We scoured the junkyard yesterday. Looking for trim, beams, boards, flooring, doors, windows, all the bits and pieces that will lend The Coupe (the Tiny House we are building) its character. What I find here is sturdy, solidly built, made from good heart timber and of course cheaper. Real. Here you have a look too! 
Do you need anything?
Good morning. You know there is a difference between wanting and needing. Though I find it hard to tell the difference sometimes. Although this was supposed to be an exploratory mission, so The Kiwi Builder could see what was there and start his list, Our John just had to take this phone home.
Good morning. The man who has rescued all this stuff saves barns and old houses, he takes them down bit by bit, while the farmers stand by with their gas cans and matches saying, hurry up, get a move on, I need to burn this damn thing down and bury it before the plantin’. But Rick is a methodical man, he works at his own saintly pace, he goes about his recovery business with care and knowledge, everything comes out whole, he is not a smasher and grabber. He also has a problem leaving anything behind so when we say junk yard we really mean Junk Yard!
All the wood is numbered and stored in a great big shed, and everything is for sale.
Fantastic isn’t it. I will go back later this week with the list. Then my work begins, there will be cleaning and sanding and oiling! My turn to get my hands into the work.
Have a lovely day.
celi
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64 responses to “The Junk Yard in Pictures… Want Anything?”
I couldn’t afford the shipping 😦 nice pics
I will pop whatever you want in my time machine and send it over yesterday!! c
Looks like a candy store to me!
That is what the kids were chanting. Treasure! Treasure! The only looking no touching rule almost killed them! c
Oh what fun I’d have in a place like that, c! Good morning to you!
I love places like that, what fun!!
Have a lovely Sunday! 🙂
I love field trips! What a fantastic place. You could spend days there. And please don’t send Michael stuff in your time machine. He might decide to jump in for a little trip and I sort of need him here! 🙂
Okey dokey, I have a chauffeur at the controls so I shall put Michael on the ‘back before chores’ list. Actually being a time machine and all we can return him before he left if that is more helpful!.. c
Wow! I love that guy! We have a friend, a builder, whose backyard and barn looks sort of like this. Only not on quite such a large scale. But these guys know quality when they see it, don’t they? Our friend Bob is an amazing builder and uses his finds in all of his projects. When my son was working for him he had found a whole bunch of bullseye glass panes and Bob taught Michael how to install them as windows in a gorgeous barn they built. You can’t match that kind of experience! I can’t wait to see what goes into the Coupe from this place. Wonderful!
Looking very confusing. You are amazing!
Ohhhhh…I might never leave! Just from you photos, I spy so many treasures waiting to be reused, or re-purposed! Starting with that bit of green metal trim…
Tell John that I have a phone exactly like that one – it came with my old house! The speaker in the handset was broken, so you couldn’t answer it, but we kept it plugged in to the line anyway – you could hear it ring from a mile away!
What a treasure! And everthing is so well organized!
My 100 year old pine floors were found at a junk yard, in the rain where I saw the knots and their potential…
What a fabulous place – ehre they call them reclamation yards and charge you a fortune 😦 We are currently looking for all things Edwardian for a place we´re doing up…very exciting!
My mom and dad had a phone exactly like that one when I was little 🙂 What fun!
Liz would have been in heaven at that junkyard. She loves refinishing and recreating uses for things.
Hope you’re having a great weekend C!
Oh My Goodness! Absolute heaven. I love poking around through piles of junk looking to treasure. It is like buying a big box at an auction. You never know what is at the bottom. I can’t wait to see what treasures you claimed.
I see headboards and rolling pins galore!
Love the little outhouse with a skylight 🙂 anh ooh yes that wooden ladder and …. oh dear, not a good place for a hoarder to visit 🙂 Laura