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my dad made this in 1964 and now it's mine :)

CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
edited April 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Here's a stereo cabinet my dad made in 1964 when he was in high school. Since I have a vinyl collection my parents decided to give it to me. As of right now half the top lifts up, though he's going to covert the front panels into doors and also replace the fabric since it's been stained. I'm very excited to have something he made from scratch.... he thinks it's trash but my mom and I love it.
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I think it goes nicely in my place :D
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  • Cinnamon GirlCinnamon Girl Posts: 1,854
    I LOVE that!! :D

    Dad's are the BEST!!
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    I LOVE that!! :D

    Dad's are the BEST!!
    thanks (from him :D )

    yes they are... I had him help me do a lot of stuff while he was here :lol:
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    That looks great.

    Yeah Dad's are awesome. Without any training, my dad has added a whole back section to our house, built a new bathroom and laundry. Plus re-do our gardens. And is handy at plumbing, paved, put retaining walls in and has done electrician work.

    That is on the weekends. By day he is an office worker. He sounds like a superhero.
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    pjfan31 wrote:
    That looks great.

    Yeah Dad's are awesome. Without any training, my dad has added a whole back section to our house, built a new bathroom and laundry. Plus re-do our gardens. And is handy at plumbing, paved, put retaining walls in and has done electrician work.

    That is on the weekends. By day he is an office worker. He sounds like a superhero.
    He sounds a lot like my Dad!!!
    shhhhh... I think Dad's ARE super heros, don't tell anyone ;):D
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,773
    i think your dad should have flipped it on ebay.............
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    i think your dad should have flipped it on ebay.............

    :lol::lol:
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    beautiful!
    i love pieces with a history, and especially made by your dad....sweet!
    i have a gorgeous vintage standup wood radio that was in my mothers house growing up. it's actually in a couple of my parents wedding photos, and my parents were married in 1947. after they married my mother got to keep the radio, and then when she and my dad started their business together, it was in their office forever. when my sister took over the business and then moved it to her home in jersey, the radio went in the building basement. seems all had forgotten about it, except me. i have so many memories of that radio, associated with my parents, visiting their office, etc. i told my mom it was the only thing i wanted of theirs. she said i could have it right there and then since it was just collecting dust in the basement. i moved it into my then apartment within the week. within a month, the basement had flooded, and if the radio was still there....it more than likely would've been terribly damaged, if not ruined enitrely. lucky, lucky. :) it now proudly sits in my LR, first thing you see when you enter my house in fact. 8-)



    btw - i think i see IKEA CD racks hanging on your wall? i love those!
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  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,395
    i want...
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    edited April 2009
    I remember furniture like that oh so well!

    your place is so clean!!

    loves great :)
    oops, I mean it looks great.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    CHANGEinWAVES wrote:
    Here's a stereo cabinet my dad made in 1964 when he was in high school. Since I have a vinyl collection my parents decided to give it to me. As of right now half the top lifts up, though he's going to covert the front panels into doors and also replace the fabric since it's been stained. I'm very excited to have something he made from scratch.... he thinks it's trash but my mom and I love it.
    P1020022.jpg
    I think it goes nicely in my place :D

    Trash?!?! What?!?! That's a rarity right there! I bet it sounds really cool! BTW, I like the decorating on and around it...
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    iluvcats wrote:
    I remember furniture like that oh so well!



    me too!
    i gew up with furntiure like that. a lot of danish modern....mixed with, well....other sutff. :P mom didn't exacly have the greatest taste, but she DID have some beautiful pieces....which of course the beautiful stuff she gave away to family, and the crap she kept. :lol: typical.......


    also, whenever i see office furniture from the 1950s in films, i ALWAYS think of my parent's office, b/c it is EXACTLY the same! i once saw a metal desk from the 50s, restored, for sale in the restoration hardware catalog for over 1k!!! :o :shock: :o my parents probably had 5 of them! and the chairs to go with em, etc.......woweeeeeeeeeee. of course, all gone now..probably in the trash. :| such is life, eh?
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    decides2dream wrote:
    iluvcats wrote:
    I remember furniture like that oh so well!



    me too!
    i gew up with furntiure like that. a lot of danish modern....mixed with, well....other sutff. :P mom didn't exacly have the greatest taste, but she DID have some beautiful pieces....which of course the beautiful stuff she gave away to family, and the crap she kept. :lol: typical.......


    also, whenever i see office furniture from the 1950s in films, i ALWAYS think of my parent's office, b/c it is EXACTLY the same! i once saw a metal desk from the 50s, restored, for sale in the restoration hardware catalog for over 1k!!! :o :shock: :o my parents probably had 5 of them! and the chairs to go with em, etc.......woweeeeeeeeeee. of course, all gone now..probably in the trash. :| such is life, eh?

    tee hee hee....I think my grandma's record player's cabinet looked like the one the dad made in 1964.
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,698
    Tell your dad 1964 called and it wants it's cabinet back!

    Just kidding, that's a cool cabinet. Perfect for vinyl!

    Dads do rule!
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Trash?!?! What?!?! That's a rarity right there! I bet it sounds really cool! BTW, I like the decorating on and around it...
    Thanks :) those are my paintings :D and the small pic in the oval frame is a pic of my mom from that year.... Kinda wanted to bring us all together :D
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  • small town becksmall town beck Posts: 6,691
    That thing is freaking sweet. Actually that whole pic looks pretty kick ass.
  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    I was trying to tell you about the white (wood) stereo we had in our living room in the early seventies when my mom moved in with her boyfriend and my mouse batteries died earlier.

    Is your dad still making woodwork?
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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    iluvcats wrote:
    I was trying to tell you about the white (wood) stereo we had in our living room in the early seventies when my mom moved in with her boyfriend and my mouse batteries died earlier.

    Is your dad still making woodwork?

    He hasn't made furniture in a while but he still loves doing it. I hope that he and I can make something together for my place this summer. I'd love to make something along the same design to hold my records.
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  • covered in blisscovered in bliss chi-caw-go Posts: 1,332
    That looks a lot like the stereo systems that were popular in the mid-late 60's. My parents met when they were 18 and one of their first purchases together (or it was a wedding gift?) was a GIGANTIC stereo... easily 8 feet long and made out of solid wood.

    you don't see those around anymore, nice addition to your home!

    It works, right?
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    very cool....my grandfather has one and wont give it up:)
    funny, last weekend when I rebuilt most of the back porch, my son asked me "how do you know how to do all this stuff?"
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    very cool....my grandfather has one and wont give it up:)
    funny, last weekend when I rebuilt most of the back porch, my son asked me "how do you know how to do all this stuff?"

    good, I hope you passed along the renovating/fixer upper skills to your son! :)
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    I LOVE that!! :D

    Dad's are the BEST!!
    Agreed with the first sentence.

    But not the second...
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  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    It is very beautiful, and looks very nice in your place...

    Wish you were here...
    ♥~RIP Dad
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    LONGRD wrote:
    Cinnamon Girl wrote:
    I LOVE that!! :D

    Dad's are the BEST!!
    Agreed with the first sentence.

    But not the second...
    ^^^^^^^^ :(
    "I'm not present, I'm a drug that makes you dream"
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