Before and After

Before and After

This  oak dresser was in the work shop.  The drawers were painted green and the rest painted white the knobs are glass. I forgot to take pictures before Kenny started to strip it. He stripped most of it.  Josh finished stripping it, sanded and refinished it.  The dresser is now in the guest room.

It turned out beautiful

Before

After

The Horns

The workshop had many hidden treasures. We found several phonograph horns for Victor, Columbia, Victrola and Edison machines. There were horns of all sizes. Some of the horns were made of brass, tin, and other metals. Some were almost like papier mâché.

Some were in good condition and others were not, but they all were valuable with some fetching prices into the hundred dollar range. 

To restore an original takes a lot of skill and work.

Here are some pictures of some of the horns.

The Workshop

The Workshop

Josh was contacted by a man who wanted his father’s old workshop cleaned out and demolished. The shop was built in 1963.

The workshop was full of old wood, woodworking tools, workbenches, nails, screws, cabinet and door hardware, old radios, Victrola parts, furniture  as well as many other items that will be featured in this blog.

The sawdust was thick on the floor, but the items we uncovered turned out to be educational and full of surprises.

It also led to another project that will be featured on this blog.

More to follow on the workshop.

 

Livermore Barns

The Livermore Barns

 There were several structures on this land. The land eventually  is to have a Toyota Dealership built on it. Josh picked two small barns to take down and salvage. The wood from these barns was used for arts and crafts, flooring and decorative walls in homes.

Castro Valley...Llama Ranch Barn

Castro Valley...Llama Ranch Barn

This barn was 192' long and 25' wide. It once housed Llama's in a beautiful setting in Castro Valley, Ca.
The wood for this went to make furniture, arts and crafts and to fix an old barn.

A few very old Pepsi can's were found here. Josh kept those to add to his Pepsi can collection.

A sign for Pony Rides, that was used to repair the barn at one time was found and sold.

Martinez Barn

The next few posts, I will be showing other barns Josh has taken down.
This barn was the Martinez barn.  This barn was about 60'x40' built with all square nails.
Wood from this barn went into landscaping, funiture making, and crafts. The pictures below shows the progress of taking the barn down.