The indignity of D.I.Y.; The road to antique

the thrill of the chase

As we now festoon the house in finished materials we've envisioned regular trips along the grand shopping avenues in search of authentic hardware and antique fixtures... In reality it's more like internet shopping the CB2 clearance bin. These "finishing touches" can quickly become the budget busters so we do try to stretch the budget by re-purposing something used. However, used means old, old leads to vintage and pretty soon vintage becomes this. So we were very excited to find some "old" lamps for sale in a tent on the sidewalk in New York back in February. It's been my assumption that if something is for sale in a building that can be rolled up and taken home then there is a good chance it's stolen and likely priced below market value. All these fixtures needed was a new bracket and they'd be perfect. And all it takes is 3 months of metal shop work to turn a table lamp into a wall sconce.