Antiques and Old Stuff

So, it rained/was overcast for the past two weeks (yet Seattle's gone 29 days w/out rain, go figure!) and I haven't done much outside besides watch the weeds grow. This will be part of this weeks project. Anyway, we got some things done inside. Here's a neat high chair we retrieved from the attic. One of the museum volunteers has said he'd help me with tips for cleaning up the wood etc.

So, the high chair then converts to a "toddler desk"/stroller or mobile desk . . . or something : ) Anyway, it's a pretty neat piece that I will likely try and use. Oh yeah, and check out the gorgeous baby afghan on the back of the glider that a friend made for me. It's SUPER soft!

This weekend we hit up a "semi-formal optional" evening antique auction out of curiosity. It ended up being a lot of fun, and we bid on and won a dry sink, as well as winning the door prize of a 2 gallon Red Wing Crock (for full disclosure, we have a bunch of these crocks on the property including a crazy large 30 gallon, but another one never hurts . . . especially at the prices collectors will pay for them!) Oh yeah, we also got the table decoration . . . an "antique" bottle wrapped in vintage barbed wire : ) Anyway, I got the dry sink to convert to a changing table, which turned out like this:


I had to modify the changing pad a bit to get it to fit, but it turned out well. Now what to do with the 3 antique dressers in the room/giant closet. Once I get this dilemma solved, I might share pics of the rest of the nursery.

Anyway, the other cool piece I'm working on (well, taking a break from) is a "vintage" early 1980's cradle my dad made when I was a baby. It's really, really nice but it was put away without the proper hardware. I *thought* I had the right screw, and well, got it stuck and long story short, I can't put the cradle together. Dad has lovingly talked me through some options to fix this mistake and I've lovingly decided to let him help me fix it when he comes to visit instead of potentially ruining it further.