In the last days of getting ready for The Barn vintage market last August, I was fighting some serious burn-out! I still had a list of projects I wanted to do, but I was rapidly approaching the “who cares” point… Have you ever been there with me??
Here’s one little project that barely squeaked in, and I’m so glad it did!
I came across the parts to an antique treadle sewing machine at a garage sale last spring. It was disassembled, filthy…and I talked the lady down to $7!
Here’s how it looked after I cleaned it, put it together (you can see that the actual foot pedal part is missing, but I didn’t care…see, there’s a theme going on here), and gave it a coat of some black spray paint.
The plan was to build a new top, like this other treadle table I made here.
But…then I remembered another table top I had in my “stash.” It was a Goodwill find from over a year ago that I rescued it off of three spindly legs (the legs I burned).
Angels sang! They were a perfect fit. I refinished the wood top, added a graphic (of course), and put the two together.
And then…I took a lousy cell-phone picture.
<Sigh.> Now that…in retrospect…I wish I had cared about!
7 comments:
Cute blog entry -- love the table, makes me wish you were still in Utah so I could buy it from you!
A perfect pair! And you are so good at the graphics! ... I totally get that moment when you just don't care anymore. That happens to me before every sale. I'm going strong and then I just reach a point where I say, that's it, I'm done!
they look like they were always meant to be!
Looks very nice. Great marriage. Great fix.
Joy
Love how it turned out! I know the how cares feeling...in fact I'm there right now with my Open House. :)
Hey! what is wrong with lousy cell-phone pictures?!
I think this turned out great!
the graphic was a neat idea...
graphic? your signature Korrie! :)
This project turned out soooo sweet. I have an old sewing machine base that I've been trying to figure out what piece it wants to marry. I'm sure I have something hanging around. I'll have to investigate soon.
Pinned!
gail
Post a Comment