While I know there is work to be done as I sit at my desk, I can't help but take some time to honor those that think outside the box when it comes to home improvement and around-the-house projects. I came across an article on MSN's homepage, as I'm sure many of you did, about cool sheds built using recycled materials with a strong swing to creativity.
Deviating from more traditional construction and building practices that I learned earlier in my career, I have found new motivation and inspiration to think outside the box-store when it comes to projects around my own house and business. I am a sucker for places like The Re-Store in Ballard, Earthwise, Second Use, and the Habitat for Humanity Outlet Store in South Seattle, as well as Skagit Valley Building Salvage in Mount Vernon and various other sources for cool old stuff that is NOT in the landfill.
I've gotten better at recognizing when I can utilize those resources, and I love the results. I've used old doors, shutters, fir flooring, radiators, garden fences, and windows. The character I believe is out of this world, while the appeal of the scratched and scuffed and dinged and chipped and dusty history, in my mind, just can't help but ooze (that actually could be bug guts, I suppose) from a 10-light leaded-pane window salvaged out of a 1925 Tudor in Magnolia or a reclaimed fir porch door rescued from demolition while "updating" a 1902 craftsman on Queen Anne like nothing else. If you have an overwhelming drive like I do to sift through piles of reclaimed building materials and cool old funky stuff like radiators-turned-tablelegs or farmhouse-windows-turned-chicken-coop, I urge you...nay...IMPLORE you...turn on your cranial porchlight and peer thru the fog into front yard of possibilities...they really are endless.
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