Category: News

Look what Jess did! We love how ReStore shoppers buy just what they need, often donating back any surplus. That was the case for a sweet little coffee table: The shopper admired the glass table top–not so much the base. But a table without a top isn’t so easy to sell, even at The ReStore. […]

Afternoons are meant for tea, but once you’ve stepped into the new Clockwork Rose Tea Emporium in downtown Beaverton, you’ll be yearning for a cuppa most any time. Owner Maggie Nolder got a taste for tea shops while on a two-week tour of Ireland with husband Harold. After the first sip in a particularly charming […]

Jennifer Hill owes her success to ingenuity, imagination…and shopping at The ReStore. Like many Etsy entrepreneurs, Jenn and partner Jenny Tiffany first began their venture by making tile coasters for friends and family. “They were really popular, so we started distributing to local gift shops,” Jenn recalls.  That was in 2002. In 2006-within the first […]

YOU know it’s a crazy-wonderful experience shopping The ReStore – an adventure because you just never know what treasure you’ll discover. Here’s a short blog about a couple of local shoppers on a mission to forage  salvage materials for an outdoor bar. Next stop: The ReStore. READ HERE! ____________________________ FIND OUT MORE: ReStore Salvage Service in OREGON HOME SHOP […]

A $2 ReStore chair was really the start of it all.  When Sally and Andy Pella bought the $2 chair from The ReStore for their daughter’s dorm room, they sanded, painted and reupholstered the piece, then shared photos on Facebook. Friends said it was beautiful enough to sell, and that’s how Red Door Reclaimed was launched.! Now, only […]

This past year, The ReStore raised enough funds to build 14 Habitat homes. But, we couldn’t do it without you: the donors, the shoppers, the volunteers and the new homeowners. We’re a community built on hope – hope for a better future. We do it one house at a time, one furniture donation at a […]

ReStores in Portland, Beaverton and Vancouver will be closed Wednesday, August 24, for staff development. ReStore donation docks will also be closed and donation pickups will not be scheduled for that day either, but we’ll be back up and running and anxious to greet you on Thursday, August 25. Hey, and while we have your attention, […]

  June 27, 2016 (PORTLAND, Ore.) – The Habitat for Humanity Portland/Vancouver Metro ReStore has named Mark Pomeroy as its new Salvage Service manager.  Pomeroy, who previously worked in deconstruction management for The Rebuilding Center, will be in charge of developing and overseeing The ReStore’s Salvage Service department. “We’re very fortunate to find someone as […]

If you love architectural salvage and old barns, check out the summer edition of Oregon Home magazine. Of course, we don’t mind pointing you to page 41 where you’ll find the article on The ReStore and the deconstruction movement. You can also read the online version HERE! Hey, and give us some feedback. We’d love to […]

They went digging through our trash, and we came out green. But honestly, we didn’t mind because it was all part of the “waste audit” conducted by staff of the Clark County Green Business Program. The certification program was designed to recognize green businesses and to demonstrate that going green is great for the bottom […]