Thursday, October 29, 2009

Carpet + Glass + Steel Scrap = Coffee Table




Brandon Biederman has created this spectacular table. He took steel angle irons from a scrap yard near his father's house in mid west Wisconsin. He cut the glass from a larger, broken piece that had been previously used as a dinner table and the carpet came from some old carpet samples.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Violet Hour





We are pleased to be a part of a new installation by A Middle West Collective at the Violet Hour. Our old growth 2x4's were purchased and installed on site by Dan Sheehy. The Violet Hour is located on 1520 N. Damen. Feel free to walk by and check out the awesome artwork of

Artist
Kristen Romaniszak

Reclaimed Material Source
ReBuilding Exchange!!!!!!

Up-Cycler

Design Consultant
Elizabeth Cronin

Friday, October 16, 2009

RX's First Trade Show!!!


Come check out The ReBuilding Exchange this Saturday October 17th we as participate in the Historic Chicago Bungalow and Green Home Expo 2009 from 10am- 4pm at The Merchandise Mart (Chicago River at Wells st.) This expo will delivery a wealth of information geared towards the "Green" homeowner. For more information and the chance to win a free home energy audit check out www.chicagobungalow.org!Pictured above is a picture of our booth!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Door Desk




Vanessa Roanhorse, a huge RX fan, has created this awesome table. She's still ordering some glass to be cut for the top and plans on possibly adding some shelves for the inside, but she said thus far it has been "easy as pie" to make!

Friday, October 2, 2009

A Crafty Pair








We are very excited to feature Sarah and Joseph Belknap some crafty customers of ours, Sarah and Joseph work hard to incorporate reuse material into their artwork and have used many materials from the ReBuilding Exchange. Recently they've made a house sculpture you can see at sarahandjoseph.com . It is made of items from our shop! They also have some fantastic house decor made out of used building materials they sell on their etsy store. Awesome job Sarah and Joseph!


http://iamhome.etsy.com