You guys know I am an obsessive furniture-shifter-buyer-seller-rearranger-extraordinaire. The living room has gone through so many furniture shifts and shuffles to get where it is today (not done!) One of the perks of having this little ol’ blog is the cool people I have met on the internet – and today I have one of their stories to share with you and it has to do with some of this shifted-around furniture. Who doesn’t love a good furniture story?
Back in 2011, JT and I found and spruced up an old cabinet to fit our current living room configuration. (More on that here).
Then in 2012, spurred on by the purchase of the “Man Chair” and needing a place for it to live, the TV cabinet met a new family on Craigslist. (Another side story here) I didn’t say anything on the Craigslist ad about my blog, but through the power of the internet and our tulip table being posted on Modern Vintage Decor’s Facebook page, a connection was made. It’s new owner, Erin, contacted me and sent me some pictures of the cabinet in its new life – a fabulous bar cart.
Here’s Erin’s story.
I started by putting in felt on the bottom (with rubber shelf liners underneath) then added a magnetic closure with metal plates since the existing ones weren’t very reliable and caused the doors to buckle inward. I filled in some cracks with wood putty and stain (especially on the top of the doors where the old closures wore at the wood). I attached the wine bottle holder then the stemware rack and then filled it with my goodies!
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How cool that she figured out who you were and shared her bar cart transformation with you. Glad you’re feeling better!
Thanks Dana! I thought so too. Cheers – CT
Very glad you are feeling better as well! I think the internet is a mad,mad world. It is amazing that your two stories actually ever connected at all. Ahhh-mazing.
Thanks Rebecca! I think the fact that we connected may in part be also due to St. Louis — it’s a little big town.