tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post80098325739875816..comments2024-03-23T08:18:56.679-05:00Comments on 1893 Victorian Farmhouse: Library Card Files for StorageMrs. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-79454045494364638142017-06-13T20:15:08.480-05:002017-06-13T20:15:08.480-05:00Hello my friend Jim:
Thank you for your sweet wor...Hello my friend Jim:<br /><br />Thank you for your sweet words. I appreciate receiving a good review from you about (Jon and me) our collaboration to invent a great sewing space. You saw the west bay where I sit to sew, and the north end where I store fabric. But you didn't see the east bay where there is a closet full of upholstery fabric remnants and recycled wool coats (materials to build carpet bags and fancy purses). <br /><br />The closet originally was built as a elevator shaft--so someday when I can't do the spiral stairs anymore, I can get to the studio by lift. Jon hasn't finished the lift hydraulics, so he closed up the shaft and converted it into a large closet in the studio. I want to point out the first year I worked in the studio there were no stairs and I had to climb up an aluminum ladder through a temporary opening in the floor to sew. <br /><br />Today, its a different story. The opening in the floor is gone, there is a 21 step spiral staircase to get to the studio. By choice I have no water or bathroom in the studio. That means I travel up and down the stairs often and walk another 200 steps from the studio to the house. It is not exactly exercise, but some exercise is better than nothing, right? In the house, our laundry room is on the second floor. On the days I do laundry AND sew, I make quite a few trips between the two spaces. <br /><br />Thanks Jim for your note. I love your collections and history details. Yes, especially the details. You are a great writer, and your blog and photographs are wonderful. When is your next post?Mrs. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-16649443723381840682017-06-13T19:25:47.231-05:002017-06-13T19:25:47.231-05:00Dear Gail,
Oh my, I wish you had purchased the li...Dear Gail,<br /><br />Oh my, I wish you had purchased the library card files at that flea market too. They are great. <br /><br />Half of the drawers in the north end of the studio (under the fabric bolt cubbies) are empty. It takes a whole lot of STUFF to fill 120 drawers. We were so lucky to acquire these, and they were FREE from our neighbor. <br /><br />I've thanked our neighbor many times for them. I think he is thrilled we restored them, and made them into good looking furniture. <br /><br />A bit of nostalgia too, repurposing vintage pieces. At one time they were in service in a library, drawers opened and closed many times by many people. Those drawers are in service once again. I hope they last another 50 years, and fulfill dreams of others after I'm gone.<br /><br />Thank you for stopping by and telling me about your library card files. You should wish for them again, and they will appear. <br /><br />I don't want to sound like a dreamer, but I dreamed about finding library card files, ones that I could afford. And one day they showed up--in the back of a pick up truck. My first thought was, ugh, they look old, dry, and dirty. My second thought was: I can do this. My third thought came to me as I worked on the project: next time I dream about things I want, I should be more specific. Ha. Ha.<br /><br />Mrs. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556632048798711513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-43630935305406089992017-06-13T12:48:05.044-05:002017-06-13T12:48:05.044-05:00Hello Linda, An amazing transformation job on tho...Hello Linda, An amazing transformation job on those card drawers. Your and Jon's hard work really paid off. An odd thing--I have lots of tiny objects, and several small cabinets and boxes with small drawers, but almost all of the drawers are empty--I never got to that grand organizing stage that you achieved.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5183416806466219655.post-62382581624693156102017-06-13T09:34:45.932-05:002017-06-13T09:34:45.932-05:00I love your studio! I think I'd spend hours ...I love your studio! I think I'd spend hours in a room like that. I saw a set of library card files at a flea market a couple of years ago and have been kicking myself ever since for not getting them even though I had no way of getting them home.JustGailhttp://justgail.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com