I'm in love.

[ishiboo]

I've always had a thing for old wood cabinets with lots of drawers.

This is called a "hardware store cabinet", there are 90 small drawers, over 45 rectangular drawers, 20 nail bins and tons of cubbies and other things.

I'm thinking of a new style for my barn - 1800s hardware store.

 

[stafford]

That's really nice, a great find. It'll be a bear to move tho.

 

[ishiboo]

That's really nice, a great find. It'll be a bear to move tho.

I didn't buy it, I bet it's over 10-15 grand at the place it's listed. They probably picked it up for $800.

 

[Lippyp]

Theres an architectural salvage place near me that sells that sort of thing, old shop interiors, they had a complete old victorian chemists shop (drug store) amazing, loads of drawers like that, mirros and glass bottles all labelled with the latin names of chemicals. Prices are eye watering though.

 

[kbs2244]

Watch the gov auctions.
Card cabinets come up often and a lot of them match each other.
Even if from different sites.
When a major library converts to computers it is time to check the accounting.