#seattle – Second Use Building Materials and Salvage https://www.seconduse.com Reclaiming Building Materials in the Puget Sound, with Retail Locations in Seattle and Tacoma. Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:35:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.4 Black Friday Sale & Staff-Made Market https://www.seconduse.com/2024/11/black-friday-sale-staff-made-market/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:35:35 +0000 https://www.seconduse.com/?p=3654097 This year, ditch the big-box stores and come get a big box full of salvaged & handmade gifts you’ll feel great about giving!

What:

Our yearly Black Friday 15% off Sale and NEW Staff-Made Market!

Enjoy 15% Off all in-stock inventory at both of our stores, then stay awhile and enjoy festive snacks and warm bevies while you shop our Staff-Made Market, chock-full of giftable goodies made with love by your favorite Second Use Staff!

As is tradition, we’ll have special “doorbuster” inventory, not yet on our website, for all you lucky in-store early-birds.

When:

Friday 11/29, 9AM to 5:30PM

Where:

Sale at Seattle and Tacoma Stores, Staff-Made Market at Seattle Only, in The Royal Hunter Furniture Showroom.

Poster by 2U’s own, Flynn!

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Salvaging a Future for the House of Tomorrow https://www.seconduse.com/2024/04/salvaging-a-future-for-the-house-of-tomorrow/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:01:39 +0000 https://www.seconduse.com/?p=3619934 The House of Tomorrow was built in 1938 in an Art Deco, Streamline Moderne style by designer Bert Smyser, famous in Tacoma for his 1930 coffee pot-shaped stand known today as Bob’s Java Jive. The house featured curved exterior walls and low, wide floor plan typical of modern house of the time. The interior featured bent plywood curved walls and ceilings throughout.

While the House of Tomorrow was very unique, and did meet the criteria for historical significance, it was not on the Pierce County nor the National Historical Register list. Further, it was built near the floodplain along Clark’s Creek, and numerous flooding events took their toll on the property. Relocation of the house itself was considered, but deemed too costly to pursue, so the county was forced to slate it for demolition.

The County did however want to salvage as much usable material from the house before it was razed, so Second Use was selected to remove usable materials throughout the structure. Water damage did take a toll inside, but the kitchen and upper floors did have some solid cabinets, doors and more that all could be reused or repurposed for projects.

Our crew spent a day on site, carefully removing each item and transporting them back to our warehouse, and was available to the public within a day. These cabinets shared the rounded style that was typical of the Smyser’s interior design. See the remaining inventory in our Tacoma warehouse.

Jobs like these help Second Use keep more than 3,000 tons of used building materials out of landfills in the Tacoma and Seattle area every year. We’re always looking for more salvage opportunities, so if you’re planning a renovation, reach out for a free assessment of your potential construction waste.

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Dads & Grads Love Slabs! 15% off Slab Sale! https://www.seconduse.com/2023/06/dads-grads-love-slabs-15-off-slab-sale/ Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:53:45 +0000 https://www.seconduse.com/?p=3552581 Dads and grads love slabs! (As do many others.) This weekend everyone can get 15% OFF all slabs in our lumber department! Sale is available at both our Seattle and Tacoma locations.

Sale is happening Friday, June 16th through Sunday, June 18th.

Cannot be combined with other offers. Lumber slabs only, sale does not include dimensional or other lumber. Does not apply to hand-priced wood pieces.

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2022 Handmade + Homegrown Market on April 23rd https://www.seconduse.com/2022/03/2022-handmade-homegrown-market-on-april-23rd/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:42:00 +0000 https://www.seconduse.com/?p=3467360 We have two reasons to be extra excited this April—Our Handmade + Homegrown market is making its return after two years off, and we are expanding the market to happen at both of our locations!

Saturday April 23rd, 2022
10am – 4pm

Handmade + Homegrown Market and Plant Sale

Second Use Seattle
3223 6th Ave S

Second Use Tacoma
2328 Fawcett Ave

This free, all ages, indoor/outdoor market features the work of local artists and makers, with a focus on plant vendors of all varieties. It’s the perfect opportunity to stock up on the supplies you need to get your garden growing, or snag a one-of-a-kind Mother’s Day gift.

Sponsorship of these events provided by Ridwell, who also aims to make wasting less easy!

Seattle Vendor List

Tacoma Vendor List

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We’re Hiring in Seattle & Tacoma! https://www.seconduse.com/2021/04/were-hiring-in-seattle-tacoma/ Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:47:19 +0000 https://www.seconduse.com/?p=3400666 Architectural Salvage Yard Seeks New Team Members!

Second Use is a community focused business dedicated to diverting a wide range of reusable building materials from the landfill and selling them to the public at an affordable cost through our retail stores.

Our staff members share a passion for keeping good stuff from going to waste, an interest in old stuff, a strong work ethic, and general sense of humor.

Benefits include:

-Medical
-Dental
-Paid time off
-Employee discount
-Quarterly store credit dividends

See Open Positions

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Our 4th Annual Handmade Holiday Market https://www.seconduse.com/2016/10/our-4th-annual-handmade-holiday-market/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:54:46 +0000 http://seconduse.com/?p=2978094 Combat the drudgery of holiday shopping by browsing the work of over 50 local artists in Seattle’s largest architectural salvage yard! Second Use invites you to join us for our 4th Annual Handmade Holiday Market on Saturday, December 10th from 10-4 at the SODO Second Use store.

Food, drink, and a storewide sale will accompany this celebration of creativity and resourcefulness within our community.

This event is free, open to the public, all ages, and indoors- we will even turn on the heat! Please promote the creativity of our community through sharing the event with your friends, family, and followers.

Share the event with your friends, family, and followers.

Selected Vendors Include:

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