The coffee pot is always on and I hope you all like dark robust coffee. There's sweet tea in the refrigerator year round, my southern roots demand it, and there is alway room at the table for one more.
Today I finished rebacking the tambour doors for a 105+ year old Hoosier cabinet that I have been refinishing. A portion of the upper cabinet, the flour hopper/sifter and sugar bin had been painted a few times so stripping the old paint has been a major nightmare. The back of both the upper and lower cabinets had delaminated and had to be replaced. Other than that everything is original. I did strip the finish on the cabinets, I just repaired the finish in a few spots and then rubbed a tung oil finish into it followed by several coats of paste wax.
Tomorrow I will oil, and wax the horizontal tamour doors and reinstall them. Once completed I will post pictures. The one thing I found amazing is that it has a 7 glass jar revolving spice rack with the original jars still intact. A dear friend who was moving from her house to a small apartment gave it to me. I tried to get her to sell it at her garage sale since it is an actual Hoosier brand cabinet; but she insisted that knowing I had and treasured it would mean more to her than the money she could have gotten for it.
I will post pictures once it's complete. I wish that I had remembered to take pictures before I started. But the finished piece is some thing I will treasure.
