Building With Secondhand Stuff, 2Nd Edition: How To Reclaim, Repurpose, Re-Use & Upcycle Salvaged & Leftover Materials

Building With Secondhand Stuff, 2Nd Edition: How To Reclaim, Repurpose, Re-Use & Upcycle Salvaged & Leftover Materials

From Craig's List, your basement, and estate sales, you can salvage what you need to upcycle all kinds of cool things. You can build tables, install vintage hardwood floors and salvaged?indows, mason reclaimed stone walls, and do much more using free or very inexpensive, high-quality, reconditioned materials.You'll encounter opportunities to upcycle usable building materials everywhere. By using Building with Secondhand Stuff,?nd edition,?ood judgment,?nd? few salvage tricks, you can take advantage of these chances to gather free (or nearly free) project supplies and put them to work in your house. This second edition of the best-selling book includes new projects such as a pallet chair, pallet table, chalkboard message door, door-backed island, and a reclaimed window greenhouse.About the AuthorChris Peterson?s a veteran home improvement and design author. Among the many books he has written are 5-Gallon Bucket Book,?uilding with Secondhand Stuff,?anskills, four books in the?deas You Can Use?eries, and many books in Cool Springs Press's?LACK+DECKER?omplete Guide?eries. He has also co-authored numerous home design books with noted media celebrities. He lives in Ashland, Oregon.