Since I cleaned out the garage yesterday (first time in over 5 years - it needed it!), I continued my productive streak today. I chalk painted an old washstand from my grandparents' house that has been in each of our garages for the past 27 years, generally gathering dust and clutter. I did two coats but think it needs a third, so I'll go back to Home Depot in the morning to get another jar of the paint as well as the finishing wax I forgot the first time. I also need to find some replacement vintage hardware as the old ones are in really bad shape. Good excuse to go to a vintage shop or antiques mall!...
Have acquired another $5 turkey.
Have acquired another $5 turkey.
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Went to the store this morning for some groceries and found several hundred newly cut trees for sale outside the door.
Really? Now?
This one has an unusual feature that I have never seen before. The two side wings with the roll top track in them are hinged and latched on the inside. They can be swung open to make an open flat work surface. Although I can't think of a single time something like that would be useful. The darned thing is 60 inches wide and 32 deep. More than enough work area. I don't expect to ever have to buy another desk. I thought this one was a steal at $650.Beautiful, Nodak. You did well.
I bought a similar rolltop as a young man for what seemed like a fortune to me at the time. Paid over $500 (the equivalent of about $3,000 today) but I loved it so much I just had to have it. It was originally made in 1915 from solid oak.
I used that desk for over four decades until I finally had to give it up. It got so beat up from my constant moving in the military that I just couldn't repair it any more.
Here's hoping you enjoy yours as much as I did mine.
I got a new battery for my Venza, to replace the one that has been in it for almost six years. It was time; we had to jump it three times in the past 24 hours just to get it started.
It took Sears two and a half looooong hours just to replace the battery. Either that, or we were stuck in a severe time warp.
We decided that was enough to accomplish in one day. Honestly I don't know how I ever had time for this stuff before retirement.