I am an old thing. I love old things. My home is filled with antiques from the 1940's especially, but certainly nothing new. There is a quality to the furniture built then that has not been found since. Craftsmen took pride in their workmanship and built pieces to last of the best materials they had. Quarter sawn oak is made from a log that is cut into quarters down the trunk lengthwise then glued back together. That takes time and skill. Grains had to be matched. Inlays are done. Carvings are done and it was all by hand.
I realize those are bygone days, and that is why I tend to collect those pieces. They won't come again. I cherish them and oil them, and never consider painting them, unless they are just pine, but even old pine has a charm to it with the patina of age.
I have been on the hunt for a vintage camper since I moved to Alberta. I came out in a motorhome, a 36 foot Pace Arrow. It was deluxe and comfortable and I planned to live in it while my real house was being built, but it was too cold in Alberta to do that. I sold it a few years later, took a loss but consider that if I had to rent a place for the time I lived in it, it really paid for itself, and then some.
I looked in the local buy and sell online today and there it was, a 1964 all original Airstream land yacht, and it was only an hour away. I called immediately and then drove out to take a look. I am delighted though there is going to be some work to be done. The furnace and hot water systems need attention, but the fridge and stove work and there is a microwave included, plus dishes and bedding. It is just as the factory made it, too. They were not the most beautiful trailers, though I have some dreams and plans for it. I want to park it beside the bed and breakfast and offer it as a summer cabin as part of the bed and breakfast. How often does one get to stay in an all original antique Airstream?
Anyhow, I am very pleased with the purchase. It will come home as soon as my cheque clears. Yes, it is road worthy and fit to travel. Yay! What an adventure.
I realize those are bygone days, and that is why I tend to collect those pieces. They won't come again. I cherish them and oil them, and never consider painting them, unless they are just pine, but even old pine has a charm to it with the patina of age.
I have been on the hunt for a vintage camper since I moved to Alberta. I came out in a motorhome, a 36 foot Pace Arrow. It was deluxe and comfortable and I planned to live in it while my real house was being built, but it was too cold in Alberta to do that. I sold it a few years later, took a loss but consider that if I had to rent a place for the time I lived in it, it really paid for itself, and then some.
I looked in the local buy and sell online today and there it was, a 1964 all original Airstream land yacht, and it was only an hour away. I called immediately and then drove out to take a look. I am delighted though there is going to be some work to be done. The furnace and hot water systems need attention, but the fridge and stove work and there is a microwave included, plus dishes and bedding. It is just as the factory made it, too. They were not the most beautiful trailers, though I have some dreams and plans for it. I want to park it beside the bed and breakfast and offer it as a summer cabin as part of the bed and breakfast. How often does one get to stay in an all original antique Airstream?
Anyhow, I am very pleased with the purchase. It will come home as soon as my cheque clears. Yes, it is road worthy and fit to travel. Yay! What an adventure.
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