Customer Creations
What some of our creative customers have done with products bought at Community Forklift!
If you have photos of projects that turned out particularly well, please email them to Bea@communityforklift.com, along with your name, a brief description of your project, and which materials you purchased here. Looking forward to expanding this section!!
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Sandra Morris used Community Forklift's ceramic tile to create an impressive mosaic relief piece on her wall. It holds fruit, and hides a hole in the plaster!
Barbara Klieforth made a beautiful picture frame using the old heart pine floorboards she got at Community Forklift!
Malek Naz Freidouni refinished a salvaged mantelpiece, turning it into a classy headboard!
Lisa Lincoln purchased a low flow toilet from Community Forklift (the vanity was purchased from the Habitat Restore and the sink bowl is recycled copper). She purchased the bifold doors from Community Forklift and painted them to use as a room divider.
Laura Atkinson redid most of her kitchen with second-hand materials; she bought 4 cabinets at CF to match her existing cabinets, and also some chair rail which she stained to match. She also bought a piece of granite, which she used as a base for her electric wood burning stove.
Bea Trickett used Community Forklift's windows, plywood, 2x4s, and paint to build a cold frame for starting seeds earlier in the spring. She also gave her Bunny a fun tunnel in the form of a concrete form!
Enrique Landi made a composter from pressure treated lumber he bought at Community Forklift. He also made a base for his wood stove from granite pavers that he got here (originally from a fountain).
Plumber YB Leaky purchased an antique stove and sink at CF and installed them in his previously Katrina-flooded house in New Orleans, LA. They both work great and are used every time he's there! He also made this in-door-fan from recycled material only; you stick it in the doorway and it pulls all the air through other openings, at 200cu.ft. per minute. Great for where windows wont open or exhaust/window fans cannot be utilized.
Volunteer Susan Chapin is turning CF miscellany into functional (& just plain fun) art! Check out her website, or stop into the store on a Saturday afternoon to meet her, and view her gallery in person! She's pictured here with two of her bowls (featuring many surplus nails and doorstops), and also here is a photo of a collage she made out of an old cabinet door.
Volunteer Luci Blodgett used her store credit to buy a $8 window and turn it into a work of art! She donated the completed stained glass back to hang in our store. She’s available to make custom pieces if you’re interested, check out her blog at www.itsasignofthe-green-times.com.
Brian Higgins' rain barrel installation features: reused 55 gallon containers; Trex lumber from CF; 2x lumber from Nature Neutral (special ordered through CF), as well as numerous other recycled materials, such as rebar, concrete mix, etc. . This installation holds close to 300 gallons of water storage. Check out his website here!
Call: 301-985-5180. To leave information about possible material donations: use extension 2
Email: To send us information and pictures of your possible donations use: donations@communityforklift.com,
for everything else use: info@communityforklift.com.
Visit: 4671 Tanglewood Drive, Edmonston, MD 20781
Directions: 5 minutes from DC in Prince George's County
Hours: Thursday through Saturday 9am - 5pm, and Wednesday noon - 7pm
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