Another FDF Concrete Table, Home Staging Sighting.

Back there under the mirror, it's a Vaydre Table!  A big thanks to home staging pro Kate Roe.

Rolling Factory Cart Coffee Table

This guy here is a product of the ongoing collaboration with Kings County Salvage and their Super Curator, Valerie.  The big question with a piece like this is "How much do we clean it up?"  Matching the beams to the existing cart frame is fairly straightforward, but then you have the decision to make as to how Restoration Hardware to go with the wire brush.  One reason I like working with Val is her propensity to let things stay old.  The patina of age can always be stripped off, to an extent, but trying to get something new to look old is...is there a better word than "tacky"? Probably not.

The real kicker on this piece is that the wheels roll "like buttah". I'm trying to rehab an old Herman Miller office chair base that used to roll, and am learning that once they go, they go.  

King's County Salvage has this in their store now, going for $385, I believe.

Barn Beam Mini Console, New Plank Pics

Delivering this guy today.  A pretty typical transaction, this is a modification of a much longer piece they saw at the Brooklyn Flea.

I have been telling a few of you who stopped by the booth about these new Southern Yellow Pine planks I bought at auction.  I have finally dug at least a piece of one out from the back of Kings County Salvage where they are buried under theatre seats, canvas bins and rusting Victorian bedframes.  Below is a sample, and the sample with Danish Oil, Tung Oil and Dark Walnut Stain finishes.