I’m not sure there are sufficient words to describe how very, very badly I want one of these:
a Card Catalog Cabinet
This thing is absolutely me in a nutshell.
It’s books, it's antiques...
It’s Dewey decimal, numbers, and the ever-so-satisfying alphabetical order.
It’s my personal history.
It’s me typing up a new entry card (yes, on a real live typewriter!) and having the head cataloger hand it back to me FOUR times to re-do, “correctly this time, please.”
It’s a lesson in humility. (AND attentiveness!)
It’s pretty. It’s commodious.
I could store all my trinkets in one place!
I could sort my chatchka alphabetically!
I could hunt for a pen and take a trip down memory lane, all at the same time!
Unfortunately, they're stupid expensive - I could never ever afford one.
But in my perfect world…
I have two.
14 comments:
Hmm...I am with you...so many uses...and a conversation started I am sure....hugs abby
I have one that's more of a cabinet - no raised legs. I got it back in high school and it was built to store CDs. I don't have enough CDs to fill it anymore, so it's CDs and DVDs now, and looks enough like a card catalog to satisfy my librarian heart! They're so beautiful.
All the YES to this! The old oak library and schoolhouse furniture always gets my admiring attention when I go antiquing. I have no space for it -- as well as no budget for it! -- but I salivate over it nonetheless. :)
I have been after one of these myself! they look amazing!!
Oh, yes. One of these would be perfect for something. Or even for nothing, just to have.
I covet one of these too. To have all my little bits and pieces in one place... beautiful.
Hi Jz - I could definitely do with one of those ... and had bought a tie chest of drawers which has now gone to the daughter of a friend, who is into art and so lots could be stored in the various drawers - and it had a shelf to pull out - to display ties ... I was fond of it! I hope you can get one sometime ... cheers Hilary
a-
I hadn’t really considered the “conversation started” aspect of it, but you just made my imagination take off!
Good to see you. :-)
A-
Yeah, there are a lot of different styles but this is the one that really makes my eyes gleam… so I don’t have to completely hate you for having one! You lucky duck.
Mrs F-
It sounds weird to say “I salivate with you” or “Yours in salivating”… but you know what I mean.
;-p
Notes-
If you source a decent priced one, holler out! (After you’ve obtained your own, of course *ahem*)
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“Even for nothing”… Ex-ACT-ly!
F-
Apparently we’re a covetous bunch around here… ;-p
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Oh yes. The pull-out drawers are an excellent addition.
You’re a good woman for passing it along. I’d probably still be grasping it with my cold dead fingers…
You could store a lot of chotskies in those drawers, but they're awfully deep, and I see everything sliding back to the back and hard to find. Ooo, but you could go all Marie Kondo and roll up your socks and underpants and put in them!
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They are deep - but they also have those pushy things that you adjust to keep the cards upright... I could utilize those for nifty dividers.
I am constitutionally unequipped to maintain any Marie Kondoing...
I'd like one of those too please.
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If I find a "two-fer" sale, you'll be at the very top of my list!
;-p
I love card catalogs. There's a vintage shop around here that stores all their bits and bobs for sale in one! It is absolutely gorgeous.
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They really can be stunning, can't they?
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