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Craig Young, Loveland Reporter-Herald
Ben Laning, owner of Ben's Repurposed Cabinetry, stands Monday amid the cabinets removed from a Fort Collins home and now available for sale in his Loveland warehouse. More than just kitchen cabinets, the walnut pieces came from the entire house and include library shelves, bathroom vanities and more.LOVELAND — A Loveland schoolteacher says he is making average homeowners’ dreams come true by selling them kitchen cabinetry fit for million-dollar homes.
The trick is that he finds whole kitchens’ worth of cabinets that the owners of those houses think are no longer fit for their million-dollar homes.
“There are wealthy homeowners taking out nice kitchens that have nothing wrong with them,” said Ben Laning, owner of Ben’s Repurposed Cabinetry. “The waste in the construction industry is mind-boggling.
“We mere mortals would sure like to have that stuff,” he said.
As he pursues his “sole goal of recycling million-dollar-home kitchens,” he’s easing some pressure on landfills, he said.
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