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…

Salvaged from an array of wonderful and inspiring museums these traditional pieces became redundant as archival techniques modernised.

Doors are one of the most commonly reused architectural salvage components.