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We Love ♥ Jewel’s Use of Reclaimed Barn Board

I was in the waiting room at the dentist yesterday flipping through People Mag and came across a little spread on the nursery singer/song writer Jewel had designed for her new baby. Nice reclaimed usage!

“Jewel loves authentic pieces with character and elements of farm life,” says architectural designer Kim Lewis, who created the wall made from reclaimed barn wood.”

via People Magazine

Shoot us a note or give us a call if you’d like to add some character to your place with some unique reclaimed elements.

Recent Projects – Reclaimed Maple Gym Floor

We are always excited to see some installation views of our reclaimed materials.

Robert sent these images along with the nice note below.

“Believe it or not, we’re not totally finished with our room project! It has become somewhat of a joke around here. We started this project Labor Day weekend of 2010, thinking it would take 2 – 3 weekends… Ha freaking Ha! Right? The room is a garage conversion which was done prior to our ownership of the house. This is “my room” to play music and store drums but is also a cool room to hang in with company.

Anyway, as the project began we were thinking “get rid of the nasty carpet and way out of date painted paneling” well, that was only the tip of the iceberg. Now, after a year, we’ve fixed a cracked ceiling joist, run completely new air ducts, moved a closet from one side of the room to the opposite corner, double sheet-rocked the entire room, added sound barrier between the two layers of sheet rock, removed the old faux stone hearth and replaced it with a cool wood one that has storage below it and…. drum roll please… added the AWESOME reclaimed floor from Urban Evolutions.

In a weird kind of way, we are thank the process began taking much longer than anticipated because during that time we came across reclaimed flooring like you sell. My wife saw it at a live music complex here in Dallas. They have two rooms which have old gym flooring and she thought it looked great. As you well know, she was right. That evening, on the old iPhone, she found you guys on eBay while I was still watching the band. It didn’t take much convincing, I thought it looked incredible and we went for it. It sure beats purchasing flooring from some big store and the price was very competitive. We’re not done just yet and hope to have a 1 year anniversary project party and finish this bad boy and then… Beers all around! All we need now is to finish the hearth, mantel and get the rest of my musical gear from my workplace.

Thanks for your help. The flooring looks, feels and “sounds” great!

Take care, Robert”

Urban Evolutions’ Reclaimed @ Urban Outfitters Fifth Avenue

We continue to be the ‘go to’ source for unique, reclaimed materials. Working closely within the collaborative efforts between New York-based Pompei A.D. and the Urban Outfitters design team we provided the reclaimed maple flooring, a very large reclaimed redwood billboard, and several other reclaimed architectural elements to bring the teams design and vision to life. [Read more...]

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.”