A fellow blogger, Margo, recommended a book, Salvage Style ~ 45 Home and Garden Projects Using Reclaimed Architectural Details on her blog and I just got it today! You're right, Margo! It's great! I've only gotten to skim it as life is CRAZY right now, but here's an excerpt that starts to explain why we crazy T2T people do what we do! :o)
The Thrill of the Hunt
“While wading through a salvage warehouse one day, I overheard the store manager ask a customer if she needed any help. “No thanks,” she replied. “I’m just looking for something that’s looking for me. And if you asked this salvage seeker why she spends hours at a time rummaging through old details, getting her clothes dirty, and coughing up 100-year-old- dust, she might reply that she enjoys the beauty of fine craftsmanship. Or, she might say that the antiquity of the piece draws her in. She might even say she enjoys the satisfaction of knowing she is reclaiming pieces of the past her predecessors so carelessly threw away. But if you’ve ever spent an afternoon with an avid salvage seeker, you know that gleam in her eye signifies the excitement of possibilities- the thrill of finding something unique and extraordinary and wonderful- That serendipitous moment when those hours of get-your-hands-dirty adventure pays off with a perfect fit: a decorative iron bracket that cries out, “We’re meant for each other!” You can ask her what she’s going to do with an decorative iron bracket, but she might not even understand the question. It doesn’t matter. And even if she doesn’t find anything that day, she still has splinters in her hands to show for her efforts.
Then there’s the guy who wants to build a table. He’ll scour every inch of the warehouse picking up pieces and putting other pieces back, until he has a conglomeration of what a novice might call junk. But with just his vision and a couple of nails, that guy will have a one-of-a-kind table.”
-An excerpt from Salvage Style ~ 45 Home and Garden Projects Using Reclaimed Architectural Details by Joe Rhatigan and Dana Irwin
I love doing what I do! :o)
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Glad you got the book. It is a great book. Enjoy
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