Sunday, August 2, 2015

Found Object - File Cabinets

Where To Start?

 "These have gone from Army to Kelly Green. I want something else"

 "The two metal cabinets are durable and stackable, but need a scrub"

So, I took an early morning walk yesterday, about 7:30, my motor was ticking by the time I reached the first corner north of the house (Cathcart and Elmwood), and I hung a left. Once past the Presbyterian Church I spotted something on the grassy boulevard on the opposite side of the street. Junk or junque (low vs high class), I wondered? Oh, it was junque. Two vintage metal filing cabinets. In a heartbeat I wanted them. Within ten minutes they were safe and sound inside my workshop.

Two weeks ago I rescued, then refurbished, an old walnut table from the same part of the block. Am I turning a corner in my life and beginning to work my way toward a lifelong dream of being a shop owner - Flotsam and Jetsam, Gord's Old Stuff, Junque: Get In and Shell Out, something like that?


"S. M. Company made these babies to last"

Naw. I travel in another style. I'm too 'risk-adverse' to open a commercial storefront. Why, it would take me two years to figure out its name! I'm just going to paint the two cabinets, store my printer on top and some story files inside and go for another adventurous walk.

: )

Link to Found Object 4

Photos GH

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