Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

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Wednesday, August 11. 2010

Need some good furniture?

Our friend Sippican is having a major sale of his brand-new antiques. Serious markdowns.


His stuff is all solid wood, nothing fake, and generally consistent with Maggie's Farm style - all-American homespun with no Baroque or Rococo.


We have a couple of his pieces and they are handsome. Heirlooms (and if you happen to wonder about the etymology of "heirloom," it's just like it sounds).


Here's Sipp's furniture website.

Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:44 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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I really like that coffee table and wish him well but I can't drop $200 at the moment on something I don't need. Dash it all! I must start working harder.
#1 BlogDog (Link) on 2010-08-11 10:21 (Reply)
Yeah, but hard times are the right times to buy things. Even Warren Buffett says that.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2010-08-11 10:41 (Reply)
I have his stepper, thanks to an earlier link here, and use it for everything under the sun from reaching the top bookshelf to painting the bathroom.
#2 Retread on 2010-08-11 11:00 (Reply)
I am fortunate enough to have a few of friend Sippican's pieces. He makes wonderful antiques fresh daily!
#3 Country Squire on 2010-08-11 17:12 (Reply)
If i was Sippican, and if I wanted a line extension, i'd sell a kit, all precut and finished, screwholes drilled, hardware in the kit with handdrawn instructions a la WEhole Earth catalogue earlty style --and give us old Dagwood Bumsteads a way to put some sweat equity into that new Christmas gift for Blondie.

Maybe let the purchaser apply the varnish or polyurethane, stain, paint, and so forth.

Does anybody know who Dagwood and Blondie are? mercy --i better shut up somebody will send Obamacare over here and dispose of me.
#4 buddy larsen on 2010-08-12 12:35 (Reply)
I know who they are, and why they sandwich was named for him. See you in the old folks home;)
#4.1 Retread on 2010-08-12 17:12 (Reply)
heh --reminds of that doctor - patient conference.

Doc says "Well, i'm afraid it's Alzheimer's."

Patient says "Whew, at least it's not Alzheimer's."
#4.1.1 buddy larsen on 2010-08-12 18:11 (Reply)

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