If you enjoy sorting through bits of oddments and detritus and haven’t paid the The ReStore in Ballard a visit, you ought to. It’s the dream shop of both garage sale scavengers and the environmentally friendly: they go into old buildings that are being torn down or remodeled and remove whatever is re-usable for resale in their store. Instead of landing in landfill, old fixtures, doors, windows and more provide the material and character for another generation of buildings. They even have a Recycled Art Program.
Why do we mention Ballard’s ReStore in the Wallyhood blog? James Taylor (no relation, …