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Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 3:11:12 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online Spotted the basis for this project on the curb the other day during junk pickup....Some sort of Ikea type thing, that had casters under a larger base, and a glass cupboard style door broken, with too many pieces missing to tell what it had been....maybe part of a 'cutesy' plant stand or some such,...Anyhow, salvaged the center shelf unit and added two pieces of 1x6, top and bottom. Painted her up, and,...It turned out to be perfect for the upstairs hallway.... There was a lot of orphan bottles hidden away on dark shelves that needed some fresh air....Here's the finished project. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related Post #: 1

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 3:12:32 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online * Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 2

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 3:13:25 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online * Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 3

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 3:14:57 PM    div2roty   Posts: 1542 Joined: 12/23/2008 From: DC with a Delaware Antique Store Status: offline nice _____________________________ Collector of Delaware Bottles, figural bitters, early freeblown. Ebay Antique Store (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 4

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 3:17:44 PM    woody Posts: 3646 Joined: 10/29/2002 From: Gilmanton, New Hampshire Status: offline Looks good, Joe. Perfect fit... _____________________________ Woody (in reply to div2roty) Post #: 5

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 3:21:30 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online I just noticed how weird the 'fisheye' effect of the camera distorted our doorframes...(Although I've lived in some apartments in my early days that were almost that crooked)... _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 6

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 3:34:57 PM    BillinMo Posts: 421 Joined: 7/28/2010 From: Missouri Status: offline Have you ever seen the Canadian TV show "Junk Raiders"?  They feature freecycle projects like this.  You did a nice job with that -- it's a great-looking shelf now.  I never would have guessed it was something else.  (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 7

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 4:13:11 PM    SAbottles   Posts: 1122 Joined: 8/21/2010 From: Cape Town - South Africa Status: offline Good heavens Joe; that porcelain thing in the background in photo 1. I thought you diggers only used privvies over there ?! (in reply to BillinMo) Post #: 8

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 4:49:09 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online Well,.....We do have a privy...LoL   (It's pouring rain, or I'd have gotten a better picture than from the back porch) Attachment (1) _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to SAbottles) Post #: 9

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 9:21:33 PM    downeastdigger Posts: 3160 Joined: 8/22/2005 From: Crawling through the mud and briars of Eliot Maine Status: offline I've got 3 kids running around the house these days, with much bottle breakage potential. I tend to not display my good bottles as much as I used to ( I display the colorful, damaged ones :) But some day down the road, I look forward to having shelves of bottles out in view like you have there. I really like the use of that shelf unit. I think I'll steal your idea, if you dont mind _____________________________ Bram Get busy diggin, or get busy dyin' These photos show why you can never go bottle digging in New England, and come home "empty" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxpURSe0BBk&feature=related (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 10

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 9:30:18 PM    cyberdigger Posts: 12312 Joined: 11/29/2008 From: I 195 @ US 9, NJ USA Status: online I really like your toilet, Joe.. I gotta get me one of those... ..is that a linen cabinet or a bunny hutch on the right side? < Message edited by cyberdigger -- 9/22/2010 9:31:24 PM > (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 11

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/22/2010 10:22:55 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online Thanks everyone, for the input, opinions and all around nice comments!,...Bram,...feel free to liberate that idea as your own,it's about 16" wide by 34" tall by 4 or 5" deep...  Charlie,..yep,...I used to keep some rabbits,...bears got em. I salvaged that outhouse from a hill top near where we dug the 'B******n' farm last fall,...It was the privy from the old narrow guage R.R. (station) that ran over that hill in the 1800's..Rough cut hemlock , zinc coated tin roof,..built with square cut nails, coated with crude oil originally as a perservative....(it worked well)..They were getting ready to log the area and I knew it would probably get trashed, so we went up with my pickup,...put her in 4 wheel drive and three of us loaded it and hauled it out of there.... _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to cyberdigger) Post #: 12

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 2:23:10 AM    SAbottles   Posts: 1122 Joined: 8/21/2010 From: Cape Town - South Africa Status: offline That's great, Joe ! I've heard of people taking "the whole kitchen sink", but privvy diggers taking "the whole  d@mn privvy home" sure takes some beating !! (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 13

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 2:39:16 AM    SAbottles   Posts: 1122 Joined: 8/21/2010 From: Cape Town - South Africa Status: offline Sorry, my bad. Of course privy doesn't have a double "v" ; although I believe some of them had double seats ! (in reply to SAbottles) Post #: 14

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 5:08:10 AM    idigjars Posts: 1783 Joined: 12/24/2004 From: Michigan Status: offline New cabinet looks great Joe, nice job. Paul _____________________________ I collect and buy Antique Canning Jars I collect & buy Piso Cure bottles in odd colors + advertising items (in reply to SAbottles) Post #: 15

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 7:16:19 AM    dollarbill Posts: 2728 Joined: 5/6/2005 From: maysville, kentucky Status: offline Nice pick there Joe. As in pick and pictures . The shelfs look like they were ment for there . bill (in reply to idigjars) Post #: 16

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 8:59:55 AM    bottle_head9 Posts: 1151 Joined: 4/3/2009 From: new england Status: offline Excellent Joe!!! (in reply to dollarbill) Post #: 17

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 11:46:54 AM    SAbottles   Posts: 1122 Joined: 8/21/2010 From: Cape Town - South Africa Status: offline Great job, Joe. I highly approve of reusing or "recycling"  things to use to show off one's bottles. This was an old brick mould, used for shaping clay bricks; now used to house dump dug dolls: Attachment (1) (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 18

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 12:26:21 PM    JOETHECROW Posts: 9807 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. (Near scenic Lake Perfidy) Status: online Thank you Tom, Bill, (and Bill),....Paul,...and Dale,...Dale,...I love the brick mold idea!,.....Also we don't see too many dark skinned doll heads over here,..The eyes on that one are wild,....On the note of repurposing stuff, most of our home is redone (tastefully) with "are you getting rid of that?" type salvage items,....bookcases, barn beams,... The pot belly stove that we heat with, even our window seat....I'm all for salvaging items, and a ridiculous amount of nice stuff gets tossed out or wasted...I think alot of those items look cooler than most store bought too. _____________________________ Joe ``````````````````````````````````` In the woods we return to reason and faith. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTyuRd9zSg&feature=related (in reply to SAbottles) Post #: 19

RE: Rainy day project... - 9/23/2010 12:35:58 PM    SAbottles   Posts: 1122 Joined: 8/21/2010 From: Cape Town - South Africa Status: offline Couldn't agree more, Joe. And after all, isn't that what we're doing with the bottles we dig - recycling them and giving them life again? Incidentally the eyes in that dark skinned doll are not original; my wife walked into the room one day and freaked out - my younger son had put some Prestik (stuff for sticking things onto other things!) into the sockets with rather macabre results !! : close up: Attachment (1) (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 20

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