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Vancouver’s McPherson Building 1912
EXLE Contracting had the recent pleasure of taking on a heritage tenant improvement project in The McPherson Building - built in 1912 -down on the historic Water Street strip in the district of Gastown. The McPherson Building was distinguished by a bluff brick front...
Mount Pleasant Home Renovation
In 1888 a new bridge was built south across False Creek, streets and neighborhoods quickly began to develop in the area there after, this hillside subdivision came to be known as “Mount Pleasant”, named after a village just outside of Dublin, Ireland. The Mount...
Vancouver Home Renovation
EXLE was excited to get its hands on this North Vancouver 70's time warp. The interior was taken back to stud to completely update the major mechanical and electrical systems and to redesign the outdated layout. The main floor of the home is now inclusive of an...
Custom Reclaimed Wood Tables
EXLE was commissioned to create custom solid wood tables for meeting rooms in a large heritage office space. In keeping with the nature of the building we used Fir Timbers salvaged from a local historic school to construct massive meeting tables with custom joinery...
Biltmore Cabaret Custom Wood Bar
The Biltmore Cabaret is one of Vancouver's hottest music venues with a great intimate vibe. To take the Biltmore's bar to a new level EXLE went custom, from bar-back to bartop and front facade in 4 days - the EXLE team rolled up their sleeves to help serve this bar's...
Custom Live Edge Wood Table
EXLE handcrafts live edge furnishings including: live edge dining tables & live edge meeting tables and live each piece completely one of a kind with one-off living edge slabs. All custom crafted pieces embody the the true shape and character of the tree from...
Rickshaw Live Edge Wood Installation
The Rickshaw Theatre was built in 1970 by the Shaw Brothers,originally designed to screen Chinese-language Kung Fu movies. With the decline of the Downtown Eastside the theatre closed its doors to the public in the early 1980's. The theatre remained vacant for over 20...
Jack’s New & Used….Finders – Keepers
Jack's New & Used is a dream for anyone that likes to rummage through old stuff in hopes of finding a diamond in the rough. This architectural salvage store in Burnaby has a unique collection of lighting & bath fixtures, doors, windows, hardware and quirky...
What’s With The Wood
You may wonder why wood is such a prevalent decorative finishing material in Vancouver and the answer is quite simple...we've got a lot of wood. Vancouver was originally covered with a thick forest of fir, cedar, hemlock, spruce and salal and in the 1900's False...
Self Serve Heritage in Vancouver
The Vancouver Heritage Foundation has created a program where you can explore the City's Historical Districts when and however you please. A self-serve walking tour means there are no excuses for not being familiar with your City's cultural roots. The VHF, in...