Reclaimed Treasures LLC

Been working on a customer's project to upcycle their existing kitchen island and got it finished today. Started with what they wanted, offered a few design options, ran into a few problems but it turned out really nice! And, more importantly, the customer loved it!!!!

The problem was that the white on the island wasn't paint but a thin plastic that was used in a previous reno to cover the oak wood. Removed all the plastic, prepped & sanded the oak and then applied coats of a black satin paint.

Part of the upgrade was soft close hinges & glides for the doors & drawers.

Couple years ago we asked Riverlands Brewing Company if they might want their existing taproom tables upscaled with blue epoxy rivers. They were all for it! Today marks the completion of that project and all their non-barrel tables have a river. And we designed it so that when the tables are put end to end in rows (like the pics below), it would look like the river is contiunous from table to table!
The brewery literally now has a river running thru it! Since they've got their Oktoberfest festivities going on, maybe its the Danube. Prost!!!

Did you ever have one of those days? We did in the shop today. Working on another set of river tables and the step was to belt sand the top to remove the over-poured epoxy and the top's existing finish. Got half a top sanded and then the belt sander started sparking and smoking. Back to Menards to get an in-warranty replacement. Fresh outta the box and I'm back to sanding. The belt track adjustment wouldn't hold and ended up ruining two sandpaper belts. Well, back to Menards but this time for a refund and the purchase of a better (aka, more expensive) brand. Finally got the tops all sanded with the new & new-1-more-time belt sander!
Wish that was it but sander revenge wasn't done for the day. Another belt sander wasn't working properly and was gouging the wood. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand an orbital sander had motor problems and we had to stop using it.
If you're keeping score at home - yep, that's Four sanders that caused shop havoc today!
Unfortunately, the delay put us behind schedule. But, we'll be back to it tomorrow. Fingers, toes & eyes crossed that all our sanders will be calm and just do their jobs!

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An opportunity came up to help out a friend. She wanted to dress up a teachers lounge at school a little.
Looked around the shop and was able to make four different items. All the wood was from leftovers. Two table centerpiece display boards, a bench and an end table. (descriptions in the pics below)
Def not bad considering everything used leftovers that were sitting around collecting dust!!!

Little downsizing and a Lot of cleanup. A garage sale with some free stuff scattered in is the way to go!

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the first pic below was the work we did last wk... the other 3 pics are from today... you might be wondering what the difference is in the last pics - aren't they the same ones you showed last wk?
the first pic is the 4 bolts we put into the bricks and into the corresponding holes in the back of the beam... well, the bolts were 3/8" diameter... kinda beefy... when jim and i talked after last wk's work, i was concerned that they weren't beefy enough... we elected to replace the top 2 bolts with 5/8" diameter bolts... we knew this was the right decision when we drilled larger corresponding holes in the beam and slid the beam over the bolts... the very heavy beam was rock solid!!!! it ain't going anywhere... i won't do chin ups on it but one could...

jim and i have been talking about this project for yrs... after a ton of discussions, we finally got started in earnest... although i had installed a similar 8x8 beam for my own mantel, this install was diff because of the all brick masonry...
its in the description in the pics but i have to again point out the use of the garbage bins!!! have Never used bins in Any installation/project Ever but it was the Right solution for this one!!!!!
i'll share other pics when we get closer/finish the project...
btw, the home owner did txt jim asking why his cell phone alerted him to the bins being moved Inside the house... jim replied with just the 2 bin pics! no more needed to be said.....

Hi, followers of Reclaimed Treasures! Making a small change that should not impact you in the least.
When RT (Reclaimed Treasures) was started back in 2015, I created the email address with, I thought, was a catchy extension - .biz I paid extra for that extension instead of going with a free email account.
Going forward, I'll be giving up the .biz domain & email address and using a new, free Gmail account. If you have been a customer in the past, please use the new Gmail account instead of the one we previously traded emails. I've saved all the emails & docs from the old .biz domain so none of your info should be lost.
The new [email protected] can be found here on the RT FB page. If it somehow doesn't work for you, please send me a DM or call/txt my cell.
Thx,
Karl

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Remember the murphy couch? Even though it was finished and functional and usable, I did not like the way the seat bottoms were secured in the folded up position. Got some nylon straps with the plastic buckles. Boom - perfect!!!!!!!

Here's some pics of the cushions for the murphy sofa. I am always amazed by the vacuum packing of different items. When I got the 2 pkgs from the Amazon delivery, I told the driver that there must be 1 more pkg. He said that's all he had and maybe it was being delivered later. When I opened the boxes, everything was there! But wow the 4 cushions were super compressed! After about 30 mins, they were mostly expanded to their final shape/size. About a day later and the expansion was complete.