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New Uses for Old Wood Part 1

February 2, 2021 by clove Leave a Comment

It’s been fun to document the many new uses for the old house wood that Matt and the Interactive crew rescued from the old house. There’s still a lot left and some furniture/cabinet making still to be done, but we won’t come close to using it all. If you know anyone looking for 26′ long rough cut fir 2x10s and 6x6s, let me know.

Here’s where it all started:

look at all that beautiful wood
reclaimed fir cabinets in the rental suite by Matt (made from 2x4s)
the other side of the suite kitchen island, faced with reclaimed flooring
the actual flooring (+ the flooring from our friend Nick’s old house), relaid (and glued down) with its old finish
then sanded
and refinished.
These old beams got some serious sanding
to become this new overhang
old fir, new decking
wood landing in the other half of the duplex
extra flooring used for the workshop soffit
hanging bike rack!
floor bike rack!
Matt made this nifty rollup tool cabinet cover using old 2x4s

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Stretch Developer is written by Christy Love. In partnership with my husband Matt, we are challenging ourselves to create the kind of homes we want to live in and see more of in our community. Home is the incredible Victoria, BC, Canada.

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