yard for many years, until we rescued it, had it refinished and put it in our new bathroom,(formerly an old bedroom.) Wooden rim looks like walnut. A friend who restores antique furniture repaired and refinished the rim.
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Thats a real nice find- nothing beats a good soak in a hot tub before bedtime !
Walter
Just got done looking at this thread. You have done some pretty cool stuff with the salvaged goods in your house. Great job!
I have a few slate chalk board that came from a college that was being renovated while I was attending school there. 20 years ago my older kids got a blast out of having a whole wall to write/draw/play on. We'd spend a lot of time on those boards in the winter drawing up some pretty important plans, just to do it all over again the next day. Now I have another young kid and he's getting the same enjoyment out of the same chalk boards.
Doug
Doug,
Thanks a lot. I hoped more folks would show some of their salvaged items that they've incorporated into their homes.
Walter
in process...
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Is that your house or a job you're doing?
It's my ongoing attempt at developing a personal residence from a dozer house.
been dozing a loooong time
Peach full,easy feelin'.
The stairway is pretty. Mine was all straight runs...boring.
I had removed a straight run out of an older house with the intent of using it 'til this curved one came along.
Now it is seeing use of the newels and rail for the little balcony extension as I couldn't locate a 3 ft length I needed to continue the curved rail around to the wall.
But I tried. Must be not much of that old style lying around.
be an eclectic patchwork
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Rez,
Don't KIEHL me , but here are a few shots of my stair parts rescued from a dozer home. Obviously not installed yet.
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dood! That's the first I ever saw of a rail connection point on the newel being incorporated into the post like that. Looks in pretty sweet shape, too.
Unfortunately, your garage there looks just like my kitchen. snorK* sad but true
OK Ok, so we form a deconstructionalist type company composed solely of BTers who travel across the country salvaging old homes and architectual elements.
be timberbeam me up, Scotty
Peach full,easy feelin'.
I was looking at that detail as well. Wondering if the cap is made up out of separate segments and then glued together.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
You guys must need a close up. I'll post one after lunch.
That's my cellar though Rez.
Rez,
Here are some close up's of that sweet walnut set up .
Obviously it wasn't quite in that shape just before the dozer hit.
Also the door to my billiard room saved from a commercial renovation for an archys headquarters.
I'd be happy to be a principal in this BT salvage co.
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What was the purpose of the dual cut openings for the stairbolt nut?
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Peach full,easy feelin'.
You'll have to ask the guy driving the DOZER.
I just rescued the thing- like Smitty says " whatta I know" just enough to not let it be landfill fodder.
Just kidding--- I haven't set about the install yet so I'm not sure.
Looks like being a more highend newel the two openings are just to provide better access to the star nut.
Unless there was some kind of locking mechanism involved.
be heretoforpreviouslyunknown
Peach full,easy feelin'.
I think you're right-- this newel came from an unbelievable structure. I only was able to savage a small amount before the ball struck.
Don't that suck. Have an auction for house parts them only give a day or so to remove the items.
They'd get better bids if they would provide more ample time for the involvement.
what are they thinking
Peach full,easy feelin'.
This my buddy- an earthwork contractor. It was all free to me , but only had a short window before it was all smithereens !!!
I did get a lot of stuff from that place, but obviously I wanted it all !!
So...do you, like...um...give tours?I'm with Rez. We need to set up ol' Further and tour BTrs' out-buildings, cellars, and kitchens.
Edited 2/14/2008 1:29 pm by splintergroupie
Are you and Rez travelling together today?? Wherever I see One I see the other !!!
Tours are available anytime --- but you've got to put up with all the stories that go along with the finds.
I provide ear plugs if requested.
Looking forward to it !!
Sounds like a unique fest is in the works one o' these years.
Peach full,easy feelin'.
We can't travel together bec we'd fight over who gets the best junque to store i mean USE!
I meant in the threads today -- you guys were right behind one another.
Yes, and i'm going to buddy up with him more often now in the forum, as he makes me look so good!
That sounds like a slam
Well, have you been listening to how he lords over me my dearth of sheds?!?!?
Maybe he'll let you have some of the lumber he'll soon be getting his hands on !!
One reason I am hesitant to go for the demo is having a viable place to put it even tho'
there are 4 acres and I kiehl zoning officials and revenuers.
And this summer I plan to move all 'from the road viewable stuff' way back out of sight next to the neighbor's turf who beats my squalor looking conditions 10 to 1 easily as he's had a 30 year headstart, therefore maybe being able to make my shid look like his and let him get the rep.
Thus it's actually possible that it all may look nigh onto a normal human lower middle class Americanized resident's dwelling place or near to it anyhoo, sometime in the near future.
We grow up slow in these parts but got to keep a dream alive.
be hating tarps
Peach full,easy feelin'.
So even though you've got room to store stuff and a truck to haul stuff, you're going to let the trackhoe DEMOLISH that poor, historic house without stripping all the goodies?
jt8
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." -- Somerset Maugham
I kiehl you too
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Any idea how long those beams are? 4acres... you could make a nice shed, if ONLY you had some beams and posts. Hmm, and Lowes doesn't carry them. Where to find beams and posts...
:)
jt8
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." -- Somerset Maugham
Maybe the crazy lady with the granite slab will make some tombstones for John and I so when you bury us out back we'll have some recognition !!!
I posted some photos to madmadscientist of a friend's project in San Jose. I've been in recent touch with him and got some updated photos. I have more at better resolution if anyone's interested. Only th emiddle two floors existed when he started...about 20 years ago.
All those posts and gables and such are from a variety of dozer houses and salvage. The patterns in the gable ends are salvage marble, btw. Do you like the roof? <G>
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Three more houses he's done. The purple one on the end is where he and his wife raised three kids. I got to strip the porch columns on the near, Craftman-style place during the SFO earthquake...fun with the aftershocks!
These ones don't have as much added to them, but i think they're pretty...and they were brought back from rather dilapidated condition, dirt front yards and so forth.
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Colleen,
Do I like the roof ? Thats a very mild understatement !!!
The unfading red slate on that roof is worth a fortune-- very little produced and harder than the hinges of He**.
I love patterned roofs a lot. A lot of the Mansards I maintain have designs but that unfading red is few and very far between here in the great State of Maine.
Thanks for sharing those !!
I'm not sure it's real slate. I was up on the roof with him when he was installing and it looked exactly like slate to me, but i have some foggy memory of it being...something...not sure what. I'll contact Matt and find out for sure.
Maybe you can tell. I have these shots, too:
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He bought the 'slates' as clearance items, so he came up with the pattern to use them all.
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From that view it looks like a fake slate, not the real thing.
The fake stuff has a spacer molded into the side to leave 3/16" clearance between each one so when the suns heat expands them they'll not buckle.
The real thing is laid tight to each other so that some side friction helps keep them intact over a 100 years plus.
Still a nice looking roof, but not as valuable as if it were real stone.
And since you like patterned rooves...the poor woman's version on my last [8-year-long] flip. I bought all the black and white asphalt shingles that a local hardware store was selling when they went out of business. I think i paid something like $10 a square for them.
Did we forget to attach a pic ?
You're too quick!What is the fake slate made of, that it moves like that? I know about the rubber stuff, but this was hard, brittle even, it seemed to me (or my memory).
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That looks quite labor intensive.
Bet Pif couldn't get 4 sq's. an hour on that one !!
A lot of folks use it for a landmark now. I did a border pattern on my new place, but i'm not that thrilled with it. With the valleys and hips, it only looks proper facing it square on each side. Live and learn...
Email him and tell him to get on here!
If this keeps up we'll end up getting Taunton to publish a FineRenovations mag after all.
be fine,define.
Peach full,easy feelin'.
I wish i could Matt to even LOOK at a computer!!! He still hand-draws his plans, with wonderful lettering. His dad was an architect who then started a landscaping biz in Fresno and Matt's inherited the green thumb, too, does his own grafting, etc. Man, we used to drink a lot of wine sitting in his gazebo staring at the grapes...We used to write long letters about work and life after i moved back to MT, but when i got on the computer that sort of dropped off since he wouldn't deal with it. His wife just retired from middle-management at HP and before that set up banks' systems in the Far East, so she's fortunately way over-qualified and has the time now to act as the middlewoman for sending pictures. I'll email and see if he has any recent shots of the backside of the big house to send. Deb told me how she came home from Singapore or HongKong or some place and Matt had added someone else's 4-room house to the back of that one...only vertically. The compromise they came to was to buy a house down the block ready to live in and leave that one for Matt to play with. The inside's still not done and it previously had to be earthquake-proofed, so it's become more like his life's work.
I have more sheds and two in the waiting.
be getting a head start
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Rez,
How will you be utilizing all the lumber you'll be getting from that hipped roofed house you'll soon be deconstructing.
Don't forget to take lots of pictures.
Walter
Don't kiehl me !!!
Edited 2/14/2008 2:19 pm ET by theslateman
He will need it to put up another shed to store the rest of the salvage from the house in .
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
I have 4-1/2 acres and no zoning.
That's the first I ever saw of a rail connection point on the newel being incorporated into the post like that
Have you looked at the back cover of the most recent FHB mag?
I'll have to get over to my "warehouse" (I like calling it that) and take some pictures of some of my salvage goods, I have three walnut handrail/newels sitting around, one with the same profile as the elusive one that you're looking for, except smaller.
I grew up in a town that flooded all the time, finally gov said enough is enough, not going to bail you guys out anymore, either move your houses or we buy them up and tear it down.
Little town with maybe 110 houses now has 50! I got the entire contents of a house that had grain painted woodwork from ~1880, in rather good shape, sitting in the warehouse. I tore the entire house full of woodwork out of my grandparents home just to come back the next day with a trailer and find all the old dug fir doors(never been painted) gone, thieving basturds! Not sure what I'm going to do with all the stuff that I got but I got it when I need it!
Doug
Not sure what I'm going to do with all the stuff that I got but I got it when I need it!
Some wives refer to that as "clutter". :)
jt8
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." -- Somerset Maugham
Some wives refer to that as "clutter". :)
My wife never says anything about it, she probably thinks something but just figures it better to let it slide!
Doug
Must be nice having a warehouse.
All thieves of such are deserving of what they'll get when caught with no one else around.
Peach full,easy feelin'.
What is a warehouse but a shed by another name.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Warehouse conveys the impression of large volume to me.
don't be me
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Not really architecturally significant, but I've found the local Veteran's Hospital to be a resource for shop fixtures. Here's some SS stuff.
New shop sink
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Some med. cabinets.
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Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
Hey ya, I've a 8ft three basin without any counter space from out of a restaurant.
Was told the new local codes there required them to have all sinks up on wheels which I didn't understand. Something to do with the mopping.
You using it?
Peach full,easy feelin'.
You using it?
Sure am, see how it's holding the extension cord out of the mud? Oh, and I keep some of my neighbor's leaves in there, too.
Eventually it will go in here
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Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
mud and leaves...one of the priviliges of stainless steel.
I've got an old refrigerated milktank I figured would make a cool hot tub.
be someday and talks cheap:o)
Peach full,easy feelin'.
Oh, man...that stainless steel looks like it's taking up a lot of your room...and i could be there in a few hours...
Dang splinty, you're too late. I got two of those sinks for $75. Sold one, not as nice, for $100. All that stuff's crammed in around here till I get the new garage finished....
Thanks for the offer to help, though, mighty thoughtful ;)PJ
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
Must be nice having a warehouse.
I use that term because it sounds good, dovetail sorta hit it on the head.
Really no warehouse, I have a house that my mom lives in, garage is 22X40', two story. I think there is barely enough room for her to get her car into it. The attic in the house is 25X55' and 11' to the peak and there aint much room left up there either!
I just bought a house that has about 3500 sq of living space and that's starting to fill up, another 1500 sq of space already filled. Wont even go into the three garage stalls that we cant park a damn car into. Damn antiques and salvage goods, don't know what I'm going to do.
Tomorrow morning I'm getting my Jose and Dave from work and going to go get two 500lb cast iron whirlpool tubs and some nice cherry tambour doored cabinets from the lake house that we are working on - not going to let those thing go to the land fill, probably take all the corian counter top that sitting around waiting for the dumpster to return on Monday, no sense letting that get buried in the county burial site.
Doug
Be should have an auction but I'd probably buy it all back!
Some people open a bed & breakfast when they retire. You can open a "architectural salvage yard" after your retirement. jt8
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." -- Somerset Maugham
Some people open a bed & breakfast when they retire. You can open a "architectural salvage yard" after your retirement.
That's funny, when I bought my first house in the Amanas I was going to turn it into a B&B and hire someone to run it for me.
The other part of that paragraph is also interesting, I have always felt I'd like to go out and take down old house that are scheduled for demolition along with old barns and sell the recycleable goods, I have no desire to run a B&B but the idea of demoing buildings and making a living from that does intrigue me! I guess its not to late though?
I could always travel and go cherry pick rez's buildings for the rare/hard to find stuff!
Doug
OK, That's DougU and Slateman on the team. Who else we got?
Had to go out to a shed hunting for a length of salvaged Victorian trim for a door. Realized all the trim in the house is recycled as well as the redwood and cedar siding.
Fact is, majority of everything recyclable is used on the place. 'Course some stuff you can't like drywall, wiring or copper piping but anything like lights and fixtures I try to.
Later on I'll take a pic of a Washington state mill stamp found on the backside of a 1x10 cedar clapboard that came from off a timberframe.
be keeping the recycle homefires burning
Peach full,easy feelin'.
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I need more sheds for my lamp collection...
yep, had a strange fetish going for old floorlamps one year a number back. Ended up buying a slew at auctions and yard sales.
Got one that I kind of like that has a dome shape glass thing around the base with a little bulb socket underneath it to act as a night light, I guess.
Peach full,easy feelin'.
I have one of those, too. You have the pole lamp that press-fits between ceiling and floor? <G>
nah, always managed to stay clear of those. Maybe if I ever do '60s room I'd look at them. snorK*
Peach full,easy feelin'.
How about tacky lights? I've got a table lamp that looks like a greek warrior. Big, gold shade on it too. God aweful ugly thing. jt8
"A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular."-- Adlai Stevenson
Sounds sweeter than those halfways to being a cone things that use to hang out as hallway lights in the back thens.
Recalling I would occasionally come across those things still operational from their original installation only with decade accumulations of paint and ungrounded or aluminum wiring.
Gee, I'm thinking sometimes they even had little decorative cutouts penetrating the shell.
be little moons and stars heat venting
Peach full,easy feelin'.
We could start building an army!
So you like men who wear skirts ???
As long as they're short skirts!I recently got sent some pretty funny kiltish picts, but not worth getting tossed over, so i'll leave it to your imagination of some Scot sitting next to the Queen Mum with the crown jewels located somewhere besides her tiara.
If they're soldiers, I've already seen that one.
jt8
"A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular."-- Adlai Stevenson
That's it! That's it! I've had enough!
I'm going to go take a pic of my art deco ceramic pink flamingo table lamp and post it here!
be baby, you ain't seen nothing yet, ba-ba-ba-baby...
Peach full,easy feelin'.
OK- I had an old upright piano in the basement that was destroyed when a dishwasher supply hose burst while we were away. My wife insisted we disassemble it and save the wood. I've since used almost all of it in various places in the house. The large oak x-members came in especially handy. The cast iron harp went to the dump, unfortunately. Still have the big honkin' screws and the ivory keys.
Still have the big honkin' screws and the ivory keys
Get McDesign and his clan thinking about it. I'm sure they can come up for suggestions on what the keys can be used for.
jt8
"A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular."-- Adlai Stevenson
Might check out ebay. Type in "ivory piano key". Some of these are going for pretty decent prices if you are interested in selling.
Kathleen
A lot of old pianos have Bakelite keys not ivory. To test it hold a match to it. If it burns readily then it is not ivory. the black keys were quite often still ebony even with Bakelite whites. I have a coffee can full of black ebony keys sitting on a shelf in my shop.
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
John
Your tacky light is someones highly desired gem.. E-Bay it!
I'll have to remember to take a pic of it. It is part of the "man space".jt8
"A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular."-- Adlai Stevenson
Well, *I* would love to see him!
Well, *I* would love to see him!
As requested, one tacky/ugly lamp direct from guy space. Hard to believe I was cold sober when I bought this (many moons ago) at an estate auction. With 'fancy' shade, the darn thing is probably 4.5' tall.
jt8
"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy" --Leo F. Buscaglia
You be having cool stuff there, Geronimo!
Peach full,easy feelin'.
And you have the shade, too... <swoon>
In my own defense, I was hard up for lamps when I bought it and I got it and another ugly lamp for a song (two lamps, one $$).
Back in the days when I had free time but no $$. Aaaaah, those were the days! Spending HOURS at out of the way estate auctions where I'd pick up "treasures" for a buck a box.
Same era that I bought that 70's sofa for $5 (in the early 90's). It had been in an elderly couple's "living room". In this case they apparently spent all their time in the "family room" so the LR furniture looked nearly new (although they HAD taken the plastic off it). God awful off-white and orange floral pattern. But it was a long sofa and a VERY comfortable sofa. I had that sucker for probably 10 years. And I think I was the only person who ever appreciated it. The only sofa I've ever encountered that I was able to sleep comfortably on.
jt8
"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy" --Leo F. Buscaglia
All we need is some green shag carpeting and we've got "retro" covered!
In my own defense,
John, there simply is no defense for buying that lamp.
How many of those things do you think they made/manufactured and how many do you suppose are still out there! Bet both numbers are low.
Doug
That is a scary thought. I was kinda thinking maybe it was a one of a kind. jt8
"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy" --Leo F. Buscaglia
Well, now the plot thickens.
Thanks to you guys bloomin' tag team tryin' to git me to deconstruct that old timberframe spoke of previously,
on an off hand spur of the moment comment to a buddy who does machine repair for the house owner
I managed to mention that I might be be interested in tearing the place down.
Now I get the report back that the guy is interested in having me do it.
Now I'm forced to decide if I'm going to approach it.
Sometimes you all can be troublemakers I'm a thinkin'.
be ya ever get to thinkin'?Get a Peach full,easy feelin'.
A simple "thank you " to us all would be most appreciated !!
Yea, what Walter said!
Go ahead and do the job, you know you wanna. Think of all that wood you can use and save from the landfill.
You be a hero
Doug
Well, one can drag his deadazs and lose the gumption or lose the opportunity so I thought to check back here with ya to give the final on the old house.
I bought the lightening rod set-up, stair rail and balusters and told him I'd leave him the stringers&treads to use until they got the upstairs stuff tore out.
He ended up in no special hurry I'm thinking because of the economy so time goes by.
In the meantime the copper thieves hit the place and his house next door.
Buddy electrician who works occasionally on the guy's machines and first told me of the house, calls me the other day
to tell me there is nothing but a pile of rubble left where the house was
as apparently someone started a fire in it and the place burnt to the ground.
I could have joked with the guy asking why he didn't let me know so I could have at least gotten my stairs out but I understand he wasn't in the kind of mood to be receptive to that kind of humor
as the winds had carried and burnt some of the vinyl siding on his place as well.
I dunno, maybe he was planning on new siding anyhow and this helped make it look good. snorK*
be jaded with every hue
Edited 6/29/2008 1:00 am ET by rez
When you snooze - you lose !!
So not only do you not get the building to tear down but you don't even get the stuff that you were supposed to! Damn
I guess there's always another old house to be razed.
You could come to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, some 2000 houses slated to be taken down due to the flooding. I think 300 are scheduled starting Monday so better move fast!
Doug
Should have already had the BT squad up and running, ready to move on a moments notice to save the country's great unrealized wealth of old growth trim&lumber
and provide a receptacle for future generations laden with examples of historical significance
for use, study, admiration, and an all around good feelin'.
. be beyond 3dogs good feelin' 1957 .
Hmm... so he wanted the house to come down but didn't like the prices he was being quoted? And then suddenly the house burns down all on its own?
jt8
"A little 'enthusiasm' and all problems seems small!"
ha yeah, house fires like that are always of a suspicious nature.
It was his brother who was to build a house there so I'm thinkin' maybe the bro' decided to hire it done
and the freakin' guy he hired with a halfbottle of MD in his rear pocket lights it without checking the wind direction, I dunno.
be more of a snort than a snorK*
So then he saves the cost of demo and gets to turn in an insurance claim on his own house?
jt8
"A little 'enthusiasm' and all problems seems small!"
No insurance.
But saved the costs of demo.
guess the job got done one way or another
This was extremely difficult rounding on a corner...
Peach full,easy feelin'.
<<I hoped more folks would show some of their salvaged items that they've incorporated into their homes.>>My salvage project:
You wanted to see a few more pics of some stuff I did . Here is one of my recycles, well actually a job of mine. Not my place . go here : http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=100616.172
They can't get your Goat if you don't tell them where it is hidden.
Where do I set my beer while soaking?
jt8
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." -- Somerset Maugham
Where do I set my beer while soaking?
Stupid architect didn't address that issue. I suppose i could just fill the tub with beer and use a straw:-)
That blackboard wainscotting is a neat idea for a game room!
jt8
"The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones." -- Somerset Maugham
John,
Makes it easy to keep score!
did you say someone used slate from blackboards as a flooring material? Seems too thin (my initial and inexperienced reaction). That right? Cut up into large tiles and appy to a (what I must assume to be) very flat substrate of ... what?
I have a large floor area covered with 3' square blackboards laid on 3/4" plywood on joists 12" on center
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So good to see this thread get resurrected.
Breath of fresh air from all the polijive.
How thick is the slate will be the next question but in the meantime...
View ImageBehind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. [Theodore Roosevelt]
Looks like something I'd do in my Yaris 'jeep' :)
2 questions:
Thickness of the slate ... and what would/did you finish it with (i.e. sealant?).
told ya.Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. [Theodore Roosevelt]
You were dead on as usual
Well, I was kind of wondering what the weight of the 3ft square slate tile of that thickness would be?
be, be, and beBehind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. [Theodore Roosevelt]
Those slate blackboards have a honed top face and a naturally cleft underside. They vary a bit but most are a strong 3/8's to 1/2".
We've tried lots of sealers and thats the downside to those as flooring -- we're still looking for the right one.
Sounds NICE .... How about a standard e.g. concrete sealer? You can get the strong stuff (Clear Seal) or the water based, too.
Good stuff
Good thread - just found it. I've got some ideas to post, dump treats and all.
Forrest
Forrest,
I've got some porch fretwork down cellar that I bet you'd enjoy having.
I'll take some pictures later today. If you like them- you pay the freight and I'd enjoy you having them.
I'm still not wearing a hat !!!
Walter
Forrest,
Here are some pic's of these fret sawn brackets.
I snuck in a shot of my slate bathroom sink from my downstairs bath.
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Whoaaa!
Let's figure out what they weigh and the cube of a box or crate!
Gorgeous!
Forrest - coveting
Forrest,
I'm heading to West Hartford for the Eagle feastival on the Conn. River on Friday.
I'll measure up the size it would take for two packages to UPS them to you, next week when I have time.
Walter
Edited 2/14/2008 8:33 am ET by theslateman
Forrest,
I'm going to see how many there are, what size carton it will take to house them, and the weight involved to ship to zip 30054.
I'll keep you posted.
Walter
Forrest,
I've packed them into a Craftsman shop vac box -- guessing less than 50 lbs.
UPS to your zip will be in the $50 - $60 range.
Shop vac not included !!
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Looks like a deal - I just met with a poolhouse client tonight; passed on your photos to pimp-up their building. I'll probably want them from you anyway, but it would be nice to know I can use them immediately!
I'll let you know later in the week.
Forrest
Forrest,
Whats your zip code for figuring out the UPS fees.
Then you can decide if it's worth it to you.
Walter
30054
Here's my contribution to the joy of finding a use for salvaged parts:
I don't really know how to insert a post number that you can click on so I have to do it the hard way. Refer to this post, http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=107659.1
*edited to add* there are images in the 9th post of the final cabinet that was custom made to fit one and a half pair of hidden cabinet doors original to the house which was built in the 1920's.
Edited 11/6/2008 8:43 pm by Jen
Edited 11/6/2008 8:44 pm by Jen
Pretty nice.
So someone decided to just store the doors there sometime in the past and you stumbled on them inadvertently?
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. [Theodore Roosevelt]
Edited 11/6/2008 10:11 pm ET by rez
*nods* I don't comprehend how someone placed the doors where we found them. The only thing I can figure is that where we found them used to be a maid's stairway. At some point, someone took out the stairway which enlarged the bedroom on the second floor and then converted the first floor area into a laundry room. I'm guessing that when that occured, the doors were placed in their spot, the first floor was reframed to be at the first floor height, and then the flooring was laid down covering up our treasures.
There was no way to reach them from the garage side of the wall until we demolished what used to be a portion of an exterior brick wall (before the garage was built). In the basement, there are a few areas where the plastered ceiling has small holes and if you stood under those holes you might have been able to see the doors if you knew where to look and what you were looking at. Other than that, there was no way to access those doors from the basement.
It is a puzzle. I may never know the answer....but I'm glad to have stumbled upon the buried treasure!
Those treasures really were encapsulated then just waiting for discovery.
Good on ya.Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. [Theodore Roosevelt]
Now i have to know what happened to the other leaded window...
We cleaned all the dirt off of the fourth leaf, wrapped it up for safe keeping and gave it back to the owners. They are storing it until they can think of some other use for it.
The cabinet became much wider due to the size of the doors and the "butler's pantry" is pretty narrow. The millwork shop had all the pieces cut and dry fitted in their shop then site built the cabinet to ensure it would fit. Those doors look fantastic! I wish I could stand back further and get a better picture but you know how tight spaces can be sometimes.
I LOVE when homeowners have interest in renovating a historic house and strive to keep even the smallest detail authentic. When I found those doors I was giddy with excitement. Thankfully, they were excited to redesign the original cabinet and willing to invest money in enlarging the masonry opening into which the cabinet nestled.
I thought you were out rearranging the magazines
In...and out...and in...~SG
You've got more handles than I don't know what !!