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Architectural Artifacts: History Is in the House

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

If you’re renovating a home, you can—literally—install a bit of history while you’re building your own space to suit your needs.

Taking more than a cue from the solid construction and elegant design of everything from fireplace mantels to bathtubs, sinks, doors and flooring, architectural artifacts can be a great way to invest in the past and find a unique look for your space when choosing the amenities you need. Architectural salvage businesses like The Demolition Depot in Harlem and Olde Good Things in Chelsea may be more machine shop than Martha Stewart, but they’re a terrific source for doors, windows, columns, and other infrastructure items to build into your home.

Urban Archaeology mixes the old with the new, offering reproductions as well as salvaged items, and they’ll create custom replicas of one-of-a-kind items—like this Gio Ponti screen—if you can’t get your hands on the originals.

For more simple replacements for classic bits, the 100,000 square feet of warehouse space inhabited by New York Replacement Parts comes through on plumbing supplies of just about any scale, and Build it Green! emphasizes that recycling interior items not only preserves history but keeps building materials out of landfills.

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