2025 Salvage showdown
November Artist Spotlight
This summer, we asked 14 local artists, builders, and makers what they could do with $100 of salvaged materials from the ReBuilding Center. They came to our store and sought inspiration from old-growth lumber, hardwood floors, and antique fixtures - all rescued from the landfill. And they created beautiful, functional, pieces of art.
We came together at the Salvage Showdown in September to celebrate reuse, and vote on the winner of the Scrappy Award. 8 of the amazing builds were sold at a live auction, raising thousands to support Portland’s heart of community-based reuse.
But we held back some of the best builds to raffle off to all of you!
Craft your cocktails in style by winning this ultra-cool bar cart. Raffle tickets are just $15 and raise funds for the ReBuilding Center - so we can continue to rescue materials like this from the landfill.
MICHAEL JENNINGS
Our November Artist Spotlight is shining on Michael Jennings! Michael let the materials he found guide his build - old Growth cedar, reclaimed decking, and cherry hardwood grew into this art-deco inspired bar cart.
The design came together when he found a beautiful piece of textured glass that was perfect for the upper shelf of his cart.
A $15 donation will earn you 1 entry, $30 will get you 2 entries, and so on. At the end of November, we will select one lucky winner to take home this build - and will introduce a new spotlight piece for December!
Winner must be able to pick up the winning build from the ReBuilding Center.