Salvaged elements bring originality and much-needed character to utility spaces – in every job that must be done, why not bring an element of fun!

A dose of inspiration from some of the kitchens we’ve designed, showcasing the various ways that reclaimed iroko could be incorporated into your project.

As the bite of January sets in our design team finds joy in reminiscing about the snug and intimate bedrooms we’ve crafted with salvaged materials.

These fabulous hand-carved panels were salvaged from an iconic venue in Camden, with an abundance of re-use potential from headboards to wall cladding.

We source vintage lighting from a huge variety of buildings; factories, large commercial spaces, French farms, Italian apartamento, chapels.

Reclaimed sinks, toilets, basins and baths provide history, character and patination to a bathroom.

Our guide to incorporating reclaimed stone into your interior design project.

Once you understand the basic approaches to using a salvaged door, the whole process becomes much less intimidating; so our expert design team has helped put together this simple guide.

Stone is a finite and hard won natural resource.

A Retrouvius guide to caring for one of of best sellers. Our salvaged iroko is a tropical hardwood from school science laboratories most commonly reused for kitchen worktops.

Utility rooms require materials that are suitable for cleaning. Reclaimed stone, brick, hardwoods and ceramic tiles are all resilient and work well.

Smaller guest loos are often our favourite rooms to design. Free from the limitations of what constitutes good taste they offer a place for more exuberant choices…

Rooms for bathing are essential in times of lockdown and often the only place in the house with a lock on the door. But where to put the “stuff” for pampering and…

Our stock of iron grilles and grates were cast in the world’s best Victorian era foundries such as Coalbrookdale, Carron of Falkirk, and Ballantine and have a global reputation for quality…

Our handles are a good quality material – often in brass and other metals. We have hundreds of them in our Kensal Green warehouse and we invite rummaging.

Sometimes Retrouvius are offered a unique batch of material and we have to think laterally about its reuse. Such was the case with four pallets of redundant Victorian art folios from a…

Retrouvius were contacted last week by a commercial upholstery company who were downsizing storage because of the “casual dining crisis” – (recent closures of several high profiles chain restaurants). A small mountain…