Industrial spool coffee table

Industrial spool coffee table with vintage rail road crossing sign transferred onto top. The base is  custom  made from flat bar, hand bent.

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Custom TV console

Custom TV console created with pallet wood and custom hand made hardware. 

The barn doors are made from used pallet wood and hand bent flat bar for handles and door hangers. The doors are 16.5" wide x 28.5" tall and can be moved to any position.

The overall dimensions of the piece are 72" wide x 16.5" deep x 37" tall and it has 4 metal casters for easy movement. 

The Appleby's tables

We were contacted by a repeat  customers the Appleby family. They were just getting ready to move into a new house and they wanted to see if we could help with a new dining table and chairs, plus a couple side tables to go with the other pieces that they have from us. Of course we were happy to help them and design something that would add the Appleby touch to the new home.

The first thing that we tackled were the dinning chairs (all six of them) that were a perfect match for a tired farm table that we had found a few years ago. 

 Each chair was had the seat taken off and was completely sanded, then stained and several coats of polyurethane were applied.

On the table it presented it's own set of challenges, due to the fact that it had been in the barn awaiting it's time in the sun that one of the legs had rotted at the bottom. So we had to get all 4 legs made and the rest was sanded down and made ready for image transfer and staining.  

 For the image we made a custom one to show the establishment the Appleby family.

Here is the table and chairs in their new home. 

Below are the other Appleby's tables from the 3 Spurz, so far.

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Refurbished coffee table with heat transfer image

We took a coffee table that has seen better days and breathed new life into it. 

Adding the shabby chic white legs and base brought back the spark to this french provincial style coffee table. The image from the Graphic Fairy gave it that je ne sais quoi. 

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French shabby chic end tables

A mismatched pair of end tables with French heat transfer from The Graphic Fairy website.

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Shabby chic plant stand

Copper topped plant stand, with the pop of color to make it scream "Look at me".

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Fan or kindred spirit?

Sometimes the things that catch you off guard are the best. That is what happened to us last weekend, we were caught completely off guard by what happened.

We had been out picking all morning at the local city wide garage sale. We filled the truck and in fact had to go back with the trailer to pick up a really big piece. We should have stopped and cleaned up before taking our latest creations to the shop, but we were just going to be in and out, right? 

We had brought a new chandelier and a small piece of furniture. While making sure that the new items looked good in our space, someone stopped by our booth and informed us that he was very excited to meet us. So starts the off guard part, and this is just the beginning. Joe, introduces himself and informs us that he has purchased several of our lamps and that he has them prominently displayed in his house. We talk about the lamps that he purchased, one is the Curtiss Wright R3350 radial engine master control rod below.

Another is a cultivator wheel lamp and he commented on the pleasing shadowing that it cast on the wall, as pictured below.

During our conversation it is revealed that we have in fact purchased items from Joe also. Without knowing we had been buying items that Joe has been letting go from his collection. The small world starts to come to mind, or is it that kindred spirits of the junkers tribe are drawn to the same flame?

What happens next is definitely a first and caught us off guard the most. Joe actually asked if he could take a picture with us. What? Who? With Us? Of course we agreed, even in our been picking all day look, what an honor to have someone want to have a picture of the artist that created his lamps. (joe is in the middle) 

So back to my original question. Does this make Joe a fan or kindred spirit?

We like to feel that the junker family members are all kindred spirits of a sort. We might have different approaches, and the junk might have different meanings to each of us, but we all can see something more than what it might be, we see what it can be.

Did I mention, someone asked to take a picture with us? How cool. Someone gets what we do and likes it enough to want it in their home. I will say it again, How cool is that. 

     

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Refurbished Dry Wash Cabinet

We found this dry wash cabinet in very sad shape, with the top split in 3 pieces and the back splash missing. 

With some hard work and some good wood glue, we were able to rescue a lovely piece that was headed for the trash. The new back splash was made from the side panel of a Hoosier cabinet that did not make it. 

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mid century TV cabinet Bar

This is the empty shell of a once prized mid century flat glass front General Electric TV that we found at a closed TV repair shop.

So we decided to breath life back into this old piece and let it do what it did for years "entertain people", but this time as a bar. 

 We removed the panel that held the knobs and added a wine glass rack. Then we had to add a shelf that would hold the beverages, and covered it with cork.

The front glass was removed and hinges with magnetic push latch for easy access. Then LED lighting was added to the interior to help showcase your private selection. Of course the TV had to have a remote control again, but this time it controls those LED's. 

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Beautiful serpentine front secretary desk with hand painted image

We found an old secretary desk that did not sell at an estate sale. It was in very bad shape, the sides were all split up and the bottom drawer was shot. Years of the bottom, with no legs,  being on a damp floor had left their marks.

With a vision and a lot of work, we were able to rescue this beautiful piece.

 

After all the structural repairs, and creating new legs, and finial. The painting and staining were followed with coats of polyurethane to seal up the wood. The drop down desk front has an French image from the Graphic Fairy hand painted on it. 

 

It is now ready for years of great service, for some lucky family.

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