What's Frank getting Brenda?

Good night!!! That's just a tad less than I spent on my sewing table, cutting table (including the tops) and all my cabinets in my sewing studio- total! Sheesh!!!

Leslie, The Cheapskate, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

I thought for sure this was a lead in to another nasty troll attack, lol

Sunny

The Stanton carts at homedecorators.com are much more reasonable. NAYY

It looks fine. I am mot that in love with the overall look of it though. I would think most people would baulk at the price. Most Hinterberg pricing is toward the high end of the spectrum. I have looked at their quilting machine frames and think they are overpriced for me. Others may not feel as I do, though.

John

Nice. I'd seen the ad and had wondered about the price. It's amazing what we can spend on this stuff, isn't it?

Linda PATCHogue, NY

I saw that too, I think I need one but not at that price. I have an old sewing chest (lots of drawers, about 14''x14''x20" high) in the basement that I think I can add wheels to and put file folder like bins on the side. It would be a lot cheaper.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA

When we were 'shopping' for shelving for the Butterfly Studio we had local carpenters give us prices...saints preserve us! We haven't won a lottery ticket so we went to a 'used' shelving place and came home with some BRAND NEW--ordered but never claimed shelving.

If you really want something like this SHOP AROUND. You may get something close to but affordable.

HTH Butterfly

I have finally decided after 'replacing the cheaper stuff cause it didn't make it thru the last move that the pricier but LONGER LASTING-- no need to replace it-- is cheaper FOR ME in the long run. I take the price and divide it by how many YEARS I expect to use/have it. Then we look at the budget and decide if we can afford it. That is how I got the Horn Cabinet a coupla Christmases ago (now that was a complete surprise)...and the caddy this year. (Also, Mr J has gone back to work for a lil bit--he's been off for the last 2 weeks and with this rain..... PRAY he finds a better steadier job. He has an app in for one that we BOTH can live with. They're starting the interviews this week. I still TG every day that he IS ABLE to work once again but with serious limitations.) I never would have dreamed of it a year ago.

Thus being able to get the caddy....(it will be from the 3 of them: DH and Kidlets:) I can hannel it :)

Butterfly

On Dec 1, 1:10 pm, Pat in Virginia wrote:

I tend to like things that are "Classic" or "Period Correct". I realise that other people like "Modern" as that blends in to their decorating scheme. That said, There is probably not anything that is period correct for such an item. Therefore, I would want it to be as true to something that was built of a classic style, even though, it is modern in nature as to it's purpose. Items like that, are semi-mass produced, and are usually made from furniture grade plywood or worse pressboard with plastic wood grain veneer covering the whole thing and assembled with screws and clips and glue. Not made for longevity. I am not aware of the assembly of that particular item so I in no way mean to bad mouth the construction of it. I am just thinking of the majority of "furniture" that is sold in the good old USA, by the mass marketers. As one of the other posters commented on, they tried to get quotes for something they wanted made by a local person and found the price to be prohibitive. That is due to the one off nature of things. If you are buying a boxcar full of wood and running it through a large assortment of production machinery, and doing it with the help of low wage workers, what you get is less expensive mass produced items that can beat the one off piece on price every day. If it fills your need, then it is a bargin. If, on the other hand, you really want something that is truely unique, then the only way to do that is to pay the piper and pass it down to your grandchildren. I hereby relinquish the custom made, period correct, soap box to anybody who would like to use it. Mind the finish though and take off your shoes.

John

Thought I'd redirect the thread. We're always looking for new/better inexpensive ways to store our stuff (and our stash!!)

I have 2 carts; One can be seen here (almost):

Works great!!!

They each cost under $200 -- on wheels -- which is so very convenient!

Works for me!

I won't buy ANYTHING that isn't made with real wood. I have learned the hard way, by buying the cheaper stuff. I may as well take a good stack of bills and burn them and Lord knows I can't afford to do that! lol If I can't afford to buy the good stuff, then I don't buy! I do without! Just my two cents! Launie, in Oregon

Howdy!

We tend to buy solid wood furniture, sometimes "unfinished", to get a durable quality item. Melamine just isn't in my decorating vocabulary. Looking at these storage cabinets reminds me that my butcher-block cabinet w/ the little wheels on the bottom is the perfect surface for my smaller rotary cutter met, with or without the "old faithful" microwave inside the unit. My regular cutting table is an antique, pull-out-leaf table that serves in the dining room; it's another easy-to-move piece. For days when I'm tired of sitting or, more likely, when the dining table is in use, there's a long, tall, narrow table (from the unfinished furniture store) in the breakfast room that is the perfect height for cutting, and collecting (mostly it collects, sitting too near the back door ). (Both of us love to put the finishing layers on wood; he's better at sanding, I'm better at staining the surface.) I love these storage units w/ the many compartments, the Pyramid Chest from Pier 1 Imports, the antique cabinet from a barber shop in central Texas (lots of drawers), antique Scottish secretary. And I love real wood. ;-)

Cheers! And congrats to all of you who are acquiring the furniture you want. ;->

R/Sandy - cute scrapy pyramid quilt: