wil and kris (and gracie and ava)

due to a disco “mustachio bashio” skating party on saturday night, wil and i found ourselves perusing a couple thrift stores this weekend to find the perfect outfit…what we didn’t expect was to find the coolest piece of furniture ever…

near the back of the store we came across an retro looking console, moved some stuff off the top and noticed the top open up to reveal a turntable and radio! noting what a cool piece it was, we saw a nearby 50% off sign, making the piece only 23 bucks. yes, 23 bucks. the lady mentioned that the radio for sure worked and on a whim, we made the purchase.

after loading it into the car, we immediately got so excited about the prospect of fixing it up and went straight to home depot to pick out a stain and buy some sand paper. two days later, we have a beautiful vintage stereo that we can’t wait to use. it worked out that i took care of the outside, while wil is working on the innards…i sanded down the varnish that had long ago started to peel off, discovering really pretty wood with bookmatched grain on the sides. after some mahogany stain and a few coats of poly, we brought it inside to it’s new home (behind the sofa). wil’s still working on the stereo…the speakers worked partially, so he plans on buying some old speakers from craigslist or more thrift stores to disassemble and possibly a used turntable to replace the other in case it doesn’t work. it’ll get there eventually!