Unico System
A central heating and cooling system using "aspiration" technology to warm and cool homes evenly and quietly with flexible small ducts that weave through ceilings, walls, and even floors.
Architectural Salvage
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Crown Point Cabinetry
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Vintage Doors
Bring beauty and value your home with heirloom-quality REAL wood doors by Vintage Doors. Meticulously handmade by expert craftsmen in your exact size and style—to be loved and respected for generations, just like the olden days. Hand-crafted wood product line includes: screen doors, storm doors, Dutch doors, French doors, louver doors, pantry doors, interior doors, exterior doors, entrance units, three season porch enclosures, pet doors, arch top doors, round top doors, custom doors and more.
Building a Wine Room
An old security door—from Tiffany’s, no less—becomes an attractive entry to a wine room.
A Directory of Architectural Salvage Stores in the U.S.
Use our comprehensive guide to locate an architectural salvage store near you, or to browse the websites of stores across the country, many of which sell their wares online.
Tabletop Patina
Tables with metal tops rich in color and texture create effects from quilted copper to leathery.
A Bathroom Created from Salvaged Material
A no-style bathroom gets an affordable makeover, courtesy of reclaimed and salvaged materials and good design. No need to gut the room.
An Old Schoolhouse Converted Into a Home
Ultimate salvaging: a schoolhouse becomes a home.
Windows to Pocket Doors
Old conservatory windows found at a salvage yard became pocket doors separating bedrooms.
Architectural Salvage in the Kitchen
Incorporating repurposed elements kept a modern room warm and in sync with the 1905 house.
Editors' Picks: Architectural Salvage Projects
Five unusual projects might inspire you to head to your local architectural salvage yard!
Barnwood in a Cabin
An aesthetically and historically appropriate use of reclaimed wood serves a kitchen.
Finding Sophisticated Architectural Salvage
It’s trendy to repurpose five-panel doors as headboards, and to up-cycle vintage hard-shell suitcases into dog beds. For restorers, the best use of architectural salvage is to replace missing architectural details that should never have been lost in the first place.
A Renovated Colonial Built From Architectural Salvage
A homeowner with a penchant for early antiques invites a preservation consultant in to help her unscramble a house initially built with architectural salvage.
Turn Vintage Cabinet Knobs into Hooks
Repurpose salvaged cabinet knobs by turning them into a row of handy hooks.
Repurposing Architectural Antiques
From transforming antique doors into a fireplace surround or building a shelf using salvaged corbels and fence boards, we show you six different ways to breathe new life into old items.
Editors' Picks: Architectural Salvage
All about salvage! Tour three houses in which the owners incorporated architectural salvage; then see a few fun projects, and jump to our comprehensive guide to salvage stores around the country.
Nautical Lights Ahoy
Mid-20th-century ship lights are rewired and polished up to become attractive wall sconces or lamps.
Salvage Style in a Soho Town House
Using salvaged materials, a vacant lot gets transformed into a SoHo townhome fully designed to look as if it were built in the late-19th century, just like its neighbors.
7 Architectural Salvage Shopping Tips
Shop at a salvage market for reasonably priced period materials that will enhance the authenticity of an old house.
Doggie Bench from Scraps
Bits and pieces stored in the basement found their way into a handsome bench for my back stairs.
Stockyards Brick
Salvaging brick, stone, granite, limestone, vintage lumber and other architectural artifacts to ensure that the “bones” of beautiful old buildings have an extended life as today’s design elements.
Turn a Desk Into a Kitchen Island
Learn how to transform a piece of furniture into extra counter space for your kitchen.
Create a Vintage-Inspired Vessel Sink
A DIY vessel sink that's perfect of old houses.
