Building With Secondhand StuffBuilding With Secondhand Stuff
Secondhand building materials'salvaged wood, metal, stone, glass, fixtures, and architectural accents'are not only beautiful and full of character but cost less money and are a good choice for the environment. Building with Secondhand Stuff, 2nd Edition shows you how to identify materials that can be salvaged efficiently and gives you easy-to-follow instructions on how to build cool things with what you find.
With new projects, including a pallet coffee table, door-backed kitchen island, and a reclaimed window greenhouse, this hands-on, do-it-yourself guide shows you how to:
- Mill and install tongue-and-groove reclaimed plank flooring
- Hang a reclaimed door in an existing jamb
- Install a reclaimed tin backsplash
- Build a granite-slab kitchen island
- Build an accent doorknob coat rack
- And much more
From Craig's List, your basement, and estate sales, you can salvage what you need to upcycle all kinds of cool things. You can build tables, install vintage hardwood floors and salvaged windows, mason reclaimed stone walls, and do much more using free or very inexpensive, high-quality, reconditioned materials.
You'll encounter opportunities to upcycle usable building materials everywhere. By using Building with Secondhand Stuff, 2nd edition, good judgment, and a few salvage tricks, you can take advantage of these chances to gather free (or nearly free) project supplies and put them to work in your house.
This second edition of the best-selling book includes new projects such as a pallet chair, pallet table, chalkboard message door, door-backed island, and a reclaimed window greenhouse.
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- Minneapolis, MN, USA : Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc., 2017.
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