CARD CATALOGUE :
01 Repair
GENERAL REPAIRS
Repair Cafe Palo Alto : Active Repair Cafe located in Downtown Palo Alto they’ll fix “bicycles, sewing projects, lamps, jewelry & crafts, small household appliances like toasters, irons and vacuum cleaners, luggage, furniture, small mechanical things like lawnmowers and weed whacker, electrical appliances like clocks, dvd and cd players, and computes and computer-related items” and possibly anything else you can think to bring in.
Clipper Construction : The lovely human at 501 Waller Street will try to fix just about anything for you. Open most weekdays from 9am to 11am.
ONLINE REPAIR RESOURCES
The Family Handy Man : Tutorials tips and Tricks
WikiHow : Instructions on how to do all kinds of things…
ONLINE MENDING RESOURCES
Fibershed 2022 Mending Challenge
Fixing # Fashion A project of One Army (who also created Precious Plastics)
Visiblemending.com Kate Sekules book is a great resource and this site (being updated soon!) has much of the same material/resources.
Wren Bird Arts : Resources, classes, supplies and mail in commissions.
APPLIANCES
Parkside Appliances : Washers, Dryers, Dishwashers, Electric Ovens/Stoves, and Disposals
Lee’s Appliance Repair : gas stoves
BIKES
Bay Area BikeMobile : mobile bike repair - find them at all kinds of events or book them for yours…
SHOES
Odsy Workshop : Leather goods workshop in the sunset that also does repairs of leather shoes, bags, and belts.
Sunset Shoe Repair : Also in the Sunset classic shoe repair since 1900. They will do all leather goods and you can even mail in your repairs.
TAILORS + MENDERS (Including Mail In)
Old Flame Mending : Located in Pittsburgh, PA but accepts mail in mending and alterations
Salvage Studio SF : For repairs and mending including visible mending
Science + Kindness : Located in Minnesota they specialize in denim repairs.
SuayLA : Located in Los Angeles, CA they have a mail in textile repair service and community dye baths!
WATCHES
Precision Time : Amazing watch repair store at 833 Market Street #313 (tucked away on the third floor). Very reasonably priced and knowledgable. Note the limited hours 9am-2:30 pm most days.
02 Salvage
DECONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Greenlynx : Santa Rosa [MAP] :
Placemakers Inc. : San Carlos [MAP] :
V’s Demolition : San Jose [MAP] :
ALL THE THINGS
Urban Ore : Berkeley, CA [MAP] :
BUILDING MATERIALS
Building Resources : San Francisco, CA [MAP] :
Heritage Salvage : Petaluma, CA [MAP] :
Maselli & Sons Inc. : Petaluma, CA [MAP] :
This and That : Richmond, CA [MAP] :
CRAFTING MATERIALS
S.C.R.A.P. : San Francisco, CA [MAP] :
East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse : Oakland, CA [MAP] :
FABRIC
FABSCRAP : Brooklyn, NY [MAP] and Philadelphia, PA [MAP] : Fabric. Some online sales.
Swanson’s Fabric : Turner Falls, MA and online
FURNITURE
HARDWARE
Hippo Hardware : Portland, OR [MAP] : Vintage Hardware, Lighting and Plumbing Fixtures and Accessories. Some online sales.
LIGHTING
Ruby Lane : Online only : Vintage Furniture and Lighting
Rejuvenation : Online : It’s not the most affordable option, but they do sell antique and vintage lighting and some vintage furniture and decor
PLUMBING FIXTURES
RECLAIMED WOOD
Black’s Farmwood : Petaluma, CA [MAP] :
Crossroads Recycled Lumber : North Fork, CA [MAP] :
Heritage Salvage : Petaluma, CA [MAP] : In addition to reclaimed wood they have lots of other building supplies and some furniture.
Northcal : Ukiah, CA [MAP] :
Pacific Heritage Wood : Half Moon Bay, CA [MAP] :
The Lumber Baron : Albany, CA [MAP] and Richmond, CA [MAP] :
TILE
Vintage Tile Shop : Online only : vintage tile deadstock
03 Recycle
04 Impacts
05 Inspirations
Ridwell : subscription service available in the East Bay
Flash Drives for Freedom : mail in your old flash drives
Albatross Designs : recycle your razor blades