You'll never guess what this is. It may look like an old door, but it's actually a card rack (minus the paint for the stand, and the acrylic J-trays that will be screwed on at the end. David is busy making the stands out of plywood in the garage, then we'll paint them a matching color, and I am going to make sand bags out of vintage fabric to make them more stable. I am pretty sure we are the first people to do this. I could be wrong, but it seems likely. So, if you see these somewhere else in a couple years, you know the idea started right here.
We actually have 3 of these old doors, and the other 2 are cooler. One has glass panes and a brass backplate with a glass doorknob, and the other has a curved top and multiple colors of paint showing.
I've been working on fixing this necklace I got at a flea market, that was broken in several places. I replaced the string with silk string and just sort of fixed it up. It's pretty cute.
We also got some things from a guy going out of business (old wood salvage) in Orange. The place was pretty interesting, filled with old wood precariously stored on two levels in a rickety old building. We got a bench, an old milk crate, and a gate. I think we're going to make a table out of the gate, because it's a nice color, and nice old wood (tongue and groove).
I waxed both the bench and the gate 3 times already, and I think I am going to add a few more coats. It really makes a nice finish. In fact, I think I am going to try the wax out on the old antique door in front of the store.
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