Yes.
I have a 2nd blunder to reveal.
A neighbor’s mother passed, they were holding an estate sale to clear the house. A daunting task, to be sure, in the “best of” circumstances. I went.
There was a “cool” table in the basement they said and wanted me to see—!?!
Back—W A Y back—in a corner room with NO lighting. Like where you’d hide the bodies corner room. Like no one’s gonna find this corner room—on purpose.
Best I could see of it—it DID look interesting~? “How much?” “What do you think?” “$20….?” “I’ll ask.” We headed back up to rejoin the world.
“He said $45.” “Yeah. I really can’t pay that much, sorry. $20 is gonna have to be my max—I couldn’t really see, but it kind of looked like it needed some work. Besides, hey~ no neighbor discount available?!”
The older brother [in charge] decided they’d take my $20, and would bring it upstairs for me to pick up the next morning. . . !
In those circumstances~ I really had no idea what I was getting.
THIS is a
“pretty” view.
EVERY part of it is in major distress. AND it’s weirdly short. Barely 26″.
~For a table~as they called it. OR a desk~which is what I think it might actually be. . . ??? Even boosting it with wheels won’t really get you a normal working height.
I got burned by buying someone’s grandmothers hope chest that they “really wanted it to go to someone special who would appreciate It”. I only saw a picture and that didn’t show it was missing half of it! They must have propped it up so it didn’t appear to be leaning in the photos. It’s still sitting in my storage. I cringe at how much I paid for it and now I know not to make deals by picture alone. I wish I had your skills to make something of it! Good luck with that table. I’m excited to see what you make of it.
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That sucks–sorry for your “loss,” but maybe you can transform it~even without my skills! Hey- send me a picture, maybe I can help you come up with another plan!
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Looking forward to seeing what ideas you come up with! Actually love the parts, great legs, table top, and the shape of the bottom shelf is fun!! $20 is probably a deal!! I mean look at those legs!! Good luck!
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You’re an optimist! In better light, I’m not sure if I would have offered more than $5-10. But it’s done and I WILL figure SOMEthing out.
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Glad you can deal with a challenge. I am sure you will come up with some good ideas for the parts. Or, is burning allowed in your neighborhood? You could have a weiner roast.
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Thanks for the laugh–I needed THAT! Believe me, burning definitely came to mind….
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Yeah, sounds like one of my “What in the world was I thinking?” moments.
I however am admiring that the legs are already pre-split so you can use them in eight iterations with hardly any work at all! ; ) Ah-maze-ing! Seriously, how can people be so dishonest? (I just watched “The Big Short”, and am now freaked out by all the lies and the more lies.)
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Yeah, they kept a pretty straight face about it all. I would have been apologizing and offering a refund or discount–but that’s me.
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Yeh! I’ve done that before, perhaps more than twice!
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yep, I’ve had buyer’s remorse for sure… but I think you win the trophy. 🙂 You’ll work wonders with it, no dought!
gail
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I laughed good on the image of a trophy actually being handed to me for this one! Yep–a fool and her money….
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