Thursday, January 26, 2012

Treasure Hunting Thursday - Amazing Map Chest!

Ok, so I really need to start writing down how much things cost when I take pictures of them.  I always think, oh this is so amazing, I'll certainly remember how much it costs.  Then I go to write the post and.... nothin'.  So, I have this amazing find to show you today, but I do not remember how much it cost.  Sorry.  I know it was WAY more than I could pay.  Plus, it would never fit into our front door, so there's that too.

Anyway, moving on, I know you're curious... what is this big beautiful thing with all the pretty little drawers?  It's not a dresser, it's not a filing cabinet really or a card catalog.  Nope, it's a map chest!  And it is beeeeeautiful!


Oh my isn't it so lovely?!?!  I know!  It would look amazing in anyone's home.  Alas, it is HUGE and not cheep no-sir-ee.

I could only find surprisingly few examples of old map chests used in people's homes.  You'd think there'd be a bunch of them considering how beautiful they are!

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That's all I could find!  Have you seen any other beautiful map chests?  I found a couple other pictures of ones that were for sale, but no others of ones in actual homes.  Maybe because they can be so large & hard to get into homes with regular-sized doors?  The one I found seems to be much larger than these ones pictured as well.  Oh well, I still think it's beautiful.  Do you?

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3 comments:

  1. That would be so cool to have.

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  2. I work in constrution and we have pieces like these throughout our office to house architectural drawings. Obviously they wouldn't be called map chests in this case, but I don't know of their official name either. I just tried Googling "plans chest" and "architectural blueprint cabinet" and founds some great photos. Hope that helps!

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  3. I bought one off of craig's list recently...they were $50 per set of 5 drawers. I bought four sets to store my craft supplies in. However they are so huge and so heavy that I'm moving my craft room down to the ground floor because there is no way the drawers are going up the stairs! I'll send you a picture once the area is set up.

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