Kings County Salvage

tomato crates!

kingscounty — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:04:43 +0000

Earlier today we found a truckload of these super nice tomato crates at a tomato distributor in the Bronx–
They are a really nice size (about 18″ x 12″ x 6″) and will make great storage and shelving!!

we’ve got new goods!

kingscounty — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:16:27 +0000

If looking for boxes, ladders, benches, medicine bottles and/or a 5′ tall kudu mount…
you ought to stop by soon!

New Year…. New Hours!

kingscounty — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:59:39 +0000

Okay… So what if it’s almost February already?
Starting next week we will have new winter hours…

We will be open:
12-7 Monday & Thursday-Sunday
and will be closed/by appointment only Tuesday – Wednesday

Our goal is to maximize our hunting time and make the shop better…
Look forward to a fuller/fresher store and way more new stuff!

pull up a chair…

kingscounty — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:59:31 +0000

These great wooden folding chairs from a travelling carnival are an old favorite of ours.
We had them for a few months last year before selling out and are really pleased that we’ve been able to get our hands on more.
We’ve got a good stock of them, but they move fast.
$20 each or set of 6/$100
In the store and at the flea every weekend

viva la shark!

kingscounty — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:44:59 +0000

It is my pleasure to introduce you to the new KCS mascot- the shark.
He was born one day a few weeks back when our good friend Amy and I decided to cover the rust on the new KCS van… call it heat stroke or blame the paint fumes…
we couldn’t be more proud of our new addition.

how do you get a truckload out of a barn loft?

kingscounty — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:42:02 +0000

with a back hoe, obviously…
if only this had occurred to me sooner.

custom/vintage cease fire

kingscounty — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:34:03 +0000

My dad says it’s an important character trait to be able to disagree politically with someone and still be their friend…

my dear friend Don Wood over at fat dog fabrication really put my character to test when he threw this sign on one of his (admittedly awesome) custom concrete tables in his booth next to mine at brooklyn flea:

classy, right?
I considered challenging him to a duel,
but then I found twenty commercial sewing machine bases in the basement of that garment factory…
we talked it over and decided to shake hands and join forces-
below is one of a few custom butcherblock/sewing machine tables we’ve made recently…
we (all don) even customized the height of one to make a kitchen island-
we’ve got about a dozen bases in varying industrial designs and the butcherblock can be made to custom sizes/lengths/etc.
see the cease fire in action at the store and flea this week!

type!

kingscounty — Tue, 03 May 2011 05:47:29 +0000

A few weeks back we pulled a couple of thousand wooden type blocks out of the inkiest/grimiest basement near Earlington, PA.
This stuff was seriously, seriously dirty- but you could tell it was going to be good.
Well, it’s taken almost a month (and a team of dedicated workers) but the type is cleaned and oiled and really, really beautiful. stop by and spell out your name, or the name of some one you love! (mom!)

sunny sunday

kingscounty — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:47:22 +0000

beautiful day out at the flea today–
check out this great full-size iron bed.
we found this one and two others like it at a hunting camp last week- at the shop now!

treasure trove of soda crates!

kingscounty — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:32:10 +0000

I was an hour past Harrisburg and having a pretty crummy day-
rain, traffic, broken windshield wipers, spilled coffee, etc…
I pulled off the highway to find a bathroom-
and stumbled on just under 1,000 wooden soda crates.
don’t call it a comeback.

Rob brought these home about 20 years ago when a bottling plant near his house was torn down. He’s been selling them at yard sales and giving them to friend for years (he used to have 3,000!)
His wife Sue wasn’t sad to see the last 1,000 go.

Seven-up, Cen-Pro, Coke, Pepsi, RC and a few others…
in the shop now and at both fleas this weekend!