Before....and...After...

This Old Corner Cupboard, was at an estate sale, early this year.... I didn't get it bought... and... it didn't sell... the family sent it to auction, where I asked my friend, Maurina, to bid on it for me...{the auction was during my Spring Sale...}I paid one fourth, of my estate sale offer.... who would have thought...

It was kind of a mess... but... it had fine bones...and a very sweet voice... I knew it could sing, if given the chance...It's little drawer, is all hand dovetailed... and, until we started scraping on the nasty, newer paint...{layers and layers} I didn't realize, it's walnut.... I love walnut... So, John worked his magic... {no stripper... all hand scraped} and even scraped the inside, down to the original blue paint...{he left some of the earlier red, if he would have went down farther, it would have went to wood...} He replaced the crown, with crown moulding, as early as the cupboard...and picture framed the top, where the doors had been... {they are long gone...we could have replaced them, with early doors... but this old cupboard has the most amazing cut outs, for plates...{like none I have ever seen,,,} I think, should I wind up with it... I would want to see the top open.... I do Love This Old Darling!}} The wonderful old tin patches, on the bottom door, are Old, Old Patches!!{John does them, just as well, tho... but this time, he didn't have to!} The Old Girl, is pretty substantial... it's around 7 feet tall... and close to 4 feet wide... not too deep tho... so... not too intrusive, into a room... It's a Sweetie!

The Old Corner Cupboard is Smiling.... It's headed for the Mid West Show, to Make it's Debut!

Stop by our booth, and say Hello!

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