By Amy Scherzer, Times Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
NORTH HYDE PARK — In 35 years of collecting "stuff," Larry Schiller's hobby turned into a salvage business that has outgrown its current location.
Saturday, Schiller's Architectural and Design Salvage will open in a warehouse on Rome Avenue that spans 14,000 square feet, nearly five times the size of its former building across the street.
Schiller's vast hodgepodge of salvaged items — reclaimed wood, vintage furniture and outdoor elements — has overflowed from the building on Cypress Avenue that opened in 2009.
"And we might outgrow that soon,'' said Schiller, a builder who also operates Schiller Contracting with his wife, Charlie, an interior designer, in the new location on the corner of Cypress Street and Rome Avenue.
"I have to buy everything that I see,'' he said, not exactly exaggerating. "I travel all over, wherever someone tells me there ...