– Next stop, ARTEFACT DESIGN & SALVAGE INC. (www.artefactdesignsalvage.com) , founded by Dave Allen a disenfranchised Silicone Valley refugee, opened in the Cornerstone Sonona garden /shopping center in 2003. His story is detailed on the Artefact web site and is worth the read. This store is truly a not to be missed!

-HOLLOWED-OUT GRANITE STONE POTS

and shallow stone planters lavishly planted with succulents.

-A huge salvaged, louvered copper CUPOLA, resting on a large cut stone capitol from an old column. The condition of his salvaged product was overall in beautiful condition.

TABLES for display, and those that were more Dining table like were unique from the get-go. The table on the left was made from four salvaged carved stone brackets, turned on end, and then notched into a thick, smooth concrete top. Other tables were on reclaimned Teak or Elm bases topped with thick slabs of honed finished limestone.

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I think Dave made the right move, with his eye for objects and his flair for displaying them, I found myself trying to figure out where to put a giant reel full of eight inch thick, vintage rope, and even considered a huge stack of blue chairs. I didn’t want the chairs for the chairs, I wanted the group of them as sculpture. This guy is good…really good.

-The giant spool of antique ROPE, probably 6-8 inches in diameter.

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SCULPTURE – Stainless steel spheres encased in a framework of knarled reclaimed wood.