Tyree Callahan found, cleaned up, and repurposed this "Automatic Temperature Controlling Aparatus" by "The Power Regulator Company" into an end table for his living room.
Before:
The best piece, though, is the plaque on the side:
More pictures of the work to get it cleaned up on his blog.
I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
"Automatic Temperature Controlling Aparatus" also known as Tyree's End Table
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readers_homes
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3 comments:
Awesome!
I followed some links from that guys blog and found this little gem:
http://handley.org.uk/fzz/
a steam rocket!
That is a treasure indeed! Of course, there is less and less of this wonderful brass and cast iron as time passes and the price of scrap increases. Thank goodness for those with an eye for these things. I have been called everything from a junkyard dog to a master crap-stacker. COMPLIMENTS ALL!
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