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Great ideas for re-purposing. They caught my eye with ideas for old doors.
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I was shopping in the Meijer's in Burton. I made a detour into the furniture section when I saw a table near the aisle made from reclaimed wood. Looking around I saw a number of accent pieces made of reclaimed wood from $89 to $159. Thanks Meijer.
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Great ideas for using salvaged wood and other products. Salvaged wood from a horse corral and a railroad station made a unique outdoor fence. Salvaged concrete makes an outdoor table top. These sites tout using old wood as earth friendly and adding personality to your project.
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Detroit's doors get a second life as bus benches.

These Detroit Bus Stop Benches Are Made From Demolished Homes
An effort to turn neglected spaces into pleasant zones for taking a load off.
THEATLANTICCITIES.COM

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2014/04/these-detroit-bus-stop-benches-are-made-demolished-homes/8879/
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These Detroit Bus Stop Benches Are Made From Demolished Homes
JOHN METCALFE APR 15, 2014COMMENTS
These Detroit Bus Stop Benches Are Made From Demolished Homes Craig L. Wilkins


Detroit has a surplus of neglected public spaces and abandoned properties. Put those two negatives together, though, and you can at least make something that's a boost for the communal good: transit stops built from the demolished remains of houses.

That's exactly what a team of designers, artists, and locals have done with "Door Stops," a project to infiltrate the more blighted and underserved areas of Detroit with mobile DIY furniture. Made from old doors salvaged from destroyed properties, the shelters are colorfully painted to put a smile on the faces of folks in the vicinity. (Not that you could tell it from the above photo – maybe the bus is running late?) The first of the stops went out into the city late last year; today, the A' Design Award & Competition announced that it is gifting the effort with a silver medal in "Social Design."

The lightweight structures are meant to go into places where people could use a good sit-down, such as a bus stop with no bench. Their locations are not meant to be permanent. When the need arises – such as an alteration in transit service – commuters and other city residents can talk among themselves to deploy them elsewhere. The point is to have fewer places where people hang around looking miserable, the "Door Stops" team explains:

Bus stops advertise the transit system to the public. A stop that looks dirty or neglected, or whose waiting passengers look hot, cold, wet, confused or vulnerable sends a devastating message: you’re lucky you don’t have to ride the bus. The use of public transportation is typically read as being without means; that the people, place and service of public transportation are at best, secondary considerations in the economic and environmental operations of the city. We wanted to change that.
To cynics who say that Detroit needs much more than new public furniture, well, at least these guys are trying make the city's future a little brighter. The shelters are a "very small tool, yes, but one that addresses a number of immediate and long-term, tangible and intangible concerns," they say. "It begins small but has the ability to aggregate into a larger, cumulative impact."

Here are examples of a couple of the door-benches. If the funding comes in, version 2.0 will have solar panels and GPS markers:
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May 16, 2014 at 1:00 am
Detroit blight fight turns to salvaging

Christine Ferretti
The Detroit News

Architectural Salvage Warehouse field supervisor Renard Culp pulls up oak flooring from a home in Grosse Pointe. (Robin Buckson / The Detroit News)

The city expects to start work next month on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s latest blight elimination strategy: a pilot project to rescue and sell parts of deteriorating houses before demolishing them.

The effort will solicit bids from teams to salvage reusable flooring, fixtures and moldings in 10 vacant buildings in southwest Detroit’s north Corktown before knocking them down.

The project would not only get rid of eyesores, according to the Duggan administration, but improve the neighborhood’s housing stock, create jobs and help the environment.

The project is the latest way Duggan is seeking to stabilize neighborhoods since taking office in January. Other efforts include targeting abandoned or neglected properties for demolition or inclusion in the administration’s new and expanding home auction program.

Deconstruction —dismantling by hand of reusable building materials from existing homes — has become a growing practice in Detroit and its suburbs. Duggan’s team argues the salvaged goods will be an attractive option for those looking to revitalize their homes.

“We see the value of deconstruction,” said David Manardo, director of the Detroit Building Authority. “The city supports the concept and sees it in the overall blight strategy.”

The city has consulted with multiple Detroit-based deconstruction experts to identify properties for the project. A bid is expected to be awarded by early June.

The city demolishes homes for an average cost of $9,500 with utility, asbestos abatement, inspection fees and other costs.

Manardo says the pilot plan will measure how many usable elements can be recovered from the vacant houses while minimizing costs and time spent on demolition.

Chris Rutherford, executive director of Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit, says many of the city’s estimated 78,000 abandoned properties likely have significant fire or water damage, but others will be viable.

“That’s why deconstruction needs to be part of a building removal package,” said Rutherford, who heads the nonprofit focused on keeping building materials out of landfills. “If deconstruction isn’t included, then we’re just throwing literally millions and millions of dollars worth of material into a landfill.”

Rutherford pointed to his own economic impact study that assumes the city would dedicate $2.8 million to the effort, with an average of 24 homes being removed each month for one year. He projected at least half of the 288 homes would produce usable building materials, resulting in $6.5 million in economic activity supporting 160 jobs.

The study, Rutherford said, measures the initial workers needed to deconstruct homes and the resulting wholesale, manufacturing and retail sales from the salvaged materials and lumber.

“There’s a brand new lumber industry in the city that everyone is going to benefit from,” he said.

Groups have been doing deconstruction work and training in and around Detroit for the last decade, but this project would integrate the practice with demolition for the city.

Detroit’s efforts are forward-thinking, says Dave Bennink, owner of Bellingham, Wash.-based Re-Use Consulting.

“A high percentage of cities in the United States don’t have ... any deconstruction incentives or bids,” Bennink said. “They just bid things out for straight demolition. ... Nobody should feel good about throwing 30,000 to 40,000 buildings into the landfill without saving anything.”

Detroit has the perfect conditions for the initiative: many properties and a need for jobs, Bennink said.

“Detroit has such a concentrated number of vacant and abandoned buildings that people finally recognized the level of waste,” he said.

The pilot project could lead to the creation of a city-based “reclamation hub” — an idea still under development — that would provide salvaged materials to residents for use in renovating their homes, Manardo said.

The public-private partnership would have the city provide the space and a company or deconstruction foundation run the consignment-style warehouse that would sell reclaimed house items to residents, creating jobs in the process, he said.

“We’re looking to the broader vision: allowing access for this cottage industry to develop and evolve,” Manardo said.

The city’s project mirrors a 10-house pilot effort launched last fall to evaluate its economic and environmental feasibility in the southwest Detroit Springwells Village community.

The effort, conducted by Detroit Future City and 10 partner organizations, evaluated obstacles and productivity for deconstruction. It also decided how to measure reclamation methods on abandoned and blighted homes in Detroit.

The pilot aided Reclaim Detroit in identifying ways to save time and money while reclaiming building materials from homes, said Craig Varterian, director of the city-based nonprofit that deconstructs old homes and reuses the lumber.

“We are sitting at ground zero of all these blighted structures out of any city in the United States,” said Varterian, who is among those advising the city on its blight removal plans. “It’s a unique situation in that regard and requires a unique solutions of how to come back and fight it.”

The city will be seeking bids from companies to do quick salvaging “skims” — from one to three days — when they would remove reusable hardwood flooring, trim, fixtures or hardware, Manardo said. The skims would save time and money compared with taking apart whole houses down to their foundations, he said.

Varterian said he’s developing a rapid assessment test that will help environmental inspectors determine whether a structure is appropriate for salvage work.

City Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda-Lopez, who represents District 6 in southwest Detroit, has participated in meetings on deconstruction and supports the effort as a way to promote employment and create a greener city.

“We’re doing the largest-scale demolition that’s been done anywhere in the country,” she said. “It’s important to think about that comprehensively.”

cferretti@detroitnews.com
(313) 222-2069

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The Architectural Salvage Warehouse has sinks in a variety of shades, ... (Robin Buckson / The Detroit News)



From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140516/METRO01/305160035#ixzz32CGSSctD
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New program repurposing items from blighted properties to be unveiled at sponsorship dinner
Molly Young | myoung7@mlive.com By Molly Young | myoung7@mlive.com
on August 15, 2014 at 5:45 AM, updated August 15, 2014 at 6:03 AM



Shammah Outreach welcomes community to the Flint H.O.P.E. house

Shammah Outreach plans to salvage items from blighted properties to allow participants in the new B Light Restoration Program to create new items to sell to sustain themselves and learn skills.


FLINT, MI -- Shammah Outreach and Consulting Services is hosting a sponsorship dinner to unveil a new program that looks to turn Flint's blighted properties into assets while helping economically struggling individuals support themselves.

The nonprofit started B Light Restoration Center, which provides tools and supplies salvaged from blighted properties to individuals who have difficulty maintaining traditional forms of employment to create something new and gain valuable skills along the way.

"The transformation of old items into new is symbolic of what can happen to individuals given the opportunity to develop skills," said Lynette Delgado, CEO of Shammah Outreach, in a news release. "We are excited to continue reaching one individual, house, and neighborhood at a time, which is key to restoring the city. It has to start with individuals."

The B Light Restoration Center organizers work with private owners of abandoned properties and salvage items that can be used in remodeling projects or to create something new altogether.

Participants in the program then use the materials, after having attended courses to gain other life skills, to create items to sell at Shammah Outreach, 509 N. Grand Traverse St. in Flint. Participants then get to keep the money from items they've created and sold.

The program targets individuals who have issues keeping them from traditional employment, such as addicts, ex-cons, homeless, those with mental illness or those without a high school diploma. It aims to provide a structured environment where people can regain self-worth, value and general skills, a news release states.

Officials from Shammah Outreach will discuss the details of the B Light Restoration Center, slated to open for shoppers in their Grand Traverse Street office Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the donation-based sponsorship dinner. The dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 at the Riverside Tabernacle Fellowship Hall, 429 NB Chavez Drive in Flint.

For more information, or to RSVP by Wednesday, Aug. 20, call 810-513-2710.
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30 + Greenhouses Made From Old Windows and Doors

http://plantcaretoday.com/greenhouses-from-old-windows-and-doors.html
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http://www.freep.com/story/life/shopping/georgea-kovanis/2015/04/09/faygo-vernors-crate-tables-michigan-materials/25539961/
Faygo and Vernors crate tables are all Michigan


By Georgea Kovanis, On Style 11:20 p.m. EDT April 9, 2015

These side tables will add a bit of local history to your home.

They're the work of Dave Hudson of Ferndale, a 3D animator for Ford by day who makes furniture from repurposed wood and metal during his off time.

Almost all of his materials come from metro Detroit.

In addition to tables from Faygo crates, Hudson — his company is Hudson Industrial — has used Vernors crates as well as beer crates. He also makes larger tables as well as shelves, shelving units, cabinets and more.

Super, super cool.


Metal table made from reclaimed wood in Detroit.Buy Photo
Metal table made from reclaimed wood in Detroit. (Photo: Detroit Free Press)

The side tables range in price from $250-$350.

For more info: www.hudsonindustrialfurnishings.com

Hudson's work is also at Rust Belt Market, 22801 Woodward at Nine Mile, Ferndale. Info: www.rustbeltmarket.com.

Contact Georgea Kovanis: gkovanis@freepress.com or 313-222-6842.
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