Salvager: Wood Mantel from Bed Stuy
We stopped by Eddie’s Salvage in Clinton Hill on Saturday in search of some three-over-three six-panel doors. We came up empty handed but this old wood mantel piece that came out of a house in Bed Stuy caught our eye. We’d be interested to know if anyone can place it historically for us. As for…
We stopped by Eddie’s Salvage in Clinton Hill on Saturday in search of some three-over-three six-panel doors. We came up empty handed but this old wood mantel piece that came out of a house in Bed Stuy caught our eye. We’d be interested to know if anyone can place it historically for us. As for the price, you’ll have to swing by the shop at 224 Greene Avenue at Grand) and ask Eddie yourself.
you published the address? UGghhhh
Not happy with you brownstoner, not happy at all.
I’m with Clinton Hillbilly ( which, BTW, is a nickname I thought I invented for myself when after moving to BK a couple of years ago found myself unwilling to go back ‘into town’). But since the secret seems to be out I’ll go on record as saying that Eddie is a god in the salvage biz and deserves any and all riches coiming to him. This weekend he had some awesome cast iron “summer” fireplace inserts – decorative inserts for woodburning fireplaces when not in use for the season. A couple of weeks ago he sold me an Eames Aluminum Group desk chair in good condition for a tenner. Eddie,I raise my glass to you!
shhhh…
oh brownstoner, please do not give away all the secrets of the neighborhood before you even move here.
Eastlake transitional, approx. 1870?