Store details
548 Foster Street
Durham,
North Carolina
27701
919.688.6960
On Apartment Therapy
The Scrap Exchange is a non-profit located in downtown Durham, North Carolina, that is dedicated to collecting and redistributing industrial discards and reclaimed materials. The store organizes community events, parties, and workshops and also has a "green gallery" of artwork and home accessories made by local artists. We loved many of the items available for sale, especially the vintage voting booth cases that fold into suitcases. See photos below the jump...
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Recent comments
Hi, Ruthie from Community Forklift here! Located in the DC area, we're a thrift store for building materials (similar to Construction Junction). We focus on construction materials (many of our donations come from folks that donate old houses rather than bulldozing them), but we do get other interesting stuff occasionally (www.CommunityForklift.com).
For example, a while ago the Architect of the Capitol cleaned out some store rooms and we ended up with boxes of chalk (the teachers cleaned us out of them quickly) and a pallet of unused glass ashtrays (artists bought them to use them in all sorts of ways). We also have a Free Friday aisle, where we put broken or excess stuff - so the crafters descend on us on Fridays.
Currently, we have one artist who displays stuff that she's made out of reclaimed and found materials - I absolutely love the wooden bowls she decorates with roofing nails (I'd never noticed the rainbow sheen on the nail heads before). Over time, we hope to have more artisans and craftspeople operating out of our space (give us time, we're only 3 years old!)
One other thing I have to say about this post is: I really wish we had such a cute store front!!! It's adorable. We're located in an industrial section between Rhode Island Ave and Kenilworth, and our warehouse blends into the ugly buildings around us. As we get more volunteers, we're hoping to paint the brick front a bright color, and build a new gate out of building material scraps. RuthieatCommunityForklift on Dec 2, 2008
Hi, Ruthie from Community Forklift here! Located in the DC area, we're a thrift store for building materials (similar to Construction Junction). We focus on construction materials (many of our donations come from folks that donate old houses rather than bulldozing them), but we do get other interesting stuff occasionally (www.CommunityForklift.com).
For example, a while ago the Architect of the Capitol cleaned out some store rooms and we ended up with boxes of chalk (the teachers cleaned us out of them quickly) and a pallet of unused glass ashtrays (artists bought them to use them in all sorts of ways). We also have a Free Friday aisle, where we put broken or excess stuff - so the crafters descend on us on Fridays.
Currently, we have one artist who displays stuff that she's made out of reclaimed and found materials - I absolutely love the wooden bowls she decorates with roofing nails (I'd never noticed the rainbow sheen on the nail heads before). Over time, we hope to have more artisans and craftspeople operating out of our space (give us time, we're only 3 years old!)
One other thing I have to say about this post is: I really wish we had such a cute store front!!! It's adorable. We're located in an industrial section between Rhode Island Ave and Kenilworth, and our warehouse blends into the ugly buildings around us. As we get more volunteers, we're hoping to paint the brick front a bright color, and build a new gate out of building material scraps. RuthieatCommunityForklift on Dec 2, 2008