My "New" Furniture--One Woman's Junk...

You know it's true:  "One woman's junk is another woman's treasure."

I accumulate a lot of treasures.  

And I have a husband who is an enabler.

 This little beauty was hanging out by the curb over in Druid Hills.

My darling hubby threw on the brakes and backed up.

"What do ya think?"

"Should we pick it up?"

She stayed in the basement stinking to high heaven for a number of months

before being lovingly cleaned and shipped off to the upholsterers.

(I know my limits--I do crappy upholstery.)

We just got her back and love her.  Don't exactly know where she'll end up, but what the heck.

Later,

Patti


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Chic On a Shoe String

Totally Retro Ford Thunderbird Dresser

Back in the early 1960s my mother bought this dresser.  It was part of a "blonde" bedroom suite. It spent some time at my grandmother's house in the front bedroom before being passed on to me.  At some point it had been painted white so was passable in our guest room.  We stored junk in it plus coloring books and old books from the kid's piano lessons.

I decided to jazz it up a little.

Hence:  The Totally Retro 1964 Ford Thunderbird Dresser

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Silver Mink 1964 Ford Thunderbird Hardtop
Auction Results $23,000 March, 2007 Barrett-Jackson, Palm Beach, Florida Lot #75.
390cid/300hp V8 with an automatic, power steering, brakes and windows. Second owner in the same family, restored in '96 with documentation. Matching numbers, power windows, in excess of $103,000.00 restored 1999. Original Bill of Sale, build sheet retail installment contract, it has 400 photos of restoration. Detailed invoices from restoration. A new radio is installed, original is in trunk.

I don't have as much documentation.

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But it has been in the same family since it was new.

Is this sexy or what?

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The color is Sherwin Williams  "Raindrop" topped with Minwax finishing past wax "for dark woods."

Its still "curing" so it's too early to decorate.

Later,
Patti


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