Using Reclaimed Products in Your Remodel Design

Eco-Friendly Remodeling Options In Minnesota

It’s not lost on anyone today that using reclaimed products in your Minnesota home is a huge trend. However, what sustainable home renovation ideas and products can you use in a remodel that will still add value to your home while helping you put your unique touch into the design? 

Minnesota Home Remodeling With Recycled And Reclaimed Materials

You don’t need to go far to find these elements. It can be as simple as using your old patio pavers or reclaimed brick as a decorative inset to your new kitchen backsplash, wood from your neighbor's dilapidated garage or barn for your kitchen island façade, or reclaimed metal roofing for your Minnesota home renovation. 

The possibilities are endless, and Country Creek Builders has experience using these materials to bring your Twin Cities sustainable home to remodel a touch of exceptional character.

Learn more about using reclaimed wood products for your Minnesota home renovation.

Benefits of Using Reclaimed Materials in MN Sustainable Home Remodels

Using reclaimed products such as barn wood, brick/stone, and even furniture or fixtures, you help keep the landfills cleaner and add a touch of history to your Minnesota home. There’s also the monetary win when you stumble across the ‘find of the century’ at a flea market or salvage yard.

 Not all reclaimed products are less expensive than today’s modern materials, but sometimes you find an exciting and budget-friendly element. However, we find that the biggest benefit to reclaimed products is a matter of aesthetics. Those who choose this route seek something to set them apart with their remodel. 

By finding elements and fixtures that have history and are one of a kind, we help them create a space that is uniquely theirs. Some of these reclaimed products, such as wood and stone, are also lower maintenance and more durable as they have already weathered over time into their permanent life stage.

Reuse Doesn’t Mean Old and Boring

• The best thing about reclaimed products is that the sky is the limit when giving them new life.
•  Wood from an old shed can become the backsplash for a wine bar.
• An antique dining room buffet can reintroduce itself as an amazing bathroom vanity. 
• Bricks from a local factory tear-down are now your new mudroom flooring.
• Weathered barn wood can be installed on walls above cabinetry (as we have completed for a basement finishing project)
• A claw foot bathtub is slightly more difficult to transform, but refinishing it can bring back the luster and luxury of yesterday. (As you can see from our bathroom project photo above.)

Country Creek Builders is also about to install a rustic barn beam as a mantel on a fireplace installation. Stay tuned for more on that awesome project… 

Country Creek Builders can help you design, remodel, source, and install all your reclaimed elements for a finished product you’ll love to live in. Call us at 952-484-9812 or visit our website.

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