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From the Floor to the Wall: Repurposing Old Floor Joists

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Olde Good Things is known throughout the salvaging, interior design, and preservation communities for our commitment to upcycling, repurposing, and restoring old, neglected, and forgotten items.

We have removed tin ceilings and repurposed them as mirrors and new, colorful ceiling and wall decorations. We’ve salvaged marble, slate, terracotta, and metal from crumbling, demolished, abandoned, or neglected buildings. We’ve given new homes to religious relics, art, statues, mantels, and vintage and antique furniture. We’ve bought and sold at auctions, flea markets, online, and through our 9 locations. A lot is happening with Olde Good Things, but nothing gives us more joy than taking something old and giving it new life.

Rows of reclaimed wood in the aisles of our Scranton PA warehouse

 

Repurposed Old Wood

Did you ever look at the rotting, pitted, splintered hardwood floor of an abandoned building and think to yourself, “these would make an amazing table”? No? Well, we did. We’ve taken old, salvaged floor joists and repurposed them into stunning tables using vintage salvaged wood and other industrial metals or wood pieces for table legs. We’ve taken something some would consider the garbage and made it into something people sit around to enjoy their meals, share important news about their day, play board games, or just sit and contentedly sip tea.

 

Scrap Wood Skins

When we make our tables, the carpentry process requires we plane and cut the wood to piece together the tabletops. What happens to the scrap wood that doesn’t go into the tables? Well, we have another story for you. Those scraps of wood that were cut from the beams that were once floor joists were repurposed into something you have to see to believe.

 

Coffeeshop Showcase

If you’re a Gregular at Gregory’s Coffee in NYC, you’re frequenting a coffee shop that is a buzz for coffee lovers.  Here the customers gaze up at the amazing accent wall…the one covered completely in salvaged, repurposed floor joist wood scraps. Gregory’s Coffee has twelve locations in Manhattan.  Be sure and visit all of them, quite a few have this fascinating wall cover.

 

 

To learn more about our floor joist tables or the wall at Gregory’s Coffee shop, contact us. To see our growing inventory of handmade reclaimed wood tables, click here.  If you are interested in purchasing some of these amazing reclaimed wood beam skins, inquire here.  To take a look at any of our other amazing salvaged, reclaimed, repurposed, or restored items, click here.

25% Off New York City In-Store Stock Farm Table Sale

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Starting Saturday 8/17/19 to Friday 8/23/19 all stock tables in all three of our New York stores are 25% off. We offer very reasonable delivery in the city. Each store has a wide selection of pine, industrial flooring, walnut & other dining table tops. Sizes and finishes vary per location. Please use the contact information below for each location to check the in-store stock. Please make sure to include the type of wood, length size by foot and leg style. You can view our Farm Table category to give you an idea of what you’re looking for before you contact them.

New York Locations

 

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Bowery NYC

302 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
212-498-9922

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Broadway NYC

2420 Broadway
New York, NY 10024
212-877-0845

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Union Square NYC

5 East 16th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-989-8814

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Olde Good Things, New York Stores

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Brick & Mortar Stores

Olde Good Things had its mere beginnings in NYC during the heyday of the Chelsea Antique Market in the early 90’s and then opened its first retail store on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn in 1995. Today, 24 years later, you can visit our four brick and mortar retail locations, including one “pop-up” store at 71 Eighth Avenue between West 13th and 14th Street. Visit each one location and see if we don’t live up to our “humble boast” of being “the most interesting stores in New York City!” Our largest New York Store located conveniently near Union Square. This store features the largest assortment of original hardware. Our Upper West Side, Broadway location has the best assortment of marble mantels and large chandeliers and our Lower East Side, Bowery location has a wide assortment of smaller practical original lighting.  Our pop-up store, 8th Ave has an interesting variety of decorative items and furniture. Come see us at each location to get the full Olde Good Things experience!

Salvaged Treasures

Each store has a personality of its own, with a variety of original lighting, architectural elements including mantels, doors, glass, hardware as well as our unique line of altered antique furnishings including mirrors, tables and shelving. You will also find vintage, industrial and mid-century original furniture and decorative furnishings. Presently featured in each store is a wide assortment of items reclaimed from the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel, which is now undergoing a major renovation. You will find from this New York City landmark, original marble and wooden mantels from for instance, the “Cole Porter Suite.” You will also find doors from the “Marilyn Monroe Suite” and lighting from almost every suite and hallway as well as conference and ballroom lighting including chandeliers from the Starlight Room. Kitchen and service items available including flatware, silver plated serving bowls and platters, many with the Waldorf signature. Special feature is the bar reclaimed from the famous Bull & Bear restaurant, if interested ask here. Too many interesting things to list!

Reclaimed Vintage Wired Glass

Olde Good Things also specializes in vintage wire glass reclaimed from windows and skylights of industrial buildings and skyscrapers. You will find samples of this glass at each of the stores. Special feature at this time is huge sheets (4 ft x 7 ft) of clear chicken wire glass from Rockefeller Center. Ask about our special service of frosting this glass as well. Visit www.oldegoodglass.com for more information.

More Ways to Shop

Olde Good Things has been reclaiming architectural items for a quarter of a century. If you need doors, plumbing, stained glass, a special doorknob or plate, you could very well find exactly what you are looking for in one of these stores. But if not, don’t be dismayed, we have two vast warehouses in Scranton, Pennsylvania chock full of every architectural item imaginable as well as an extensive website with over 16,000 items at www.oldegoodthings.com. Your salesperson at the retail store, can help you find what you are looking for and possibly even arrange to bring it in on our truck that goes back and forth at least once a week.

NYC Show Truck

Have you ever seen the most interesting truck in New York? Follow the lion to one of our stores today.

Hope to see you soon!

Top 10 Gifts from the Waldorf Astoria

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It’s no secret now, that we are the company that acquired a good amount of the New York City Waldorf Astoria’s mantels, lighting, restaurant supplies & architectural pieces. We have been steadily inventory items making them available to purchased online and in-store. Since the holidays being right around the corner, we compiled a list of the Top 10 Gifts we have available from the Waldorf Astoria. Each gift comes with an authenticity card upon purchasing. These are great gifts for couples who stayed in the hotel often or had special events there through the years. If you see a gift worth giving, scroll to the bottom and grab the 15% off coupon code and save on any Waldorf item. It’s our special holiday thanks!!

1. Salvaged Waldorf Bronze Swan Curtain Tie Back Hook  – View now   There is also a polished brass style available in stock. View now

 

2.  Salvaged Waldorf Silver Plated Ornate Doorbell with White Button – View now  There is also a black button style available. View Now

 

3. Waldorf Astoria Original Tea Pitcher – View now   There is 3 different styles of pitchers available in stock. View all of them.

 

4. Waldorf Silver Plated Open Slotted End Tongs – View Now  There several styles of tongs from the Waldorf. View Now

 

5. Salvaged Waldorf 5 Piece Flatware Art Deco Place Setting – View Now  There are many sets and singles available to purchase in this style. View now

 

6. Salvaged Waldorf Modern Sambonet 5 Piece Flatware Set – View now.  There are many sets and singles available to purchase in this style. View now.

 

7. Salvaged Stamped Waldorf Astoria Art Deco Oval Serving Tray – View Now  There are other styles of trays & platters available. View Now.

 

8. Salvaged Waldorf Scalloped Oval Serving Bowl – View Now

 

9. Waldorf Steel Room Key Tag – View Now

 

10. Salvaged Waldorf Astoria Stainless Steel Cake Sever – View now

 

Top 3 Must See Places in SoHo New York

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If you’re planning a weekend in SoHo, New York, there’s almost a million things within the 26 blocks to do. The name itself, SoHo, refers to “South of Houston Street”. This area is home to many museums, cafés, and boutiques. The ideal way to enjoy the atmosphere is to grab a cup of coffee, visit a gallery or two, and window shop. Using Instagram to find frequented and popular locales, here are a few of the most popular places as dictated by the public.  They will make you feel more at ease while exploring within SoHo.

1. Housing Works Bookstore Café

First, stop at Housing Works Bookstore Café, 126 Crosby Street, grab a nice, hot coffee or tea to accompany you as you traverse the concrete jungle. You may not think about helping locals while exploring a new city, but this is a fantastic way to give back to the community as Housing Works is a NYC non-profit, and all profits go to fighting AIDS and homelessness.

 

2. The New York Fire Museum

The New York Fire Museum features many firefighting artifacts, memorabilia and equipment, some of it dating back to the early 1650s! Here, you can learn about the history of firefighting practices in NYC dating back to colonial times. Located at 278 Spring Street, it features many permanent and rotating exhibitions. Among other exhibits, the museum features a somber 9/11 Memorial featuring pictures of the brave firefighters lost in the attack.

3. Olde Good Things SoHo

Update: This location is now closed.
Just a ten-minute walk from the museum, make your way to 424 West Broadway, where you’ll find many stores worth entering. One of the many that stand out is a pop up antique shop, Olde Good Things. The building, located directly across from the Alex And Ani store, may be small, but inside you’ll find some of the best reclaimed antiques, many of them local to New York City. With a range from farm tables, altered antiques, and tin mirrors, there’s something that’ll certainly catch your eye. Browse through our selection of tin panels, which make amazing wall décor. Or perhaps pick up salvaged items from the historical Waldorf Astoria Hotel, some pieces date back to the 1930s when the hotel was first built on Park Avenue.

 

OGT’s Newest Location at 2424 Broadway NYC

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Olde Good Things is proud to announce our newest store location, 2424 Broadway, in Manhattan’s Upper West Side neighborhood. This neighborhood is the perfect location for us, with many unique and inspiring architectural buildings in the area and with a reputation for being one of New York City’s cultural and intellectual hubs with Columbia University, Barnard College and Lincoln Center housed within its borders.  Over the years, we’ve had many customers from this area who appreciate antique and architectural antiques and love our line of altered antique furnishings.

We’re just in the process now of stocking the store, which a great variety of antique and industrial lighting, unique home furnishings and of course, our famous hand made tables from reclaimed wood and metal.  Since our lease expired at 82nd and Columbus several years back we’ve had a loyal following of UWS customers who have found us at our other locations in the city and we hope will be glad to hear that we’re back in the neighborhood.  We’re announcing a “soft opening” now, as we stock the ceiling, floor and shelves with our unique line of “stuff”.  We hope to see you soon and will keep you posted on our official grand opening.

Just a little more about the neighborhood

The Upper West Side resides between Central Park on the East side, the Hudson River on the west and West 59th Street and West 110th Street on the south and north sides, respectively. An affluent and primarily residential neighborhood, the Upper West Side is also home to such sights as Columbus Circle, Grant’s Tomb, and the Dakota apartment building where John Lennon lived and was tragically killed outside of.

Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, the area that would become the Upper West Side contained some of colonial New York’s most ambitious houses and properties, which would eventually be filled in with smaller suburbs. Many properties such as the Apthorp farm and other small villages were stretched along Bloomingdale Road, which today we know of as Broadway (also the street our new store is located on). These farms and villages would eventually be divided into building lots and absorbed into the city by 1868. During the creation and construction of Central Park from the 1850’s to the 1870’s, the Upper West Side became a rough and ragtag collection of squatters, boarding houses and rowdy taverns, eventually seeing a major turnaround in the 1890’s with the construction of the Ninth Avenue elevated train line and the relocation of Columbia University into the area.

The Upper West Side plays home to many unique apartment buildings and structures, especially along the Central Park West area. Buildings such as the English Victorian styled Dakota, the Art Deco Century Apartments and The Majestic, and the Moderne style Normandie all sit on the famous Central Park West. Many other buildings, in a multitude of pre-war styles ranging from Art Nouveau to Beaux-Arts and Belle Époque, sit within the Upper West Side. With the abundance of fascinating architecture in this area, it’s no wonder that many movies and television shows, such as Home Alone 2, Mad Men, 30 Rock and American Psycho have all used the Upper West Side as a backdrop to their stories.

Sneak Peek Gallery

The Olde Good Things Broadway store will feature many of our architectural and antique artifacts, items from our Altered Antiques line, and the unique and one-of-a-kind items that we are known for. If you’re ever in the Upper West Side, stop by and say hello to us in our newest New York City location. We’re sure you’ll be able to find something uniquely New York there.

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15th Year Anniversary Sale!

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The story of Olde Good Things goes back a good 22 years. In 1995, a few friends set up a booth at the (now closed) 26th St Chelsea Antique Market in Manhattan. Artifacts sold at the flea market were initially acquired by dumpster-diving for unique architectural items.

Seven years later, Olde Good Things incorporated and went from a booth of a few square feet in a NYC flea market to over a quarter of a million square feet of architectural salvage and has evolved into one of the largest architectural antique dealers in the country. Expansion has prompted the opening of four locations in major cities on either side of the country (with a fifth opening next month) and two large warehouses located in Scranton, PA.

Over time, a salvage crew of antique experts and demolition contractors was formed to carefully retrieve artifacts from notable buildings such as:

 

The Flat Iron Building

The Plaza Hotel

 John F. Kennedy Airport 

Philadelphia Civic Center

Times Square Rialto Theatre

 

While most things sold at OGT are in as-is, vintage condition, our salvage crew has come across a lot of raw materials along the way. These pieces found in old, historical homes, abandoned factories and run-down barns are reclaimed and reused in our Altered Antiques line so as to revive and keep them around for years to come. Our Altered Antiques include a variety of salvaged materials, allowing for an opportunity to make near anything! Some of our favorites include

 

Outdoor Bench from Reclaimed Coney Island Boardwalk Wood

Flat Iron Building Copper Window Mirror

1800s Gothic Church Wooden Frame Headboard

Ipe South Street Seaport Wood Bench with Black Iron Legs

 

To show our gratitude for 15 wonderful years as Olde Good Things, we welcome you to celebrate with us and are offering 20% off – site wide.

Coupon code: 15YEARS

Hurry, this sale will only run 9/1/2017 – 9/8/2017!

15%-30% off End of Summer In-Store Sale

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The end of summer is near, and since we could all use a good pick-me-up,

we’re giving 15%-30% off all inventory in our four stores!

Hurry, this in-store only sale ends Labor Day!

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302 Bowery
New York, NY 10012
(between Bleecker street & East Houston street)
212-498-9922
Mon – Fri 10 am – 7 pm
Sat – Sun 11 am – 7 pm
Tuesdays 10 am – 6:30 pm

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149 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
(corner of 32nd street & Madison Avenue)
212-321-0770
Mon – Sat 10 am to 7 pm
Sun 11 am to 7 pm

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5 East 16th Street
New York, NY 10003
(between 5th Avenue & Union Square)
212-989-8814
Sun 11 am to 7 pm
Mon – Sat 10 am to 7 pm

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1800 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-746-8600 or 8611
213-210-7675 cell
Mon – Sat 9 am to 6 pm
Sun 10 am to 6 pm

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Relentlessly Pursuing Historic Architecture in The City That Never Sleeps

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As New York City ushers in a new era of progress, distinguished by the revitalization of some of the city’s most famous landmark neighborhoods, Olde Good Things is on standby to make sure that the most stunning architectural elements, the irreplaceable historical details of bygone days, are preserved and made available to our customers.

Our recent reclamation from the 42nd and Vanderbilt Warren and Wetmore Building is just one example of why the architecturologists at OGT are part of a rare breed. OGT is a leader in the architectural salvage industry. We have been rescuing and reclaiming NYC skyscrapers since the 90s, each time putting in the effort to preserve and cherish the custom details that distinguish the historical treasures in The Big Apple. We have watched other salvage experts fall by the wayside due to the immense effort it requires to safely rescue these pieces of history. If New York City is the “city that never sleeps”, you could say that about the architecturologists at Olde Good Things.

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In order to pave the way for the city’s new fourth tallest skyscraper, known as “One Vanderbilt”, the former Warren and Wetmore building was demolished, but not before we extracted some of its most significant embellishments. The building faced the west side entrance of Grand Central Terminal for a century, and our salvage artifacts are almost as close as you can get to having a piece of the historic station!
In fact, the Beaux arts architecture of the building’s facade was meant to reflect the architecture of Grand Central Terminal, which was also designed by Warren and Wetmore. The terminal itself was the largest architectural and commerce deal in New York City at the turn of the century, spanning over 20 city blocks.

Our rescue at 42nd and Vanderbilt brings home the historical elements of a building designed and built to directly complement the train station concourse circa 1910. One of our most prominent salvage items is the cast iron figural frieze with double Bacchus faces from the building facade. We were also able to preserve a captivating terra cotta frieze featuring children rejoicing amongst a bountiful harvest of fruit, as well as a treasure trove of structural fluted columns.

I hope you will join us as we tirelessly explore and pursue the architectural wonders of our famous city, and maybe bring a piece of it home with you.

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