“WHEN I WAS A BOY I REMEMBER MY DAD BUILDING TREE HUTS FOR ME FROM THE WOOD OF AN OLD FENCE WE’D JUST PULLED DOWN OR A GO CART OUT OF SOME OLD PIPE HE’D HAVE STORED UNDER THE HOUSE. NOTHING WAS THROWN AWAY, RATHER IT WAS STORED UNTIL IT COULD BE GIVEN ANOTHER LIFE.
THERE WERE TIMES I WISH HE’D JUST GO AND BUY ME A NEW BIKE OR TOY THAT HAD JUST BROKEN, BUT THE TIME WE’D SPEND TOGETHER AND THE SATISFACTION WE’D GET WHEN WE’D COME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM WITH MATERIALS WE HAD LYING AROUND ON THE FARM WAS SO MEMORABLE.
REMNANT WAS BORN OUT THE SAME THINKING. I LOVE STEPPING INTO MY WORKSHOP AND SEARCHING THROUGH PILES OF SALVAGED WOOD AND OLD METAL HARDWARE FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL INSPIRE A NEW PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT WILL BECOME A FEATURE IN SOMEONE’S HOME OR BACH TO BE ENJOYED FOR YEARS TO COME.”