A case of pantry entry musical chairs! The door features a knob from our reuse warehouse and replaces a bifold door that the homeowners donated to Community Forklift for reuse. Thanks for donating, shopping, and supporting the circular economy at our reuse nonprofit! Photo by @nikki.rosato (Instagram)
It’s a lighting double header! This Forklift Fan’s quest to replace their home’s boob lights is nearly at an end after finding these fabulous pendants at Community Forklift’s reuse warehouse. Thanks for conserving natural resources and supporting your community by choosing salvaged fixtures for your home!
Check out the salvaged beams turned shelving in this laundry room renovation! The space is functional, beautiful, and green in more ways than one. Thanks for using salvaged materials from Community Forklift in your home projects and helping keep usable materials out of landfills! Photos by @restoringhst (Instagram)
This fabulous bathroom renovation incorporates some gorgeous white crackled Maiolica tile found at our reuse warehouse! Completed by Mistival Contractors, the bathroom seamlessly blends salvaged and new materials. From the homeowner and designer: “We are so grateful to have Community Forklift as a local resource to help us make our home more beautiful in a more sustainable way.” Thank you for shopping secondhand for your project and supporting our reuse nonprofit! Photos by designer and Forklift Fan @caye_marie (Instagram)
A Forklift Fan found the perfect spot for this salvaged wicker table from Community Forklift’s reuse warehouse. It looks right at home in its new space! Thanks for shopping secondhand and conserving natural resources, preventing landfill waste, and supporting our local reuse nonprofit! Photos by @wilkointeriorsthrift (Instagram)
So happy to see this vintage toolbox from our reuse warehouse back in one piece and back in use! From the Forklift Fan who repaired it: “This thing has had a life. But half the beauty is in every scrape, dent, wear mark, and screw hole.” Thanks for recognizing its beauty and giving it a new life!
These salvaged pavers from our reuse warehouse look great in their new space! Thanks to a Forklift Fan for supporting our reuse nonprofit while adding curb appeal to their home. With the weather cooling down, it’s a great time to complete some items on the garden to-do list!
Check out the new paint job on this upcycled stepstool! It may have some new colors and patterns that mask some dings and splotches, but the new look doesn’t cover up the vintage style. Thank you for helping our reuse nonprofit divert usable materials from the landfill!
Check out this custom beer wall that JHS Fabrication Studio created for Toastworthy! Beautiful, functional, and using salvaged wood from Community Forklift. Thanks for sourcing secondhand lumber and supporting our reuse nonprofit! Photos by @jordanhamlettsanders (Instagram)
Check out this DIY side table that a Forklift Fan created using salvaged marble from our reuse warehouse! “I love that there is a place like [Community Forklift]. I’ve made many DIY items with products from [the store] and planning to do many more.” Thanks for giving this stone a new home and a new use! Photos by @ugneugne (Instagram)
Every time you donate or shop at Community Forklift, you’re helping us lift up local communities through reuse. We turn the construction waste stream into a resource stream for communities in the DC region – by keeping perfectly good items out of the landfill, preserving historical materials, providing low-cost building supplies, and creating local green jobs.
