I’m in love with the hanging garlands of balls of yarn (are they really just balls of yarn??!?) how fun!

Those balls of yarn would make an adorable curtain for a child’s bedroom!

I think i remember seeing a mobile type thing made of balls of yarn in a childs room (I think). Was it here or on Apartment Therapy?? I’ll see if I can find it. It was neeto!

oh my goodness! what a wonderful day and now i have to book a ticket just to go and check out this place. wonderful fun!

Does anyone know of a place like this in the Boston area?

in NYC, there is a similar organization – Materials for the Arts.
http://www.mfta.org/home

The balls of yarn remind me of this:
http://nursery.apartmenttherapy.com/nursery/look/look-two-great-projects-by-nienie-028179

If you are in Santa Barbara, there is a little place called “Art From Scrap” which offers classes and materials…
http://www.artfromscrap.org/

That place looks like some kinda heaven, wow!

Wow, what a great place and way to spend a day.

Sarah, thanks for that link. Although it doesn’t look to be open to individuals, I just passed it on to my child’s school team here in NYC as a great resource. So thanks so much.

Anyone know of a place like this in Chicago? How fun!

oh my goodness, i am going to cry. i dream of places like this! if i am ever in sf, i know where i will camp out!

you found me out! this is where I get all my supplies for remake. A great inspiring place…there should be one in every city!

these places are often called “materials exchanges.” These is a great one in New York’s Hudson Valley. http://www.hvmaterialsexchange.com/, but a google search of materials exchange yields a lot of results for all over the country

I wish there was one of these in NYC. Sheesh, I really, really wish. If anyone knows of one, please let me know!

There is a place like this in Rhode Island and the Boston Children’s Museum has a place like this as well. I used to work for a museum and we’d go to these places to gather supplies all the time. I love the milk caps!

If you’re in Oakland, check out the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (4695 Telegraph Ave). It’s equally amazing and the folks are super friendly. http://creativereuse.org

Thanks for another great story. There’s a similar org in Portland, OR (also called S.C.R.A.P.) and the awesome Rebuilding Center is worth an afternoon too… forgive me for not hunting up links; they should be easy to find.

Aww i was in Sausalito in September when i went to SF …its such a cute place !!

Abbey- where is the one in RI? I’d love to check it out.

There is also a similar place called The Scrap Exchange in Durham, NC. It is amazing! Ann used to work for NY’s MTFA.

So cool!

Oh man. I’ve been meaning to go there there forever. I think this might push me to finally do it!

I went to creative reuse (Oakland’s equivalent – mentioned above) and have dreamed of opening one here in Austin.

There is a place like this is Grand Rapids, Michigan as well. I used a lot of their products to decorate on my wedding day. See link for photos of the raindrops featured on the d*s handmade weddings guest blog.

I agree with Sookie, there should definitely be a place like this in every city. (ps. remake is in my top favorite Etsy sellers, so it is great to make a connection here as well.)

Any similar places in Los Angeles or SoCal in general?

glad you guys had so much fun, grace! leigh is one of my heroes too! i wish i could have played hookie!

I LOVE this place!! It was a place I often visited while in art school. Wonderful and nice people! The stuff always changes too, so go often!

scrap is the best! You never know what you’ll find.

Sydney has the amazing Reverse Garbage, in Marrickville: http://www.reversegarbage.org.au/

Holy Smokes. How have I not been here before?

The Rhode Island location Abbey mentioned is probably Recycling for Rhode Island Education, also known as the Recycle Center. It’s on the edge of Providence, near the Roger Williams Zoo. It’s only open to students and teachers (I think), but they have a really wonderful mix of junk that can be turned into creative projects. And almost everything is 20 cents a pound. You can fill several bags and only pay a dollar. It’s a little crazy. (www.rrie.org)

I love SCRAP. One of my favorite stops. Always something to find..

oh cool! you went to scrap :)
i love that place, its always great to supplies there.

There’s a place like this in Detroit called Arts and Scraps. Their website is http://www.artsandscraps.org. It’s such an awesome place and they have positively everything!

It’s kind of a different scale, but in NYC there is also Build It Green which has architectural salvage…
http://www.bignyc.org

Katherine, I’d love to open one of these in Austin. How in the world is there not one here already?! Really, though, I think it would be very sucessful.

In Chicago, there is also a Creative Reuse. When I was In grad school they were near the south loop but now they are on Brainard. I think half of our project materials came from there. $3 buck for a grocercy bag ‘o stuff. You just can’t beat it! http://www.resourcecenterchicago.org.

there is a store similar to this is vancouver, BC called urban source on main street if anyone is interested!

My ol’ machine took a long time to down load, but it was well worth the wait.Loved the store house with all the goodies! Keep ‘em comin’, Grace! See you at the Thanksgiving table…kisses

what an amazing, amazing store. I wish I could visit.

LOVED IT! Does anyone knows if there is something like that in Portugal???? Thanks! I wished there was………….. I woul simply go crazy and let my criativity flow! :)