I don't like shiny new things any more, I like shiny old things instead. May be it is part of aging process, or I would say maturing ( I hope it is maturing, because some of us age but never mature!).
I prefer driving my old cars than the new ones. Pleasure I get driving my 35 year old car can not be described. My daughter thinks I neglect my new car at the cost of my old ones. All of a sudden I prefer to sit in old antique chairs and want to walk on old tattered Persian rugs. Since I am getting patina of age myself therefore I am liking everything with patina?
'am glad my beloved wife has patina spell on her too, otherwise she might have thought I have gone cuckoo.
Last night I saw pictures of a black 1957 Mercedes 300SL roadster, all original unmolested (as the car people call it). I was so overwhelmed by the beauty of it, had hard time falling asleep. The car is already sold, I just kept thinking and hoping that new money has not bought and over restored it.
Here is some patina to share, what do you think?
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| French Deco leather club chair |
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| French Deco leather club chair |
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| Pair of tufted antique leather chairs |
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| Arm detail on the tufted leather chair |
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| An antique leather chair is my study |
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| Antique leather chair with embossed crest |
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| Arm detail |
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| English leather club chair(side) |
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| English leather club chair |
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| Detail and patina on the chair |
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| Barn find 300Sl roadster |
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| Sat in a barn for 23 years |
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| 300SL roadster at Legendary Motor cars |
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| Speechless |
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| What do I say? |
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| wow! |
Picture credits: Legendary Motorcars, flicker, 1stdibs.
In my home we have leather living room furniture. They're beige and not vintage which is disappointing. Vintage style is something that I couldn't convince my parents to live and buy. I very much want to get a more vintage style as an independent individual this summer.
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