One of the great things to come out of the Neufeld's salvage project is the Herschel Retreat House. The building is made (almost) entirely out of elevator wood, and everything inside is recycled too. Their design ethos for the retreat is impressive. Read about it here:
Recycled lumber was used for the studs, sheeting, joints, rafters, floors and ceiling. Grain sculpted boards in particular have been used as finishing lumber throughout the house. This includes the dramatic grain washed wood used as wainscotting in the enclosed porch, and amazing pieces of wood chosen for use as door and window casings. I would love to see these boards bathed in evening light from a setting prairie sun...
Really beautiful stuff, David. Great project.
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nice house.. It's really beautiful...STC Technologies
ReplyDeleteThat is a fantastic way to use old elevator lumber... Instead of smashing it to bit and burning it up!!!
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