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I am trying to be back around again, even though it means I get a lot of flack for being antisocial from the hausfrau, who is on summer vacation and has only my poor wretched self for company at the end of the day. The rest of the time he spends cooking me dinner and feeding socks to the dog and brutalizing the back deck in the name of building

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I'm so glad you're back!

Oh man, I am full of opinions! It's kind of amazing that you have such a nice card file, those things go for a quite a few dollars these days - I would kill for one. How tall do you want it? Because if you want it side-table height (which makes sense to me?), I worry that hairpin legs that length might not be able to hold the weight of it. Also, the proportions seem a little wrong - the hairpin legs look a too delicate, maybe? And I think the spindle Home Depot legs might be too much wood.

I'm really into vintage industrial stuff right now (like, um, everyone else), so I can totally see some forged-iron legs on it - like these ones from Lee Valley if you roughed 'em up a little (in the vein of something like this. You could probably even commission something simple like this, or this, or this from a local iron works for pretty cheap, get the exact measurements you need, and have them stick some tiny casters on so you could move it around. You could also do something diy like this.

Also, well done with the hutch and fireplace, they both look fab.

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Oh, I messed up the html. Oh well. You know what, I just did some googling and I think I'm wrong about the hair pin legs, they might hold the weight. I like those best out of the three options you provided!

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Thank you for sharing your opinions! I desperately need them. And it occurs to me now that there is a place right in Inglewood that would do that sort of thing! Mr. Wrought Iron (here's their catalogue of custom furniture). But, dude, iron workers. THEY CALL THEMSELVES MISTER FOR A REASON. Also, their whole store front is super intimidating because they, obviously, model their security-door wares. It's intense.

Your deck (with the planters! naw!) has seriously inspired me to not give up on my stupid house. My problem is that it just feels like such an unending series of huge projects. I was talking to Owen about how I had the apartment pretty much done - done to like, Ikea standards, but DONE - because I couldn't actually change anything. No crown moulding, no painting, no floors. But now I look at the light fixtures and want to rip them out of the ceiling, which is not a reasonable or realistic reaction. One thing at a time. Or something.