KCI Buying Materials

September 3, 2010 · Print This Article

I am good friends with all the big box stores and all the small hardware stores in town.  I go at least once a day to pick things up.  When people say they use scavenged or recycled items, I wonder if they have been collecting things for years or if they have a huge garage that they can rummage through to find what they need.  Sure I’m going to be furnishing the place with used furniture and dishes because I can do that over time, and the local 2nd hand stores have a lot of items to choose from.

Aside from Habitat for Humanity’s Restore where do I find “on-demand” building supplies?  Craig’s list has been a total bust for me.  Again, if I’d been gathering things over the last few years, I’d be good.  Alas I didn’t.

Written by Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School · Filed Under Houses 
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  1. Rachel on September 6th, 2010 5:14 pm

    Here in the Mississippi area of Portland, we have a fantastic store full of everything you need for salvage projects — it’s called the ReBuilding Center (or Our United Villages?- 3625 North Mississippi Avenue, Portland, OR? – 503-331-1877?) http://www.yelp.com/biz/rebuilding-center-portland

    Also, I remember reading about a more rural sourced finding process in the NYT feature on Sandra Foster… (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/garden/24cottage.html)

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