ABOUT US
Our Mission
Earn a living wage by saving useful materials from the landfill and help enable others to do the same.
Every day useful materials are tossed in construction and renovation dumpsters, this has become the standard practice. We exist to provide a better option. We can pick up materials that are ready to go, we also carefully remove them before demolition and renovations.
Meet the Lumberstash Team
Jeremy Marshik
Jeremy enjoys camping, biking, boating, paddling, almost anything involving a lake in the winter or summer and long walks with his dogs Meeko and Ely. Interested in all types of salvage opportunities to save things from the landfill.
Ben Zillmer
Ben Zillmer joined Lumberstash in the summer of 2024 as an enthusiast looking to turn an interest into a career. He grew up in central Minnesota on a family farm with a sawmill and still enjoys as much time in those same woods as he can. In his free time he loves to spend time on the Mississippi River with his family, fishing, thrifting tools, and carpentry/woodworking.
Zach Moore
Zach Moore is a Twin Cities native currently working full-time in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since May 2023, he has also been working part-time at LumberStash. Zach grew up in the Twin Cities area before pursuing his education at UMD. When not working, he enjoys rock climbing, biking, and doing home improvement projects. Zach finds its rewarding to save and rehome irreplaceable, old, material that would otherwise end up in a landfill.
Dave Hamer
David Hamer spent his youth in rural Colorado
where he developed a lifelong passion for nature and the outdoors. He now lives in South Minneapolis with his wife and two teenage boys where he spends his free time fly fishing, fly tying, camping, biking and exploring local parks, lakes and rivers. David has worked in the twin cities remodeling industry as a carpenter and woodworker for 25 years. Over those years he has strived to minimize wood waste by recycling would be landfill material. Those efforts eventually connected him with Jeremy and lumber stash, which he became a part of in the Fall of 2022. Recycled wood is also a common theme in many of his woodworking projects. It serves as his inspiration for designing and building furniture, landscape structures and wood art.
Steve Brackett
Steve Brackett is a woodworker living in Minneapolis. He enjoys spending time in the outdoors with his family and friends, riding his bicycle in all kinds of environments, and engaging in his neighborhood association and community activities.
Gabe Ondrey
Gabe Lives in Wisconsin with his wife and kids. He enjoys working out and fixing up their nice old house. Gabe spends free time with his family and loves to read. Gabe runs the show for many of our larger deconstruction projects. He has deconstructed several garages, decks and pole barns.
Erik Lindgren
Erik grew up in northern Minnesota and has been a builder since he could swing a hammer. As a residential contractor passionate about natural building and sustainable material sources, joining LumberStash was a natural fit. Erik lives in Duluth with his two girls and enjoys camping, hiking, boating and gardening.
Sam Mendolia-White
Sam lives in south Minneapolis and enjoys being outside, visiting family in WI & NY, and not letting great building materials go to waste. Sam made millwork and cabinets before working full time with Lumberstash. He’s interested in all salvaging opportunities!
Brian Vanhout
Brian was working in residential remodeling and he was in operations management for a commercial construction company. He's also a professional brewer. He loves the outdoors and is building his own mini cabin with reclaimed materials on a plot of land in WI. Brain likes to salvage all types of good material.