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(continued from page 36) supplier and in late 2013 he officially launched ICSS (Ingvald’s Conservation & Sustainable Sourcing) Supply Co., focusing on buying and selling reclaimed wood to homeowners, designers, architects and builders throughout the country. Since then he’s made some notable salvages, including bleachers, the gym floor and a recently uncovered modular basketball court floor from Fargo’s Bison Sports Arena, and has reclaimed wood from historical grain elevators, barns and schools throughout the region. Since launching his company, demand for reclaimed wood has steadily increased in the area - enough so that ICSS recently expanded to a larger space in Moorhead, Minn., and added a sawmill and kiln drying system to offer full service to its customers - thanks in no small part to Carlson’s passion for helping designers and builders embrace the possibilities of reclaimed wood.

“[O]nce we got that spark going with the help of the community, it’s definitely been a really consistent demand,” he says. “I think it’s really cool that a lot of the home builders are coming to us and utilizing our material. It’s showing a lot of innovation and progressive thinking from North Dakota builders that we haven’t really seen before.”

Mike Dawson, project manager at Fargo-based Chris Hawley Architect & Co., says reclaimed wood is definitely trending among the firm’s clients, residential and commercial. “With our rural context, there are a lot of situations where barns or grain bins become obsolete and instead of just tearing them down and becoming waste, it’s been attractive for people to find a way to use that,” he says.

“We’ve been lucky enough to have somebody like Seth [Carlson] bring a significant supply in order for us to use.”

Chris Hawley replatted the entire eastern face of its building with reclaimed wood about two years ago. Residential client uses have ranged from accent walls to great rooms and vaulted ceilings. In Minot, N.D., the firm recently designed a space for the Starving Rooster restaurant and nearly all of the materials used were salvaged from the building, which was originally built for the Aultman & Taylor Tractor Co. Reclaimed timber became tables in the bar, old flooring was used to make booths and overhead garage doors were repurposed as ceiling treatments, among other elements.

Dawson says clients ranging from millenials to baby boomers are showing interest in incorporating salvaged products into their design, for a combination of reasons. “It’s a little bit of trying to help the environment and also to do something that looks cool,” he says.

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