| Frugal Yankees have been doing it for | | | | mint condition reflect a workmanship unequalled in |
| centuries-cannibalizing old buildings and incorporating | | | | today's machine-tooled era, while every piece of |
| the material into new ones. Wood from old barns | | | | fine hardwood salvaged from an old building |
| has been used to build new barns; doors and | | | | means one less piece needs to be harvested |
| windows have been taken out of demolished | | | | from old-growth forests. |
| homes and recycled. Even once luxurious resort | | | | Contractors are finding that incorporating salvaged |
| hotels in upstate New Hampshire and other New | | | | wood and other building materials into the homes |
| England states, long closed, have been torn down, | | | | they construct is actually a good business move; |
| the material finding its way into residential homes | | | | many environmentally conscious prospective |
| all over the Northeast. | | | | homeowners who decide to build rather than buy |
| What is different is that now architects and | | | | a home look for help from professionals willing to |
| interior designers are purposely incorporating | | | | consider working recycled materials into their |
| vintage building materials into their plans. Barn | | | | plans. |
| boards become wide plank flooring, intricately | | | | With awareness about environmental concerns |
| carved mantels add a focal point in the rooms of | | | | and possible solutions rising among the public, the |
| new homes, and architecturally interesting crown | | | | use of building materials recycled from demolished |
| molding and windows are recycled into new | | | | structures will continue to be an accepted, and |
| construction. | | | | possibly preferred, practice for a long time into |
| The practice makes sense both aesthetically and | | | | the future. |
| environmentally. Traditional architectural details in | | | | |