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One day, and one day only, come shop our Clear the Warehouse sale - 50% off everything at each of our retail stores. On Saturday, November 1, our Chicago store will be open from 10 am - 4 pm. On Sunday, November 2, our Evanston store will be open from 10 am - 4 pm. All items are 50% off, with fair offers accepted. The sale is cashless, and all sales are final. Please be prepared to load and take your purchases with you on the day of the sale. See you this weekend! by @evanstonrebuild

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As you know, it has been a challenging year for our organization. Like many nonprofits, we faced a critical financial position as a result of the difficult economic environment and loss of key funding sources. Unfortunately, these headwinds proved to be too great for us to continue to operate.

After 16 years, the Rebuilding Exchange has closed on October 17, 2025. We’re so grateful to the many employees, trainees, instructors, students, DIY-enthusiasts, customers, supporters, advocates and community members who made this organization a force for good across Chicagoland. Thank you for being a part of our mission to equip people for careers in trades, reduce construction waste and reuse materials.

While we cannot continue this work today, we believe it is critical to the future of our neighborhoods, the communities we serve in Evanston and Chicago, and the world. Since our founding, we’ve diverted 4.5 million pounds of donated materials from landfills, trained over 150 people for careers in the building trades, and helped thousands of Chicagoans learn how to care for their homes, build skills and use reclaimed materials for their projects. We’re proud of this work, and we are exploring what the future holds for us to make a difference in the future of our planet and workforce.

Being a nonprofit today is hard. It’s only getting harder. We need more people to roll up their sleeves, volunteer, donate, celebrate and advocate for the causes you care about. Choose today to take action and ensure that other organizations can continue to do good. Check out some of our partners who share our passion for sustainable reuse and workforce development.

We appreciate your 16 years of support. Please share your favorite memories, moments and finds in the comments.💚 by @evanstonrebuild

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♻️ Reuse-a-Palooza returns! Join us and our friends at @insidetheplant on Sunday, October 19 (11AM–3PM) for a celebration of all things reuse, repair, and repurpose.

We’ll be collecting household items, tools, lighting, and hardware to give new life through reuse at Rebuilding Exchange — plus you can fix your stuff, swap costumes, recycle tricky items, and grab a slice from Raza’s Pizza.
It’s a one-stop shop for doing good and keeping materials out of the landfill!

📆Sunday, October 19
🕦11am to 3pm
📍 The Plant — 1400 W 46th St, Chicago
🔗Full details: insidetheplant.com/events/reuseapaloozafall2025 by @evanstonrebuild

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BOO-tique Baroque mirror, anybody?! 👻🪞

Link in bio & in stories! by @evanstonrebuild

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Learn how to breathe new life into your wooden utensils, bowls & cutting boards! October 11 we’re hosting a workshop that features: HOW TO care for your wood kitchen utensils & more! Learn the tips and tricks in one 3-hour session at our Evanston location 10/11/25 for $95. ✨Link in bio!

After ➡️ Before! Look at our 🐷 👑 shine! by @evanstonrebuild

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Grundig Magestic Stereo! Turns on but no needle for the turntable. This would be the perfect restoration project! $75 by @evanstonrebuild

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Just in! White Knoll stools (bar height)! We have 5 left in Evanston. Stop by before they’re gone! 🪑 🪑🪑🪑🪑 by @evanstonrebuild

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🔨🪵WORKSHOP UPDATES! Thank you to everyone who attended our boiled wooden sculpture workshop in Evanston September 13! We love seeing your creative juices flowing and your sculptures come to life!! If you missed it before it sold out, fear not:

There is a boiled wooden ornaments workshop on the books for November!! Link in bio! Get your seat before they sell out. Only 3 tickets left! by @evanstonrebuild

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Update: SOLD! Copper range hood, anybody?!? It includes the vent fan system (not tested). Priced to sell! Check it out at our Evanston location or shop online! by @evanstonrebuild

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🛠️🔌🪵OCTOBER WORKSHOPS! Have y’all checked out our Autumn workshop schedule yet? This includes one FREE HVAC seminar on October 18. Link in bio and in stories! by @evanstonrebuild

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🎉🎓Congratulations to our Cohort 15 Pre-App Graduates! In the words of Compton Barnes, our vocational training manager,

“What you’ve earned here is a foundation, a springboard. The real opportunity begins when you take what you’ve learned and keep building, keep adapting, keep pushing yourself past what you thought was possible.

Careers aren’t built in a classroom, they’re built day by day, on job sites, in workshops, in every challenge you’re willing to take on. That’s where you’ll prove not just what you can do, but who you can become.

So celebrate today. You deserve it. But don’t settle here. Use this milestone as fuel. The journey ahead is where the real growth, and the real success, happens.

Congratulations. Let’s keep moving forward.”

📸: @z.ach_s.har e by @evanstonrebuild

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WORKSHOPS GRATITUDE POST: We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all of those who have attended our workshops thus far this fall. Since our relaunch in September we’ve hosted and met over 40 new (and gold) pals, patrons, and makers. We are beyond grateful.

We have some open seats for our remaining classes (see link in bio)! We’d love to meet and make even more of you! 💚💚💚

These are images from our Shaker Box I class that wrapped last week. Photographs courtesy of our Shop Manager and talented instructor, Cheyenne.

#woodworkingclass #chicagoworkshops #rebuildingexchange #workshopcommunity by @evanstonrebuild

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