Like a fat kid loves cake

Just off City Ave is my personal wonderland, Material Culture. Maybe you’ve been? In a converted train garage, the warehouse-like space is packed to the gills with antique and vintage pieces from India, China, Indonesia, Turkey, Kazakhstan and beyond.  Inside you’ll find unique items for all aspects of an interesting home; lighting, furniture, doors, rugs, textiles, copper table tops, and wall moldings (to name a few).

This week, I was trolling the rows of treasures on behalf of a client.  She needs a tall piece to house her TV and other media components.  Of course, they’ll all take a bit of carpentry tinkering to make them flat TV and cable box ready, but they’ll also add so much character to her Old City loft space. Here are some of the finds I’ll be showing her.

I’d really love to turn this pair of doors into a custom media cabinet.  It is particularly great because the doors are wide enough to accomodate a larger flat screen TV but when building out the cabinet it could be made shallow so as not to take over the room.