Pete and I realized a while ago that finding some really unique pieces that will go into our new house requires more effort and time than just searching on the Internet and shopping around. So in our never ending quest to represent our overall house theme properly (the homage to the barn structure and the industrial age) Pet found a great website that begged us to make a road trip. This website blew us away and was exactly what we had been looking for, and it was too interesting a place to just do an on line order. So thankfully this place was in New England, and luckily we own a truck because we knew we would need to make a field trip.
So a quick back story to our journey.
For months Pete and I have been scouring the Internet and drilling everyone we meet or know on how we can find some really unique industrial furniture pieces for our home that will help represent our whole house theme. We knew that we were spending so much time and energy on building the structure of the house that we needed to do the same service to what we put int the house. Along with the stuff we already have we wanted to find some really special pieces that match the theme of the house-and worked well with all the new open space we will have-something totally new for us...
So like I said for months Peta and I have entered this into our search engine: industrial lighting and furniture. It has been a touch search. Not much would pop up. But we knew that this was not common stuff we were searching for. But Pete noticed one place kept coming up. Getbackinc.com The website rocked and it was exactly what we were looking for. I called the place up and arranged a meeting.
So last Friday thanks to Pete taking a well earned day off we ventured out to Get Back Inc. And what we found was a gigantic old mill/factory space that had endless amounts of stuff for us to discover. We were fortunate enough on the day of our visit to also meet the owner, a great guy-Timothy Byrne who gave us a tour and showed us how they work. Tim and his crew discover great industrial pieces and parts from old American mills, factories, warehouses, and various workplaces and bring them back to their shop where they spend endless hours cleaning them up, while keeping their original integrity, and making them into recycled/re-purposed items-the end product is amazing. They do all the work by hand in the most meticulous fashion and the end products are pieces of art for the home-yet still serving a function and purpose. Each piece also gives a great story of the past-this place was right up our alley. We fell in love with Get Back and it's hard working people.
In the end our field trip was a day well spent. We were able to meet a guy who was super passionate about industrial pieces as we were, and he worked hard at what he did while loving every minute of it. This place in our eyes was one of those hidden gems. We spent about three hours there and we are happy to report that we found the industrial lights we have been searching for to use in our kitchen, a great metal cabinet on wheels, and some old cart wheels that we will re-purpose on our harvest table (more on that later!). We will be emailing Tim about some other items we wanted and we plan another trip out there in the next few weeks. So keep an eye out in the next month or so where you will see Tim's great pieces get a new life in our new home. And thanks to Tim and all the guys at Get Back, Inc. in Oakville Connecticut for giving the Favats a memorable field trip. Now please don't tell anybody about this place ok? Amy & Pete