Sep 28, 2013

New Store Brings “Salvage Style” to MaplewoodBy David LackeyTheAlternativePress.com

Maplewood, NJ – A new shop is opening on Baker Street this weekend: Salvage Style is the brainchild of local resident Amy Hughes, longtime author of the Salvage Style column in This Old House magazine. The store will feature home décor items and furniture with an emphasis on reclaimed, architectural salvage, industrial and mid-century style.

“We will have a range of prices and a range of styles,” Hughes said. “We want everyone to be able to come in and find something they like and can afford.”

Hughes has been a specialist in this style for 12 years and has written the column about it for nine years, as well as the book “This Old House – Salvage Style Projects.” Finding ways to re-use parts of old houses that have high style and old-world craftsmanship has been a part of her life since she was a child. Her mother often took her to estate sales and buildings that were going to be demolished.

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