<\/p>\r\n Exciting icehouse rehab<\/a> progress in recent days, so I’m due for an exciting update or two. But first I need to whittle down the backlog of overdue posts, especially some of those dealing with how we’re transforming some of our surplus building materials into exciting design elements in the reimagined icehouse. I can anticipate your interest flagging. Surplus building materials? Isn’t that about as exciting as yesterday’s leftover?!?! Well, perhaps, but hold that thought for a moment.<\/p>\r\n It struck me [recently] how similar edible leftovers and building materials can be. Think of surplus lumber and architectural salvage. They get pushed to the back of the proverbial fridge (in our case, usually one of the outbuildings) in the hopes of one day becoming the ingredients for something relevant and exciting and new. (Source: <\/span>Leftovers as Ingredients<\/a><\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n Baked into our\u00a0icehouse rehabilitation<\/a>\u00a0project (at it’s core an adaptive reuse<\/a> initiative, transforming “an obsolete utility building into a useful, relevant multi-use space<\/a>” with present day value to us) is an overarching objective to repurpose and upcycle materials that we’ve been storing for years.<\/p>\r\n In addition to repurposing this handsome historic building, we have endeavored to repurpose as many surplus building materials and architectural salvage artifacts as reasonable (i.e. functionally and aesthetically viable) in the design and rehabilitation process. (Source: <\/span>Leftovers as Ingredients<\/a><\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n You may remember the mixed species flooring experiment<\/a>\u00a0(which incidentally is only a day or two away from an exciting update!) or the repurposed columns<\/a>. Maybe the upcycled coatrack<\/a> or the deconstructed-deck-upcycled-into-paneling<\/a> project that’s already a couple of months in process… The truth is there are multiple ways that we’re endeavoring to breathe new life into construction leftovers and surplus building materials, and I’m embarrassingly overdue with updates.<\/p>\r\n So today I’d like to share with you a previously undisclosed scheme that’s at last approaching a final decision.<\/p>\r\n You may well be aware that the icehouse<\/a> bathroom will be paneled in garapa<\/a>\u00a0that was deconstructed from Rosslyn’s old deck<\/a> and painstaking upcycled by Tony<\/a> (and others) over many weeks. From debris<\/a> to design feature!<\/p>\r\n In addition to garapa walls \u2014 picture amber hued,\u00a0time patinated, hand milled 4″ boards installed horizontally with a nickel gap \u2014 the icehouse bathroom floor and shower will be clad with leftover tiles. That’s right, surplus building materials. Did I lose you again? I hope not, because we’re getting pretty close to a truly handsome combination.<\/p>\r\n![\"Surplus](\"https:\/\/abdul2.rosslynredux.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/img_0220-600x480.jpg\")
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Repurposing Leftover Tile<\/h2>\r\n
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