Reclaimed, Reused, Recycled and Inspired - A Materials Curation

We Love (and have) : Vintage Pumpkin Pine Flooring

Urban Evolutions - Vintage Pumpkin Pine Flooring The latest issue of Dwell Magazine features homes from all 5 NYC Boroughs. The Cobble Hill Row House in Brooklyn has to be our favorite of all the spreads. You know we are always a sucker for the reclaimed flooring. Especially this beautiful Vintage Pumpkin Pine.

Contact us for availability, samples and pricing of our Vintage Pumpkin Pine and other reclaimed materials and don’t forget to check out the complete story and slideshow over at dwell.com/magazine.

Via Dwell
Photos by: Matthew Williams

March 7, 2011 By Brian Filed Under: Flooring, Reclaimed Materials, We Love

We Love: Christiane Högner’s Bed Pillow Sofa

“Christiane Högner’s cushioned sofa was originally a project in which Högner made a sofa from sandbags. This iteration takes the sofa’s smallest component–the pillow–and builds up.”

via Dwell, Photo by: Céline Clanet

February 6, 2011 By Brian Filed Under: Furniture, General, Inspired Finds, We Love

Kentucky Fencing Red & White Oak Flooring

Here is an opportunity to own a great reclaimed floor with an even better story behind it. All of this flooring comes from derby fencing in the Kentucky countryside as older fence boards are replaced with new ones. Full of character and color, this reclaimed Oak floor will lavish the look of your living space, leaving a warm and lasting impression on your house guests. [Read more...]

January 12, 2011 By Brian Filed Under: Flooring, New Rescues, Reclaimed Materials

Free People Corporate Headquarters | Philadelphia, PA

Free People spreads its bohemian wings in Building 25, the latest addition to parent company Urban Outfitters Navy Yard Campus. On a recent visit, Jeff and Robin snapped these images of the over 45,000 square feet of reclaimed flooring that Jeff and his Urban Evolutions reclaimed materials crew contributed to the project.

Throughout the 53,000 square feet space you will find “Walked on” Heart Pine salvaged from a Virginia textile mill. The weathered brown patina adds brown sugar warmth to work spaces and gathering spots.

Further pictures reveal the contrasting “light and pretty” tones of bleached white oak reclaimed from granaries throughout Wisconsin. Jeff’s team salvages oak boards from the floors, walls and ceilings, taking pains to preserve the original gray patina.

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December 15, 2010 By Brian Filed Under: Featured Projects, Flooring Tagged With: Free People, MS&R Architecture

Urban Outfitters at “The Brompton”, New York

“Randhir Singh, executive director of design at Pompei A.D., stated that working within a concrete shell, the design team was able to offset this basic material by infusing the floors and walls with explosive patterns of wood planks. The fitting room and stairway design picks up on the use of wood and forms a sculptural landscape within the space. This has resulted in a warm and inviting experience.”