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Gene, I couldn't be more jealous of your bathroom if I tried!
Five bucks bought this folding rocker. I've started the resto'. "After" pix to follow,... someday.
A thrift store cabinet started me on a kick to re-do the bathroom off my study. It's now taking on a vintage vibe, no?
In fact, nearly everything except the signs came from thrift stores including the mirrors and light fixture.
Walls seriously need painting. I've picked out a historic, very pale shade of mint green.
Why is it called a "gone with the wind" lamp?
That's surely not what their original name is, though. I think they're called Argand or Student lamps, properly. Not GWTW lamps!
I took it apart yesterday, waxed the bakelite, turns out the top two screws are stripped on the female ends on the bakelite so finding a replacement case might be a bit of an issue.
The original threads (now stripped) were cut into the Bakelite itself, and not a metal insert of some type, right? If that's the case, I'd think some sort of hardening plastic compound could be packed into the holes with the stripped-out threads, let set until partially hardened, then the original screws (greased, maybe) could be turned into those holes, cutting new threads as they go, left there long enough for the impression to take, and then backed out.
Just an idea, you know. But it just might work.