Our customers and employees are very creative individuals and some have shared their projects over the years.
“Hi, my name is John, and I make amplifiers!” That was John’s introduction to me, after hearing the conversation I was in with one of our ReStore regulars and local area band-members. I handed John my card saying, “Show me what you got!” He sent me this photo, a guitar amplifier he created from items …
Not long ago we got a gorgeous plank of Port Orford Cedar into the ReStore. Our friend, and artist, Terry picked it up for a screamin’ deal and is currently in the process of uncovering the forest goddess hidden inside. Come on over to the ReStore and see what hidden treasures you can uncover!
Rob Bolman, local sustainable artist and longtime, beloved Habitat Restore shopper is no screw-up, but he’s always screwing around, turning Restore recycled material into artistic creations with a social commentary twist! So, what would you do with 1,000 extra screws? Throw ‘em in the garbage? — Wait, are you kidding, ya got, a screw …
It is amazing how others repurpose cabinet doors. There are many customers who paint these doors and turn them into signs, those who turn them into mudroom coat racks with the mere addition of hooks…this gentleman, Austin, turned matching cabinet doors into wainscoting. For a “little bit of context, this room experienced some water damage”. …
Here are the instructions in making these beautiful tine boxes that are used all over northern Scandinavia as a lunch pail or for the transport of provisions. If you are traveling the Eugene Airport between April 13 – July 11, 2023 visit our Habitat display at the top right of the main escalators to see …
When artists use the ReStore as their source material…
Thank you to this volunteer at The Toolbox Project for sending in some photos of their lending libraries using ReStore materials. The ReStore has donated tools to this worthy non-profit before. Learn more about The Toolbox Project. I volunteer at the Eugene ToolBox Project, the non-profit tool lending library here in town. I recently rebuilt …
Hand-printed 18×24″ original silkscreen on incense cedar, laser-cut and fitted with stacked plexiglass for light passthrough. Two finished so far, one can hang over a window or light, the newer one has it built-in. We have to buy supplies from the big stores more than we’d like, but this project is 98% reclaimed from local …
I am an artisan who is using a ReStore product as my creative display. Currently my art is on display at The New Zone Gallery in Eugene, Oregon. I have been in galleries all over the Pacific Northwest over the past 26 years. My web page is www.pineneedlecreation.comFacebook/PineNeedleCreationsbySheriInstagram @sherismithholgateEtsy SheriPineneedle.etsy.com
The plastic mesh finally broke through on my lawn chairs so with metal rail pieces from the Restore for the backs I was able to keep them from the landfill for many years to come. I wanted to build a stool from a tree cross section with the brace and bits I’d been collecting from …