WFMW- Save a Cabinet!
Nothing like temps of -25 degrees Celcius to welcome one back from a lovely trip ALONE to the west coast… nothing like the cold and the disaster that is a WAHD alone with kids all week… HA! HA! But it doesn’t matter because to liven my spirits in this bum-freezing cold, I have a great addition to my kitchen to enjoy (OK, after a lot of elbow grease).Thanks to the wonderful folks at Second Use in Seattle, Washington, I now have the perfect cabinet to complete my currently, completely inadequate kitchen island. I have been looking for something unique, functional, large or even in sections, and inexpensive for a couple of years now. I was just about to bite the freaking, less than cheap, less than interesting, bullet and settle for just buying some more matching IKEA cabinets to enlarge my island.
Until… Second Use. Here on this inauspicious, rainy, largely shitty, Pacific Northwest winter weekend in January, I found it… the perfect solution… for only $125 bucks! OK, so some of you may not see why I actually paid more than $25 for this, what may be now, a rather strangely green and beat up, unsightly item, but honestly, one must be in its presence to fully appreciate its utilitarian radiance. Take my word for it, its outstanding. GREAT! Perfect, even.
For those of you who do see the potential, in honour of WFMW, I encourage you to visit your local salvage store. Every larger city has one. Where furniture, woodwork, appliances, windows, doors, cabinetry, fixtures (plumbing and electric) and so much more are recovered or bought from renovation and demolition.
They are amazing places chock full of unique and unusual treasures for your home, office or garage at comparatively inexpensive prices. Sure, in all liklihood they require some, if not a lot, of TLC when you get it home… but from what I’ve seen other people do, its well worth it. And a conversation piece to boot.
In six weeks time, this one (already put to good use, as you can tell by the clutter) will be painted a ‘Burnt Cinnamon’ (thanks Benjamin Moore) and fully integrated into my kitchen island, under one whole new tiled countertop. It’s hard to see as it is in no real context in this shot, but it is about 7 feet long and two and a half or so feet deep. HUGE! I am so excited!
Wow! I’d be excited, too - that looks like a great addition to a kitchen!
Good find! It looks like it has a lot of character, too.