http://www.cucumbersome.com DIY Crafts, Tutorials and More. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:40:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.cucumbersome.com/dominion-building/ http://www.cucumbersome.com/dominion-building/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:58:47 +0000 britt http://www.cucumbersome.com/?p=1605
We finally bought one of the massive prints from the salvage yard that I have been thinking about since we went last June. It is taller than me, which I guess isn’t saying much. There were five of them available, and we had trouble deciding which one to get but this one won out when we realized that it is in Gastown and home to one of our favorite restaurants, Nuba. I took a “now” shot of the building for comparison. Apparently, these prints survived a fire that destroyed the bank they were hanging in.
This is my favorite part:

What is that person looking at? They should really be more careful.
I’m trying to decide whether to leave the frame, or paint it a bright color. Any thoughts?

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This is pretty much my new favorite place. These are pictures taken this morning at a salvage yard in Burnaby. Ryan and I would some day like to build a house with materials bought exclusively at this salvage yard. We bought a 100-year-old barn door for ten dollars! In all the excitement (there was another couple eyeing up the door so we had to act fast!) I forgot to take a picture of the door. I’ll post more about that soon. But what about these old radiators (shown above and below)? There were dozens of them, and they were so pretty. I wonder if they would still work.

Below: There were also these giant old photos of buildings that are actually close to our apartment. They were maybe six or seven feet tall. We were thinking it would be really funny to put one of them above the bed in our tiny closet room (we have really high ceilings). Probably would have bought one but, alas, no room in our car.

Below: There were tons of this wrought iron metal things (fences?).

Below: It was old window heaven, as well. If only we had a need for old windows. Dry erase board for the office, maybe?

Below: Lastly, there were tons of these lockers for fifty dollars each. I was thinking it would be a good pantry, because we need some more kitchen storage.

In the end, we only bought the old door. But we’ll be be going back soon, with a truck!

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