Saturday Indulgence

The weather in Tucson will (hopefully) be cooling off soon, clients will start to filter back into town, Saturday kid schedules will  overwhelm my free time-so I decided to sneak off to Gerson Demolition Saturday for a little self indulgent junking.                                                                                                                                        Gerson Used Building Materials is a Tucson institution. It has been around since the sixties and offers the home remodeler, artist, designer and thrifty shopper a resource for all things recycled and reclaimed. They offer a wide selection of doors, windows, plumbing items, cabinets, lighting fixtures, tile, hardware and the occasional antique. All items are priced well and with a little imagination there is a treasure around every corner. Be prepared to get a little dirty, and think twice before you do what I did and stroll around in sandals. Ouch. 

Table base. With a coat of paint and a marble top, great for outdoors

Clean it up, add a  butcher block top and a shelf and its a kitchen island! Just the right height.

$5 Funky pendant light, sorry, its sold. To me. 

Sturdy, high quality metal storage cabinet, with casters and  a coat of bright yellow automobile paint, very cool.

Stacks of brass lanterns with great patina. In a group with single, old style cord or chain , fabulous

Oversized, cast metal hardware. So WRONG!

But so RIGHT!

6' wheels with a blue-rust finish, great to hang on a wall.

Giant irrigation(?) wheels, great to hang on a very tall wall.

Finally, these 22" hairpin style table legs, which I will use with a perfect piece of white marble my neighbor gave me..
can't wait to put it on our porch.

Go soon! The inventory is constantly changing.