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Fantastic Plastic Phones
Apr. 28th, 2020 06:26 pmI had been lusting for a rotary phone for a long time; one with a doily beneath it, and, I don't know. A notebook beside it? Shit, what did people in the 1960s use to decorate their gossip benches with? A cocaine mirror?
Since landlines are prohibitively expensive these days and I'd rather just press a button on my phone to call someone, it'd be nice to have it as a decoration beside my couch, as currently my tripodal side table has been housing absolutely zilch and it's killing me. I wanted to pick up a crappy old one to easily spraypaint wine red with gold numbers beneath the dial, but many were cracked with decaying cords so it was hard to find -- Alex was able to snag one on eBay or something, he texted me yesterday that he received it and I yelled a lot because I was across the city and had to read about cremation standards instead of visiting him.
It's circa 1960s and absolutely beautiful. I love the color! (Ignore the clutter, we dumped our stuff on the table as soon as we got to his place).
Despite how much I like the original teal color and almost prefer it, there was some noticeable yellowing and discoloration and I still wanted a deep red phone. Alex was just excited for another quarantine 'couples project'. Here it is after a much needed bath that got rid of rust and 50+ year old grime.
Alex really enjoyed taking this thing apart, he said it activated the reptilian part of his brain. That's not suspicious at all. Anyways, we just sprayed it down a few times with some white primer, once every hour, then later we will be spraying it with deep red spray paint. I'm thinking of leaving the main circle ... part white, then adding gold stickers beneath the holes in the plastic dial, which I don't plan on bothering since I think it looks great as is.
I'm extremely excited, and can't wait to see what it looks like later.
Also, Alex is making me a sidecar drink tonight and I have no idea what the hell that is, but I'm drinking it anyways! If it's especially cool looking I'll take a picture, because obviously you guys care about the liquor I consume.
Since landlines are prohibitively expensive these days and I'd rather just press a button on my phone to call someone, it'd be nice to have it as a decoration beside my couch, as currently my tripodal side table has been housing absolutely zilch and it's killing me. I wanted to pick up a crappy old one to easily spraypaint wine red with gold numbers beneath the dial, but many were cracked with decaying cords so it was hard to find -- Alex was able to snag one on eBay or something, he texted me yesterday that he received it and I yelled a lot because I was across the city and had to read about cremation standards instead of visiting him.
It's circa 1960s and absolutely beautiful. I love the color! (Ignore the clutter, we dumped our stuff on the table as soon as we got to his place).
Despite how much I like the original teal color and almost prefer it, there was some noticeable yellowing and discoloration and I still wanted a deep red phone. Alex was just excited for another quarantine 'couples project'. Here it is after a much needed bath that got rid of rust and 50+ year old grime.
Alex really enjoyed taking this thing apart, he said it activated the reptilian part of his brain. That's not suspicious at all. Anyways, we just sprayed it down a few times with some white primer, once every hour, then later we will be spraying it with deep red spray paint. I'm thinking of leaving the main circle ... part white, then adding gold stickers beneath the holes in the plastic dial, which I don't plan on bothering since I think it looks great as is.
I'm extremely excited, and can't wait to see what it looks like later.
Also, Alex is making me a sidecar drink tonight and I have no idea what the hell that is, but I'm drinking it anyways! If it's especially cool looking I'll take a picture, because obviously you guys care about the liquor I consume.
