A vintage desk, cooperatively built
Updated: 2012-11-30 22:16:34
: , Our Tomorrow Thinking about our future Sunday , July 15, 2012 A vintage desk , cooperatively built How appropriate that my recently purchased used desk was made by a furniture co-op It is a beautiful desk that seems to been made in the 1970s . Now that I know this about the company I appreciate the desk even more . This fall when the weather cools I'll be giving it a light sanding and will give it a new clearcoat to protect it . From their website Community Playthings has always manufactured products right here in the United States . It all started in 1947 in an old barn in Georgia , supporting a little cooperative community . Not long after , the co-op joined a larger group in New York and brought the business with them . Today , the community” in Community Playthings is a group of
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