fergus
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So I was cleaning out Dad's barn last week. They've got this crazy big hardware cabinet over there. The next door neighbor just gave it to them last year. He said he didn't want it. The story goes that his great uncle built it long ago. Looks to me like its about 100 years old...so that sounds right.
So it was just sitting there empty, covered in dust out in the middle of the barn...various items beginning to pile up as they do on any horizontal surface in a garage-type area. I thought "Maybe I should use it for something out here. Maybe use it for what it was designed for." I decided to clean it up and give it a coat of linseed oil.
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After:
I think this thing is beautiful. Mom said she wanted to use it as furniture...until she realized how big it was. Its over four feet tall to give som perspecitve...probably about 5.5 feet tall and about 3 feet deep. Its been taken care of...no broken wood, drawers are still sound...the even still have wax on the slides. I told them that I get first dibs if they every want to get rid of it!
So it was just sitting there empty, covered in dust out in the middle of the barn...various items beginning to pile up as they do on any horizontal surface in a garage-type area. I thought "Maybe I should use it for something out here. Maybe use it for what it was designed for." I decided to clean it up and give it a coat of linseed oil.
Only before pic:
After:
I think this thing is beautiful. Mom said she wanted to use it as furniture...until she realized how big it was. Its over four feet tall to give som perspecitve...probably about 5.5 feet tall and about 3 feet deep. Its been taken care of...no broken wood, drawers are still sound...the even still have wax on the slides. I told them that I get first dibs if they every want to get rid of it!
