Not all ecclesiastical salvage goes into private homes. We had a huge altar that we sold to a church in Canada. And new churches that are being constructed often come to us looking for stained glass. First of all, they're just glad the things aren't being destroyed, but to sell to another church gives the objects another life within a religious context. But many ecclesiastical objects wind up in private homes.
Pews wind up as hallway benches.
Communion tables find a second life as desks or foyer pieces. Stained glass floods a dining room with its colors. Parker ponders a limestone decorative carving weighing about 800 pounds. It was a key medallion, a load-bearing piece that nestled high atop a church wall. He doesn't know who will buy the piece but figures it's a good bet that it won't be placed atop a building again.