Archive Preserved

After the move…

Richard: All the furniture has gone into storage.

Guy: And the drawings and documents?

Richard: They’re safe. In boxes. Ready for the regional archive.

Guy: I had hoped the furniture could have become a mini museum and the papers stored in the drawers for interested people.

Richard: Moving the furniture out saved the documents. Mostly people access old plans and records online now.

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Voice-over

Artifact storage plus a website. Probably 5% of access through artifact-viewing and 95% online glimpsing. Some lovely old watercolor architectural plans.

Repurposing a tattered card table

A repurposing, not a restoration…

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Before

Nick: It was a card table. As kids, my brother and I used to do our homework on it.

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Henry: Together?

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Nick: Sitting across from each other. Maybe that’s why neither of us did our homework very diligently. Always fighting. We both got good at cards though.

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Henry: So you restored it.

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After

Nick: Not really. Adapted it. Originally it had a green felt top. But that would be no good as an outdoor table for drinks and snacks.

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Henry: Ah. Hence the green ply replacement.

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Nick: Not an elegant adaptation but a green felt card table wouldn’t last long as an outdoor picnic table.

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Voice-over

Folding tables have a long history dating back to the Egyptians. Restoring a card table to standards of vehicle concours d'élégance would be expensive, why not just buy a new one? But repurposing makes sense.

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