You either got the salvage bug or you don’t. When I was doing the flea market on Saturday, some guy came around with a piece of wide plank tongue and groove molding. A sample of a room full of the stuff that he’s giving away for free! It’s 3/4″ thick pine, detail on the front and I figure it can be used as a floor if you installed it face down.

Let me reiterate. Antique wide plank. Free. It made my day! My flea neighbor Amy was all like “Dude, why are you getting excited over a piece of moldy old board with nails in it?”

Some people just don’t get it.

Including my husband. We’re passing on the board which I wanted for our deck, because he says pine won’t hold up outdoors. I wish we had a room that needed flooring, but we’re running out of major interior restoration work at the moment. So if anyone wants this, the guy has it in front of his house in Ditmas now. I don’t want to post his phone # and address, so let me know.

Oh, and he also has a clawfoot tub. Hel-lo!