This is the library card catalogue that my great grandmother Bea gave to me.

it has a gross peice of fibre board on the top and it needed replaced with something so i took it off and found this. the picture aboce is right after I took the fibre board off. I had done no work to the catalogue, the picture of me applying linnseed oil is with the top finished. the drawers were showing their age too so I took off all of the handles, sanded the fronts of the cabinets and oiled them. then put it all back together. I am torn on what to do for the top. I am not sure whether to screw down the base peice visible in picture 2. ( which I have sanded and oiled.) or order a peice of 1/4" polished edge glass for $38.00 the glass would be good for inside the house and would show off the wood very nicely while still giving me a durable flat surface. the wood would cover up the top of the "catalogue" and leave marks from spills, cold glasses, etc. but would be cheaper. just another project.

Thanks McPhersons,

B-McKne