Everything and the Kitchen Sink
Actually, multiple kitchen sinks and multiple bathroom sinks, and also a photocopier, which is a new one even for the illustrious Hulmeville Flea Market. Also new (and potentially in bad taste) was that even the funeral home was having tables in their parking lot. I realize it's just a parking lot like any other, but it was still sorta.. off? Oh well, there was whole town flea markety goodness, and relatives that I only have to see once a year and have the excuse of flea marketing not to hang out with for too long.
And yet, I almost wound up getting just cookies again (they weren't homemade, but they were 3 PB cookies with PB chips for 50 cents, and they were yummy). But there was a set of table and chairs that I was contemplating and it was still there on the way back and mom haggled it down to $35 from $40, so I bought it.
Anyway, it's four folding chairs with cushioned seats (may or may not be enough cushioning depending on the sensitivity of your ass, but it works for me) and pretty leaf backs (which wound up being a pain in the butt, but more on that later). And the table folds up too, but these aren't rickety collapsible things, they are quite sturdy, and small, but I still have to clear room in my apartment, so the table and 3 of the chairs are hanging out in PUs garage for now.
Which brings me to the chair backs. Now, the cool leafy design was part of what attracted me to them, and the veneer sort of texturing was coming off, so I was going to glue down the loose pieces and paint them green to cover that up. And then maybe even put some fabric on the back (cause it's like a cut-out around the leafy-viny thing) so then you'd see color through and also cover up some of the dying veneer issues on the back of the chair back. Unfortunately, after cleaning them I realized how bad it really was because it's not just the veneer coming off, there's like layers of plywood or whatever the hell and they're all separating, and getting the glue in there and then getting them to stay glued is just gonna be a huge undertaking, which is sad because I liked the leaves, and interesting in a preservation vs. conservation sense because there's conserving the leaves and then there's preserving the chair as a usable chair as it's basically the decorative portion that's breaking, and the chairs themselves are quite sturdy and functional. As it turns out, I care more about books than I do about furniture because my current plan is to make slipcovers for the tops of the chairs (except for the one where the foliage is in the best shape, which I'm going to try to save) and cover up the damaged bits. Thereby also making them padded and more comfy, if not as pretty as they were.
When you're in trouble, you can call DW.
And yet, I almost wound up getting just cookies again (they weren't homemade, but they were 3 PB cookies with PB chips for 50 cents, and they were yummy). But there was a set of table and chairs that I was contemplating and it was still there on the way back and mom haggled it down to $35 from $40, so I bought it.
Anyway, it's four folding chairs with cushioned seats (may or may not be enough cushioning depending on the sensitivity of your ass, but it works for me) and pretty leaf backs (which wound up being a pain in the butt, but more on that later). And the table folds up too, but these aren't rickety collapsible things, they are quite sturdy, and small, but I still have to clear room in my apartment, so the table and 3 of the chairs are hanging out in PUs garage for now.
Which brings me to the chair backs. Now, the cool leafy design was part of what attracted me to them, and the veneer sort of texturing was coming off, so I was going to glue down the loose pieces and paint them green to cover that up. And then maybe even put some fabric on the back (cause it's like a cut-out around the leafy-viny thing) so then you'd see color through and also cover up some of the dying veneer issues on the back of the chair back. Unfortunately, after cleaning them I realized how bad it really was because it's not just the veneer coming off, there's like layers of plywood or whatever the hell and they're all separating, and getting the glue in there and then getting them to stay glued is just gonna be a huge undertaking, which is sad because I liked the leaves, and interesting in a preservation vs. conservation sense because there's conserving the leaves and then there's preserving the chair as a usable chair as it's basically the decorative portion that's breaking, and the chairs themselves are quite sturdy and functional. As it turns out, I care more about books than I do about furniture because my current plan is to make slipcovers for the tops of the chairs (except for the one where the foliage is in the best shape, which I'm going to try to save) and cover up the damaged bits. Thereby also making them padded and more comfy, if not as pretty as they were.
When you're in trouble, you can call DW.