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Show Us Your Purchases!
Thanks for linking me there, thedanu!- wahine
- Post #12,413
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Show us your vintage patterns!
I got a 1956 knitting pattern magazine on the flea market that'd really make me wanting to learn how to knit... ...if all of the models were on the pattern sheet! Unfortunately, there are only a few of them, probably the rest was to be mail-ordered. Plus, the instruction part is...- wahine
- Post #3,405
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Show Us Your Purchases!
very nice compacts! (since I'm of the barbarian type who 'repairs' old stuff with double-faced adhesive band, I got no good advice) My latest flea market / thrift finds: A few magazines (one of them with loads of knitting patterns) of 1956, '59 and '61 and a 'leg rocker', probably from...- wahine
- Post #12,410
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
Thanks. It's not only ancestors :) for instance, my aunt is a great tailor. She was the ladies' wardrobe department' boss in a local theater for several decades until she retired about a year ago. She made marvelous outfits like these: more pics: http://www.tfn-online.de/1023.html I'm...- wahine
- Post #22
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
Thanks, I'm happy about it all, too! Paul, the wooden boxes were made by my grandpa (probl. in the 30s or 40s) - only the table is from my great-grandfather. But my aunt just called me and told me she found one more wooden box that goes with the table - hopefully from my great-grandfather...- wahine
- Post #20
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
Ladies, thanks and thanks again for all your helpful comments!!! :hug: :peep: I'm a bit ashamed having made such a fuss - it wasn't half as bad as I expected. The wardrobe did smell alright and even seemed to have some mold in the back. But since about 90 % of it has polish/paint on it, the...- wahine
- Post #17
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
sheeplady, thanks a lot for sharing your experience. I was wondering if painting the thing would do any good, but I was very unsure and wouldn't have known what kind of paint to use. I will do some research on PU paints - there seems to be at least a dozen different kinds. Puzzicato, since I...- wahine
- Post #14
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
I already thought about airing it for a while. Unfortunately, I have no verandah or the like. Maybe we can put it in my aunts garage before we transport it to my place. It's a very old garage and the air comes through all the walls ;) Cleaning it with vinegar / vinegar-olive-oil-mixture and...- wahine
- Post #11
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
I might try to find the Murphy's oil in a local shop. Can you believe that here, it cost three times as much as in the US! They really charge an arm and a leg for it (can you say that? got it from an online dictionary) There seem to be different kinds of it. They only sell one kind here, in a...- wahine
- Post #8
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Show Us Your Purchases!
:eeek::eeek: I take my hat off to your determination and talent (and blush with a little envy) :o- wahine
- Post #12,329
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
thedanu, I had the idea to use vinegar myself. But that I tried that on my kitchen cupboard that merely had a mild smell, and it didn't work out very well. Same with the cups of coffee powder I put inside. It took the smell weeks to even get weaker, let alone go away altogether (I'm not sure if...- wahine
- Post #5
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
Thanks for the idea, PowderKeg! I never heard of it, but a short websearch tells me it's actually being sold in Germany (not so cheap, though). It's mainly for saddle cleaning as it seems. Did you use it on natural/unpainted/unvarnished wood as well? Does it just clean or can it also remove...- wahine
- Post #4
- Forum: The Powder Room
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refreshen the old wardrobe
No, this is not about going on a big shopping tour to get new clothes (not that I didn't want to :cool:). I just moved from a place with built-in closets to a place without. So I need a stand alone wardrobe. Good is: my aunt has one to spare, and it's even the one that she and my mom used...- wahine
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- Forum: The Powder Room
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What Are You Reading
A Stone For Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins. I've had it on my shelf for quite some time, having it bought initially cause I'm an Elvis fan and wanted to have a look at the novel that was the basis of King Creole. I haven't read it earlier cause I thought it might have so much violence in it...- wahine
- Post #4,285
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Show Us Your Purchases!
Miss Golightly, that first one is amazing, it will look marveloous on you! The button line is wonderful, hopefully all intact. Sometimes I wonder what size all your wardrobes have... ;)- wahine
- Post #12,325
- Forum: The Powder Room
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pictures of every day life in France
I accidently found a page of the French ministry of culture that hosts thousands of photos, e.g. of every day life in and around Paris. They're not too big and not all in focus, but very natural / drawn from life - I really enjoyed looking at many of the pictures. It has mostly pics of...- wahine
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The Middy Thread
If it weren't almost 400 km from my place to yours, I'd pack my things right away :D -
The Middy Thread
Well, if even a professional can't make another professional understand what is meant, I'm no longer surprised that no one understands me :( ;) But it's a bit sad that the hair dressers never believe when you say that it's supposed to be done differently. I mean, of course they're the pros and...
