In search of an antique hutch, we took a trip to neighboring Lafayette. Numerous quirky vintage shops abound in this hamlet, but none coughed up the desired furniture. Future needs dictate some leaden glass, and an English importer has more that we could fathom. When the first priority purchases are had, we'll be back.
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Literally 300 square feet of rescued windows and panes. Two simple ones for the living room and an ornate offering for the master? Likely.
Love old cash registers, and this one pulled at the wallet strings! Those ornate leaves and florets...amazing.
Well, what do we have here? Never heard of the Big Cat, but after soaking in that piece of advertising wizardry, I'll happily belly up to the cheetah's bar! The marble/quartz pedestal is choice.
The trip wasn't a total bust; this stool was nabbed and placed into the shop. Said outbuilding was once either an auto repair garage, small engine shop, or other 1950s machine servicing outpost. From the outside, it resembles a Forest Service ranger station, and has been named as such. Standing at the rear of the ranger station and taking in the lines of the building, one can easily imagine it placed near a riverside fish hatchery. The Metolius River compound, especially, comes to mind.
Much work to be done in the interior, but the boats are settling in. Check out that fan, though. The stories that must have passed through its ventilating blades...
Finally cleared off one of the ranger station's work benches. Paired with the stool, this will be a perfect place to sip Old Forester, draw pictures of mountains, and listen to some newly discovered Gabor Szabo. Head to Youtube and find his cover of
Some Velvet Morning.
