I'm not sure exactly when my goal of doing something, anything, became full-on furniture restoration, but here it is, nine months from the start of the Wong challenge, and here I've somehow morphed into this vein.
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Interior of the Watch Maker's Desk leg. We opened it up to repair the wiring. |
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The husband, attaching the new reproduction plug. |
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Arg! My guts! |
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Boring lamp. Oh, wait! Is that plugged into the desk? Why, it is! |
How satisfying is this?
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Gently restored top. |
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Brand new, period appropriate rayon wrapped cord with Bakelite plug. |
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Clean, working, beautiful desk. (Cat for scale.) |
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