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Antique Medicine Cabinet

Shibumi

Shibumi

Looking for Effortless Perfection
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Lately I have done some p/t computer work for this 75 year old guy. He's in the process of cleaning his messy house out so he can sell it and moved to California where most of his family now lives. I saw this cabinet in his basement and asked him for it. He said "give me a quarter for it". I thought he was kidding about the 25 cents, but he kept asking me for it while I worked on his computer that day. So I finally gave him the quarter and took the cabinet home. Makes a great pipe cabinet, huh? You can see in the picture it also has two, cool little drawers on the bottom.

Now I'm looking all over his house for an antique cabinet to turn into a cigar humidor. :laugh:

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Pretty nice. I hope to find something similar, too, but much larger. I'm thinking of just building something, but I like the idea of reclaiming something that is no longer being used and converting it.

Not bad for $.25 :)
 
Now I read your post
You got a hell of a deal
Out my way youd pay about 150-250 dollars for something like that
 
Thanks for the comments. I went to this guys house yesterday to help straighten out his garage and didn't see anything else humidor-wise, but we opened a box filled with old bottles of liquor and I saw a sealed bottle of Canadian Club Whisky. 6 years old it say's on the bottle, but how long was it in his garage? He say's "you want it?" Duh, Yeah?!? I cracked it last night. Real smooth. It went great with my Don Pepin. I'm not a big whisky fan, but I have only tried the american stuff which is too strong for me. This really had a nice smokey/sweet taste. I can't wait to sample a few more drams tonight. :love:
 
That's Awesome!

Looks like you could easily replace the mirror with a piece of beveled glass, to kinda show off the contents, and make it look less like a bathroom fixture.

Dennis~
 
Dios de Fuego said:
what did you use to mount the pipes?
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I bought little plastic hooks, but I need to change them, not sturdy enough. I saw these little clear plastic stand that I want to use instead of hanging them.


bigwhiteash said:
That's Awesome!

Looks like you could easily replace the mirror with a piece of beveled glass, to kinda show off the contents, and make it look less like a bathroom fixture.

Dennis~
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That IS a good idea, but I kind of use the mirror to look at myself in the morning. :blush:
 
That is a killer cabinet. The fact that is an antique makes it all the cooler. Way to be thinking on your feet as you peruse his stuff. With that and the whiskey, I'd get back in there and see what else he has before he moves out. Congrats on that catch.
Ted
 
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