Anyone into classic furniture

[swannymere]

Is G Plan a bit common for this thread?

 

[fguki]

Betsy still the butthurt child. Nice to see :-D :-D :-D I assume its low education and low social skills in general but thats okay. Nobody gives a crap about you

 

[ferrus]

Is G Plan a bit common for this thread?

Surely not mate, - timeless style, nice quality stuff.

 

[wynne]

Excellent.
I am trying to get better at working with wood, but my default tends to be metalwork/engineering.
Have an old upright piano project for this winter. It's lovely thing and been in the family forever, but nobody wants it as they have all moved on to modern keyboards. You can't give these things away and it pains me to smash it up, so I am going to have a go at turning it in to a Bureau/workstation thing.

Give it a go. I've recycled so many things over the years.
This is not one of my finest pieces of work, just a dining table made from the doors that had been used to board our loft when we moved in. Hence the keyholes in places.

 

[wynne]

Top skills and nice timber selections - I'm getting some Krenov vibes?

Thank you. I don't know Krenov. I will look it up.

 

[Betsy]

Betsy still the butthurt child. Nice to see :-D :-D :-D I assume its low education and low social skills in general but thats okay. Nobody gives a crap about you

I always wished I was educated enough to own imaginary NY real estate..

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I love this place, where else do you find the opportunity to look at bikes, discuss industrial design, and get trolled by the nicest people? Class from top to bottom

 

[mk one]

Indeed, let's keep it about the furniture please

 

[Betsy]

Sorry mk1..

 

[sjcprojects]

Okay, how about some mid-century furniture being used to keep bike tools and bits in, for a double-whammy? (sadly the hi-fi is not so retro...but the one in my office is, partly).



I rescued it from a skip on my road. It's a bit rough around the edges, but once I'd sanded off the old flaky orange varnish and given it some Danish oil, I think it came out quite nicely. It is G-Plan, speaking of which...



Here's a nice G-Plan coffee table, which once was in the living room, but due to kids now lives in the office. A friend gave this to me, again I sanded it and gave it some Danish oil. Most of my office is fairly retro-themed – my desk is from the 1960s:



Obviously it's fairly utilitarian, but it's a big improvement over the nasty modern one I had. This was also free, someone was giving it away on Facebook.