Ah, Spring! The warming temperatures, sunny days,
greener grass, flowering trees...AND....
the start of
GARAGE SALE SEASON!!
Due to the current on-going
Pandemic restrictions,
garage sales of the past
may be a bit different this year.
Social distancing, plenty of
hand sanitizer, protective gloves,
and face masks
will be required!
So, shop garage sales responsibly!
A couple years ago, (without ANY restrictions!)
I spied an odd object at a yard sale!
It was marked $1!
Now, most people walked right on by
seemingly not knowing what the heck it was!
Can you guess what this metal piece used to be?
If you guessed an old electric ironing machine base
(obviously missing the big round tube-like ironing part)
YOU'D BE CORRECT!!
Can you imagine dragging that heavy piece out
every time something needed ironing??
Anyhoo…..this sat in my 'to-do' project pile
mainly holding other projects
waiting to be competed!
Finally, it was the LAST project in my garage -
I HAD to finish it....
I used all of the old barn wood
I got at the Nebraska Junk Jaunt last year
just waiting for the perfect project!
I figured out how to make the bottom shelf
and asked my favorite go-to expert,
my son-in-law, Richard,
to cut the top pieces!
I KNEW he'd make it look perfect!!
His cuts are always perfectly
STRAIGHT!!
I was going to paint the metal base
(it'd been used and abused
and had lots of scrapes and gouges)!
But, I decided to leave the
'patina' as it was!
It shows the story of it's past!
Adding the aged barn wood
gave it a new life!
It's the PERFECT PAIRING!
Stay safe, Be well, my friends!
