Quilt storage cupboard made from recycled old wood/or furniture
11-06-2015, 10:42 AM
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I saw (on this Board) a picture a few years back about using the large entertainment units for quilts. I went on Craigslist and found a beautiful one with glass doors and two drawers underneath. It's in my LR now filled with lovely vintage quilts. I have a huge entertainment unit in my family room now that we are converting to a quilting room and that huge old thing will store quilt tops and backing. If you want it to be open, just remove the doors. I like the doors on mine, though there is an open space that I do fill. I just make sure nothing is in sunlight.
11-06-2015, 09:33 PM
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I use the top to feed the cats since that is the only thing Eli can't reach. I just had to add creative stairs for the old man, Bruno, to get up there.
11-06-2015, 10:26 PM
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I used an old mahogany wardrobe...it's an antique so I didn't want to nail through it, so we just made shelves that sit inside..it is absolutely perfect for my fabric on comic book boards..keeps them sorted nicely, and I can open both doors and get a good look at everything..and the sun can't get in to fade them!
11-06-2015, 10:57 PM
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i collected metal shelving units--free ones---and used contact shelf paper on the shelves. i have 4 of them in my sewing room, and i use sheets for 'doors'. the best this old lady could do, by herself. hubby has other projects all the time... works fine for me.
11-07-2015, 06:13 AM
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I purchased a china cabinet at goodwill for yardage. It has glass shelves. I made the big ironing board on top of a dresser I found at a garage sale. It holds precuts and LOTS of fat quarters. I love both!
Sorry about the sideway pics.
Sorry about the sideway pics.
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11-07-2015, 06:49 AM
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Love your glass etching on the shorter cabinet. Looks like apple core templates. Did you do that or that original?
11-07-2015, 10:09 AM
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11-07-2015, 11:33 AM
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