Vintage Giggles aka What are they smoking????
09-21-2013, 01:19 AM
#4701
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Australia
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Mega gross............with just a touch of a sob escaping my soul for the poor machine that once was!
09-21-2013, 04:15 AM
#4702
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Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 670
Oh how sad. The seller says "Don't no (sic) if it works." No kidding.
09-21-2013, 04:24 AM
#4703
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 1,850
09-21-2013, 04:24 AM
#4704
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Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 670
A word to defend the people who convert old treadle tables into desks etc; while it is sad to think of it no longer being a sewing machine, I think that if a treadle stand/cabinet or machine table is otherwise destroyed, it is great that they are re-used, re-purposed, and given new life.
I don't think that all iron bases/cabinets-turned-home-decor should necessarily be milk-painted with the same brushes of disdain. ;-) I have seen a few (natural wood, oak, nicely refinished) that are tastefully done (read: not festooned with pumpkin and roses applique...), and I certainly think that this is a better thing than letting it rust as lawn decor, or go to scrap.
Just a thought.
I don't think that all iron bases/cabinets-turned-home-decor should necessarily be milk-painted with the same brushes of disdain. ;-) I have seen a few (natural wood, oak, nicely refinished) that are tastefully done (read: not festooned with pumpkin and roses applique...), and I certainly think that this is a better thing than letting it rust as lawn decor, or go to scrap.
Just a thought.
09-21-2013, 08:24 AM
#4706
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Not Here
Posts: 3,817
A word to defend the people who convert old treadle tables into desks etc; while it is sad to think of it no longer being a sewing machine, I think that if a treadle stand/cabinet or machine table is otherwise destroyed, it is great that they are re-used, re-purposed, and given new life.
I don't think that all iron bases/cabinets-turned-home-decor should necessarily be milk-painted with the same brushes of disdain. ;-) I have seen a few (natural wood, oak, nicely refinished) that are tastefully done (read: not festooned with pumpkin and roses applique...), and I certainly think that this is a better thing than letting it rust as lawn decor, or go to scrap.
Just a thought.
I don't think that all iron bases/cabinets-turned-home-decor should necessarily be milk-painted with the same brushes of disdain. ;-) I have seen a few (natural wood, oak, nicely refinished) that are tastefully done (read: not festooned with pumpkin and roses applique...), and I certainly think that this is a better thing than letting it rust as lawn decor, or go to scrap.
Just a thought.
09-21-2013, 04:45 PM
#4709
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: leavenworth, ks
Posts: 3,093
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