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reclaim abundance

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Reusable architectural and design salvage gets junked everyday. The Rejoinery–currently a pilot project–rehomes it.

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reclaim abundance

reclaim abundancereclaim abundancereclaim abundance

Reusable architectural and design salvage gets junked everyday. The Rejoinery–currently a pilot project–rehomes it.

Learn more

Our Mission

To preserve and rehome Ottawa's material past–salvaging, restoring, and sharing architectural elements and domestic design objects through public exhibitions, education, and equitable redistribution. Join us and become active keepers of cultural memory.

Help us make the Rejoinery a reality

Our aspiration

Our pilot project

Our pilot project

To give new life to old things by:

  • Salvaging architectural and domestic design objects
  • Restoring salvage in public-facing studios
  • Exhibiting salvage in curated room displays
  • Rehoming items on a stewardship-based sliding scale
  • Educating communities on Ottawa's design history and heritage

Our pilot project

Our pilot project

Our pilot project

We're working diligently to make the Rejoinery a reality. In January 2026, we initiated a pilot project with Carleton University Curatorial Studies students in collaboration with community and industry partners in heritage salvage, conservation, and interpretation. Together, we've produced Radical Reuse, an exhibition that recontextualizes salvage in an imagined 21st-century interior. 

Radical Reuse

Next steps

Our pilot project

Next steps

The pilot will lay the groundwork for the Rejoinery to launch officially. In the meantime, we are actively seeking workshop and exhibit space, developing mobile pop-up programming, and building partnerships with educational institutions, heritage organizations, and city agencies. We are also pursuing year-one funding and creating revenue 

The pilot will lay the groundwork for the Rejoinery to launch officially. In the meantime, we are actively seeking workshop and exhibit space, developing mobile pop-up programming, and building partnerships with educational institutions, heritage organizations, and city agencies. We are also pursuing year-one funding and creating revenue streams to ensure the sustainability of our heritage salvage initiatives.

Our Vision

Our pilot project

Next steps

To create a culture of enough, where abundance is measured not by novelty or excess, but by access, stewardship, and care. 


If your vision aligns with ours, contact us. We're building our community and are seeking like-minded property owners, developers, educators, historians, community organizers, sponsors, tradespeople, and designers who

To create a culture of enough, where abundance is measured not by novelty or excess, but by access, stewardship, and care. 


If your vision aligns with ours, contact us. We're building our community and are seeking like-minded property owners, developers, educators, historians, community organizers, sponsors, tradespeople, and designers who share our appreciation of historical design commitment to repair and reuse.

About us

A sample of what we've salvaged....

Frosted glass light fixture and vintage brass door plates on wood.
Antique brass chandelier with four etched glass lampshades.
Intricate wooden lattice with radial and swirling patterns on a window.
Vintage kitchen scene with a blue mixer and decorative window frame.
Vintage door hardware including a knob, lock, and key on a textured blue surface.
Close-up of an ornate wooden fireplace mantel with carved details and decorative tiles.

How it works

Stages in the Rejoinery project cycle

  1. Homeowners and developers inform us when a property is scheduled for demolition or major renovation. We also welcome donated items!
  2. We assess the site and coordinate our architectural salvage operation with the property owners. 
  3. We salvage, restore, and recondition/adapt items for reuse. 
  4. We exhibit salvaged items in a storefront popup, advertising them for rehoming.
  5. Interested parties can contact us to negotiate stewardship, rehoming, or purchase. 
  6. Successful bidders make a stewardship pledge, purchase, and take possession of the item, integrating it within their home.


The Rejoinery currently operates on a not-for-profit model and is seeking charitable status. The proceeds from sales help to offset the costs of salvage, restoration, and exhibition.

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Why Ottawa, why now?

Our heritage is at risk

'New' is not sustainable

'New' is not sustainable

Ottawa needs housing. As existing properties are expanded or demolished to make way for urban intensification, building materials and architectural elements are at risk of being thrown away

'New' is not sustainable

'New' is not sustainable

'New' is not sustainable

Salvage reveals what demolition conceals: that the built environment holds a wealth of materials for adaptive reuse, allowing us to build again—differently and sustainably.

It belongs to everyone

Display space for the common good

Display space for the common good

We aim to make salvaged heritage accessible. Our sliding scale is not a concession—it is an ethical commitment to ensuring that architectural salvage materials are rehomed equitably.

Display space for the common good

Display space for the common good

Display space for the common good

COVID-19 left many commercial vacancies in its wake, prompting the Rejoinery to activate empty storefronts for good. By showcasing architectural salvage and salvaged materials, we aim to foster a culture of enough.

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We don't have an office yet, but we are always happy to meet potential partners, supporters, and clients who are interested in adaptive reuse, architectural salvage, heritage conservation, heritage restoration, and rejoinery.

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