These turned out adorable but it just killed me to see these beautiful tables and sewing machines being disassembled, especially that first one as it was gorgeous just as it was. It's not easy finding these with everything intact and still usable. I would have LOVED to have had that first one!! My grandmother had one but I don't know what happened to it since one of my uncles took control of everything and us few girls didn't get to have anything of hers. My husband bought me an antique Singer table though and I just need to get a replacement belt for it, hoping I can get it working again. I think I'm probably just too sentimental and born in the wrong century, LOL!! ❤
Your not too sentimental at all. I wanted one all my life. Finally found an affordable one at age 63, 2 years ago at a church thrift store for $25 . Got a bottom piece only with glass top at age 16 at flea market, still have it. Also have steamer trucks and milk jug from my mother.
I loved the first one in it's original shape! I'd love to buy one if I can find one. My grandmother had one, my cousin was the lucky one who got it. Aren't they antiques?
I have one here in Australia. Mine has the pretty carved drawers, 3 each side. Still in perfect working order. I love it 😊 I have often thought about using it as a bathroom vanity but like you I just couldn’t do it.
As lovely as yours are, I could never be able to do anything with my grandmother's treadle machine. Hers is a FREE brand and she actually willed it to me when she passed away at 104 years old. She actually used it until she was 100. I use mine as a sideboard but with the machine still inside.
Dear Mary , I am sorry I was so heart broken to see this beautiful cabinet and Machine taken apart! This one was so Beautiful and had so many Wonderful Details! I wish you could of used one that was already to far gone, or pieces you find at thrift stores or garage sales. Tables were nice. Just very sad!
So beautiful. Turned these wonderful tables into something that can be used and left the Singer label on. My grandmother would have loved this. She had a Singer, loved to sew. I wish I had learned crocheting from her, she made beautiful things. Thank you 🧵🪡
I was gifted two of those metal bases a few weeks ago. The ones I got were fairly rusty from sitting in a garage for years. Cleaned them up and repainted them and added a little gold rub n buff over the Singer and symbols on the sides… look good as new now. Stained a couple of pieces of live edge boards for the tops and made them into matching end tables for my family room. Loved your ideas!
Years ago I removed the drawers/frame from an old sewing machine cabinet and installed it under an upper kitchen wall cabinet. Perfect vintage look, and the drawers held scissors, tape, glue, stapler, mending/repairing supplies and tools like screw drivers, etc., kitchen thermometer and other less-used tools. For the base, I sprayed the iron pieces cream and added a slab of creamy marble (we lived in the Philippines where they have beautiful marble, cheap!). This piece serves me daily as a unique desk to which I added a beautiful vintage chair. I always keep the desk clean and tidy and placed it like a sofa table behind our leather sofa. Occasionally the chair is stored elsewhere, the desk is cleared and it serves as a dessert table for mealtime get-togethers. Beautiful what you did with these three! *hugs* Mrs. Kelley Dibble
Those Singer sewing machines are literally 100 yrs old-so they are true antiques! They look so nice now! I really love the black iron and the natural wood! I want one now-lol
Dear Mary, I have been watching you for a couple of years.I do a bit of crafting etc but was kinda at a stand still for lack of power tools or knowledge of how to use them. My wonderful husband for Christmas bought me a Dewalt drill and sander. His family were home builders and he has so much experience. His drills are large and hard for me to handle with my arthritis. The new drill is lighter. I haven’t used the sander yet but I’m stripping a table from the 1930’sfor my granddaughter and it will be so useful. You inspired me to want to tackle this and he listened. I’m from the Ozarks and have loved watching you and your beautiful home and family!
Breaks my heart to see what you have done to these beautiful heirlooms. I still use my mother's that she bought in 1939 and the stitching is still perfect.
I would never have come up with that idea, brilliant! I have an old Singer stand gifted to me back in the early seventies- the wood was taken right off it and a glass top sat atop it. All these years later, the glass broke and I was thinking of a wood top but looking for a cabinet that belonged originally. I was only thinking of a flat top, now I am rethinking this. This is a video I surely want to show my son (who will be making this for me) ...........love this and now I will be on the lookout for a cabinet top. Love it Mary as usual. Best of the season to you and your family, including your fur family.
I’m so glad you shared this. I have to say you n John did a beautiful job at changing this old Singer sewing machine around. I’m also happy you used the drawers n what a look idea you did with them. Looks like it was made that way. As for the Singer emblem I wouldn’t of noticed that it was crooked until you mentioned it. A true treasure it is! I found a set of 3 drawers from a old sewing machine. I used from way back at Michaels some finals turn them upside down n glued them to the bottom of the drawers n it stands beautifully. Of course I kept the wood that holds the dray together to make. I painted it n distressed it. To this day I still get compliments on it. It really turned cute. I also took a couple of the drawers without the frame n put legs on it n use it for my mail carrier. I just how yours turned out. Thanks Mary. His Blessings I wish for you. Happy New Year to n family. ♥️♥️😊👍👍👍a
I guess I'm in the minority here, but this was absolutely heart breaking for me. Such a lovely and useful antique ruined 😢. There are still lots of people out here that still use and treasure these wonderful machines.
I am also in the minority with you. To each their own, I guess! I would never take apart an old sewing machine to make tables but if the guts are already gone and only the legs and/or drawers remain, I think repurposing in some way is an excellent idea!
Yes, my mother just gave me one from 1908 and has beautiful detail on side of drawers and would never think of doing anything to it. She bought it for $200.
In total agreement with you. I was sitting here thinking, I wonder if she would sell one of the two she didn't use and then she was talking about how she had started redoing those as well.
I agree, unless it's broken, I just couldn't do it. I have one that my niece gave me, she found it in an antique store. I use it as a display piece with light decor on top. It's beautiful, I'll keep it forever.
I enjoyed seeing you and John working together on this project ! The way each piece turned out new masterpieces in there own right marvelous ideas. Well done!! ❤
The tables turned out perfectly! I’m so thankful John is able to be working from home, with you now, Mary. You work so well together and I believe John has a creative side as well. I retired in September at 62 and my husband is 63. His health forced him into early retirement and I decided to do the same. Our tomorrows are never promised and now that we’ve entered the winter of our lives, it’s time to enjoy “us”. We’re in Dayton OH and plan on making a trip to your area this year. We both look forward to Wednesday’s with you! Who would think I could get my big, burly, Harley riding husband to watch with me? May you and your family have a blessed New Year!
You both are such a great team and so creative! I love all of these! I’m sure now that John is working from the home you both will be unstoppable in creating these unique furniture pieces together!
Mary I think these are among some of my favorite projects you've done. So nice to see you and John working together. Thank you for always being a positive inspiration.
Oh wow! These pieces are beautiful. I love love old Singer sewing machines and it broke my heart a little to see them taken apart. But, you and your husband made beautiful pieces with them. I love watching your videos and hope to travel to your area some day soon.
The first Singer is an exact replica of mine. It belonged to my dad's mother. She taught me to sew barbie doll clothes on it when I was in grade school. Now, 50 years later, it's a Plant stand in my great room. I don't have the heart to take it apart. I even have the little oil can and her old wooden spools in the drawers. 💜
Your house is so beautiful and I love watching your projects you do and your recipes. It is nice to see you and your husband working together. Thank you for sharing with us.
I have had a Singer Sewing cabinet table for 38 years that I got at a flea market in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s one of my favorite furniture pieces in our home! You do beautiful work!
Really enjoyed this video. What a great way to preserve things from the past. I have my great grandmother's, with the original receipt in the drawer. Very special to me.
I really like what you have done with the drawer idea. I don't think I would have ever come up with that. I have my husbands grandmothers. I had to strip it years ago and it is in great shape. I just have it in my office. The added black around the drawers really set it off. Thanks Joyce
It's cute. Broke my heart watching it taken apart. I had one I sewed on through the 70's 80's and 90's till someone broke in to our home and took everything while we were on vacation. I kept it in mint condition and used it almost every day. Haven't been able to find another working one 😞. Yours did turn out cute. Would be awesome in a sewing room.
Oh Mary & John, This table is magnificent! I have seen a lot of these types of makeover tables, but none as totally awesome in design as this one! Bravo! Bravo!
Mary I learned to sew on a old Singer my Mother had. It's still in the family but one leg broke at the bottom and was welded but it broke again. I still love that old machine as it brings back wonderful memories of my Mother .
Tell me this wasn't an antique?, I couldn't bare to watch this so I stop, but then I came back to watch the rest. It came out really nice thanks for sharing this with us.
I love this older sewing machines, but if it doesn’t work and keeping to much space around the house. Mary you and John absolutely did a great piece of furniture with the sewing machine. It turned out beautiful, I love it.💕👍🏻👏🏼
This is beautiful. Your work is beautiful. I have one my grandmother used. She would very much have approved of your transformation. Out with the old in with the new she always said. Its beautiful!
What a wonderful way to repurpose a dear antique that would otherwise never be loved again. The only value an antique has, in my opinion, is to be used in whatever form it needs to serve.
I think that everything turned out lovely. I would use this in my house. In response to upset people feel. It is their cabinet to do as they please with. To each his own.
I appreciate the fact that you don’t say, “get it all done” in your titles. That phrase makes me feel like I fall short if don’t get everything accomplished in a day. I find your channel to be motivating & inspiring. Blessings…😊
This just adorable! I am from the Prairie of the Midwest, these old machines are everywhere, and no one really wants them. They can be had for less than 10 bucks sometimes, and no one buys them at auctions. Maybe if people saw this video they would look at them twice, lol. I sure did. I have two, I might have to try this. Good job you guys!
All of your sewing machine remakes came out beautifully! I remember my grandmother sewing on her old Singer treadle machine. What nice memories- recycled. Lol 😆
Our house that was built in the 30’s has a built in bench booth in the kitchen. It had an odd table top that was on a hinge attached to the wall. That finally broke, so my Dad took the table top and attached it to the Singer base that was his grandmother’s. It’s such a cool piece. It’s one of my favorite things in our home!
Dear oh dear Those machines clearly were going to be gotten rid of. Mary & John rescued them and gave them a beautiful new life! The item is still there they have just cleaned it up and made the item useful again. I can't believe all these comments and uproar.. You all know Mary loves antiques and if the pieces had of been intact & working well I'm sure they wouldn't have been touched! Mary resells in her booth so chances are most of the people jumping up & down will get offended over something being re made useful again. I personally think they made a exceptional job on bringing old,unused, damaged items back to life with a incredible upgrade... great job Mary & John.
These are very popular in my area. I have two of them. One has glass on top and I use this one in my sunporch as a small "sofa table' behind a chair. The second one I have in my living room with a rustic wood top that I use as a plant table. I love the vintage look and practicality of these tables. I have never seen them with the drawer attached, how interesting!
I have an antique Singer sewing machine and the cabinet is in beautiful condition. I use it in my living room just as it is as a side table. I don't think I could take it apart like you did but I do love what you did with that machine table. If you needed it to be smaller, that is the perfect change. I just couldn't do it.
These all turned out wonderful! So creative with parts. My in-laws are so good to help people with down sizing and cleaning. They have "inherited" several of these tables. The local marble counter top dealer has created table tops for them with the scrap pieces. Very nice finish.
The one with the top and bottom left as it was is the best. My husband made me one and I used it as a dressing table. After he passed I had someone break in my home and they left only my bed and dresser took the dressing table. They took almost all my photo albums and furniture. Sad but they didn’t take the memories.
I love this video Mary! Just over 5 years ago my mom and I purchased 2 singer sewing tables to repurpose. We had the best time and I wish I could share the pics because they came out beautiful. One of my favorite pieces.
I love how you bring old things back to useful. It makes me sad for old furniture to sit in someone's basement for years....just sit there. Bring it out, make it useful and make someone else smile. Love it! Your projects are gorgeous as usual!
I love how these singer tables turned out! They are all beautiful! I have my grandma’s old singer sewing machine out in my shed. I need to bring it in and clean it up. I don’t know if I could bring myself to paint it or not! I’m 65 years old and can remember my grandma letting me pump the peddle while she sewed me some doll clothes for my baby dolls! I have such sweet memories involving that old sewing machine. I sure do miss her!
I Love the old singer sewing machines! Some of them actually still work. Ya'll did an amazing job on refurbishing them to new use but my favorite is the one John fixed. L ove the black and natural wood! Ya'll have a Happy and prosperous New Year!
Just loved what you transformed the pieces into to be more usable. I had an old cabinet and would love to have transformed it the way you did! I sure enjoy your ideas and videos.
These are stunning, especially the second one. Well done. You have made them into something practical and very current that would suit so many differently styles homes. X
🤗 Oh Mary, these makeovers turned out gorgeous! Whoever ends up with these will be very lucky! Thank you and John for sharing your talent, I enjoy every one of your videos. I’m so glad you had a good Christmas. Happy New Year!
Guess I am old fashioned but I think old sewing machines are perfect without any changes.
Yes! I would love to find an old one and leave it just like they are!!
Yes, agree
Yep, I think you are right and painting the old wood is a no, no.
I could cry - these treadle machines are antiques.
OHMYGAWD!!! You DESTROYED it.
The cabinet and machine looked like they were still good, quilters all over the country would have loved the cabinet and machine as is.
It does hurt my heart to see that beautiful natural wood covered with paint.
These turned out adorable but it just killed me to see these beautiful tables and sewing machines being disassembled, especially that first one as it was gorgeous just as it was. It's not easy finding these with everything intact and still usable. I would have LOVED to have had that first one!! My grandmother had one but I don't know what happened to it since one of my uncles took control of everything and us few girls didn't get to have anything of hers. My husband bought me an antique Singer table though and I just need to get a replacement belt for it, hoping I can get it working again. I think I'm probably just too sentimental and born in the wrong century, LOL!! ❤
I agree! I, too, would love to have owned it in its original form. How sad to destroy a piece of limited history.
Your not too sentimental at all. I wanted one all my life. Finally found an affordable one at age 63, 2 years ago at a church thrift store for $25 . Got a bottom piece only with glass top at age 16 at flea market, still have it. Also have steamer trucks and milk jug from my mother.
I loved the first one in it's original shape! I'd love to buy one if I can find one. My grandmother had one, my cousin was the lucky one who got it. Aren't they antiques?
I have one here in Australia. Mine has the pretty carved drawers, 3 each side. Still in perfect working order. I love it 😊 I have often thought about using it as a bathroom vanity but like you I just couldn’t do it.
As lovely as yours are, I could never be able to do anything with my grandmother's treadle machine. Hers is a FREE brand and she actually willed it to me when she passed away at 104 years old. She actually used it until she was 100. I use mine as a sideboard but with the machine still inside.
Wish I could see a picture of your Free machine. I have one that I'm restoring.
Dear Mary , I am sorry I was so heart broken to see this beautiful cabinet and Machine taken apart! This one was so Beautiful and had so many Wonderful Details! I wish you could of used one that was already to far gone, or pieces you find at thrift stores or garage sales.
Tables were nice. Just very sad!
Nooooooo! That is an antique over 100 yo and is still functional! I just can’t! 😭😱🤭😧😭
So beautiful. Turned these wonderful tables into something that can be used and left the Singer label on. My grandmother would have loved this. She had a Singer, loved to sew. I wish I had learned crocheting from her, she made beautiful things. Thank you 🧵🪡
I was gifted two of those metal bases a few weeks ago. The ones I got were fairly rusty from sitting in a garage for years. Cleaned them up and repainted them and added a little gold rub n buff over the Singer and symbols on the sides… look good as new now. Stained a couple of pieces of live edge boards for the tops and made them into matching end tables for my family room. Loved your ideas!
Years ago I removed the drawers/frame from an old sewing machine cabinet and installed it under an upper kitchen wall cabinet. Perfect vintage look, and the drawers held scissors, tape, glue, stapler, mending/repairing supplies and tools like screw drivers, etc., kitchen thermometer and other less-used tools.
For the base, I sprayed the iron pieces cream and added a slab of creamy marble (we lived in the Philippines where they have beautiful marble, cheap!). This piece serves me daily as a unique desk to which I added a beautiful vintage chair. I always keep the desk clean and tidy and placed it like a sofa table behind our leather sofa. Occasionally the chair is stored elsewhere, the desk is cleared and it serves as a dessert table for mealtime get-togethers.
Beautiful what you did with these three!
*hugs*
Mrs. Kelley Dibble
Loved it in its original condition!
I know that I would have loved to have this piece in my home, old machines like this are so hard to find in such good shape.
That is a beautiful table! Singer lives on...❤
Those Singer sewing machines are literally 100 yrs old-so they are true antiques! They look so nice now! I really love the black iron and the natural wood! I want one now-lol
No longer considered antiques because they have been redone.
Dear Mary, I have been watching you for a couple of years.I do a bit of crafting etc but was kinda at a stand still for lack of power tools or knowledge of how to use them. My wonderful husband for Christmas bought me a Dewalt drill and sander. His family were home builders and he has so much experience. His drills are large and hard for me to handle with my arthritis. The new drill is lighter. I haven’t used the sander yet but I’m stripping a table from the 1930’sfor my granddaughter and it will be so useful. You inspired me to want to tackle this and he listened. I’m from the Ozarks and have loved watching you and your beautiful home and family!
The table turned out beautifully. And yes, the “Singer” added so much character to it. 🥰
Oh my golly that is the best remake of a antique sewing machine cabinet I’ve ever seen.
Breaks my heart to see what you have done to these beautiful heirlooms. I still use my mother's that she bought in 1939 and the stitching is still perfect.
Absolutely beautiful I think the singer being a little offset actually adds to the character I'm in love and on the hunt to do one of my own.
I would never have come up with that idea, brilliant! I have an old Singer stand gifted to me back in the early seventies- the wood was taken right off it and a glass top sat atop it. All these years later, the glass broke and I was thinking of a wood top but looking for a cabinet that belonged originally. I was only thinking of a flat top, now I am rethinking this. This is a video I surely want to show my son (who will be making this for me) ...........love this and now I will be on the lookout for a cabinet top. Love it Mary as usual. Best of the season to you and your family, including your fur family.
Gayle, I agree masterpieces! Not surprised though Mary is so incredibly talented 😍
I’m so glad you shared this. I have to say you n John did a beautiful job at changing this old Singer sewing machine around. I’m also happy you used the drawers n what a look idea you did with them. Looks like it was made that way. As for the Singer emblem I wouldn’t of noticed that it was crooked until you mentioned it. A true treasure it is! I found a set of 3 drawers from a old sewing machine. I used from way back at Michaels some finals turn them upside down n glued them to the bottom of the drawers n it stands beautifully. Of course I kept the wood that holds the dray together to make. I painted it n distressed it. To this day I still get compliments on it. It really turned cute. I also took a couple of the drawers without the frame n put legs on it n use it for my mail carrier. I just how yours turned out. Thanks Mary.
His Blessings I wish for you.
Happy New Year to n family.
♥️♥️😊👍👍👍a
All new ideas from what I've seen, and so glad you kept the Singer piece on the first one.
The black/stain drawers reworked w the legs is the best rehab of an old sewing machine base I've ever seen!
I watched my grandma make a lot of things on her singer sewing machine...I love it, great job
I guess I'm in the minority here, but this was absolutely heart breaking for me. Such a lovely and useful antique ruined 😢. There are still lots of people out here that still use and treasure these wonderful machines.
I am also in the minority with you. To each their own, I guess! I would never take apart an old sewing machine to make tables but if the guts are already gone and only the legs and/or drawers remain, I think repurposing in some way is an excellent idea!
Yes, my mother just gave me one from 1908 and has beautiful detail on side of drawers and would never think of doing anything to it. She bought it for $200.
In total agreement with you. I was sitting here thinking, I wonder if she would sell one of the two she didn't use and then she was talking about how she had started redoing those as well.
I agree, unless it's broken, I just couldn't do it. I have one that my niece gave me, she found it in an antique store. I use it as a display piece with light decor on top. It's beautiful, I'll keep it forever.
Also, with you on this. I learned how to sew on one of those old treadle machines. My niece still has it in her home.
I enjoyed seeing you and John working together on this project ! The way each piece turned out new masterpieces in there own right marvelous ideas. Well done!! ❤
Lori, I agree they work so well together! ❤
Made me want to cry. That was such a beautiful cabinet. I restore them. There are lots of people who collect and use them
The tables turned out perfectly! I’m so thankful John is able to be working from home, with you now, Mary. You work so well together and I believe John has a creative side as well. I retired in September at 62 and my husband is 63. His health forced him into early retirement and I decided to do the same. Our tomorrows are never promised and now that we’ve entered the winter of our lives, it’s time to enjoy “us”. We’re in Dayton OH and plan on making a trip to your area this year. We both look forward to Wednesday’s with you! Who would think I could get my big, burly, Harley riding husband to watch with me? May you and your family have a blessed New Year!
You both are such a great team and so creative! I love all of these! I’m sure now that John is working from the home you both will be unstoppable in creating these unique furniture pieces together!
I have been collecting old sewing machines for year's. I make end tables out of them. Or console tables. I love them. Thx for your ideas ❤🌺❤
Mary I think these are among some of my favorite projects you've done. So nice to see you and John working together. Thank you for always being a positive inspiration.
Love how you turned an old sewing machine into the table and drawers for more usefulness.
Oh wow! These pieces are beautiful. I love love old Singer sewing machines and it broke my heart a little to see them taken apart. But, you and your husband made beautiful pieces with them. I love watching your videos and hope to travel to your area some day soon.
Adorable and charming table. So glad you kept the piece featuring Singer.
The first Singer is an exact replica of mine. It belonged to my dad's mother. She taught me to sew barbie doll clothes on it when I was in grade school. Now, 50 years later, it's a Plant stand in my great room. I don't have the heart to take it apart. I even have the little oil can and her old wooden spools in the drawers. 💜
Your house is so beautiful and I love watching your projects you do and your recipes. It is nice to see you and your husband working together. Thank you for sharing with us.
I have had a Singer Sewing cabinet table for 38 years that I got at a flea market in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s one of my favorite furniture pieces in our home! You do beautiful work!
Really enjoyed this video. What a great way to preserve things from the past. I have my great grandmother's, with the original receipt in the drawer. Very special to me.
Nice seeing the family working together. I did the same to an old singer. Gave the machine to a woman who had a table but no machine. It worked out.
I really like what you have done with the drawer idea. I don't think I would have ever come up with that. I have my husbands grandmothers. I had to strip it years ago and it is in great shape. I just have it in my office. The added black around the drawers really set it off. Thanks Joyce
I build these every week. I’ve done at least 27. I make entrance tables out of them. They sell great. Great job. 👍🤓
It's cute. Broke my heart watching it taken apart. I had one I sewed on through the 70's 80's and 90's till someone broke in to our home and took everything while we were on vacation. I kept it in mint condition and used it almost every day. Haven't been able to find another working one 😞. Yours did turn out cute. Would be awesome in a sewing room.
Oh Mary & John, This table is magnificent! I have seen a lot of these types of makeover tables, but none as totally awesome in design as this one! Bravo! Bravo!
Mary I learned to sew on a old Singer my Mother had. It's still in the family but one leg broke at the bottom and was welded but it broke again. I still love that old machine as it brings back wonderful memories of my Mother .
Tell me this wasn't an antique?, I couldn't bare to watch this so I stop, but then I came back to watch the rest. It came out really nice thanks for sharing this with us.
Oh Mary !!!! You never cease to amaze me! You and your adorable husband!!!!!! What a sweet man! Unbelievable beautiful work!!!!!!
These are Beautiful we have my husband's Grandmother's Sewing Machine like these What a Great Idea live these❣
Oh my heavens 😳 I LOVE the one where you painted the frame black & left drawers stained!! Fabulous!
I love this older sewing machines, but if it doesn’t work and keeping to much space around the house. Mary you and John absolutely did a great piece of furniture with the sewing machine. It turned out beautiful, I love it.💕👍🏻👏🏼
This is beautiful. Your work is beautiful. I have one my grandmother used. She would very much have approved of your transformation. Out with the old in with the new she always said. Its beautiful!
What a wonderful way to repurpose a dear antique that would otherwise never be loved again. The only value an antique has, in my opinion, is to be used in whatever form it needs to serve.
My favorite is the brown and black table. My Mom loved her Singer and she would have loved this Singer table
Love all the remakes of the sewing machines.
All I can say is WOW!!! Every single piece you reworked was beautiful.
Oh my word. I am in tears watching your first project. My Nana taught me to sew on that model in 1973! Bless you!
So creative, really love your ideas and it's great to see your husband helping you.
I think that everything turned out lovely. I would use this in my house. In response to upset people feel. It is their cabinet to do as they please with. To each his own.
I appreciate the fact that you don’t say, “get it all done” in your titles. That phrase makes me feel like I fall short if don’t get everything accomplished in a day. I find your channel to be motivating & inspiring. Blessings…😊
This just adorable! I am from the Prairie of the Midwest, these old machines are everywhere, and no one really wants them. They can be had for less than 10 bucks sometimes, and no one buys them at auctions. Maybe if people saw this video they would look at them twice, lol. I sure did. I have two, I might have to try this. Good job you guys!
All of your sewing machine remakes came out beautifully! I remember my grandmother sewing on her old Singer treadle machine. What nice memories- recycled. Lol 😆
Our house that was built in the 30’s has a built in bench booth in the kitchen. It had an odd table top that was on a hinge attached to the wall. That finally broke, so my Dad took the table top and attached it to the Singer base that was his grandmother’s. It’s such a cool piece. It’s one of my favorite things in our home!
Dear oh dear Those machines clearly were going to be gotten rid of. Mary & John rescued them and gave them a beautiful new life! The item is still there they have just cleaned it up and made the item useful again. I can't believe all these comments and uproar.. You all know Mary loves antiques and if the pieces had of been intact & working well I'm sure they wouldn't have been touched! Mary resells in her booth so chances are most of the people jumping up & down will get offended over something being re made useful again.
I personally think they made a exceptional job on bringing old,unused, damaged items back to life with a incredible upgrade... great job Mary & John.
That is just gorgeous! The recipient of the gift is very lucky.
Hi Mary. I LUVED all ur sewing machine projects! Luv the industrial look. And I LUVED c ing u and John working together. Beautiful!
These are very popular in my area. I have two of them. One has glass on top and I use this one in my sunporch as a small "sofa table' behind a chair. The second one I have in my living room with a rustic wood top that I use as a plant table. I love the vintage look and practicality of these tables. I have never seen them with the drawer attached, how interesting!
Absolutely love this, you did an amazing job. Love old singer machines for furniture pieces. ❤
I have an antique Singer sewing machine and the cabinet is in beautiful condition. I use it in my living room just as it is as a side table. I don't think I could take it apart like you did but I do love what you did with that machine table. If you needed it to be smaller, that is the perfect change. I just couldn't do it.
These all turned out wonderful! So creative with parts. My in-laws are so good to help people with down sizing and cleaning. They have "inherited" several of these tables. The local marble counter top dealer has created table tops for them with the scrap pieces. Very nice finish.
They turned out beautiful, I especially liked the one without the drawers! ❤️❤️
The one with the top and bottom left as it was is the best. My husband made me one and I used it as a dressing table. After he passed I had someone break in my home and they left only my bed and dresser took the dressing table. They took almost all my photo albums and furniture. Sad but they didn’t take the memories.
Absolutely beautiful. I have a similar one my daddy made years ago. He was a wonderful carpenter
Blessings of Health and Happiness in the New 2022! Thank you for all you've taught us!
Great remake on the sewing machine….nice to include the name SINGER ! They look wonderful !
I love all of these. We have my husband’s grandmother’s sewing machine and the top is in really bad shape. You’ve inspired me!
Great re-purposing of an antique Singer sewing machine!
Luv luv the end result of all three cabinets! The white distressed with the paper top and drawer liners 👍💛
I love this video Mary! Just over 5 years ago my mom and I purchased 2 singer sewing tables to repurpose. We had the best time and I wish I could share the pics because they came out beautiful. One of my favorite pieces.
I love how you bring old things back to useful. It makes me sad for old furniture to sit in someone's basement for years....just sit there. Bring it out, make it useful and make someone else smile. Love it! Your projects are gorgeous as usual!
I love how these singer tables turned out! They are all beautiful! I have my grandma’s old singer sewing machine out in my shed. I need to bring it in and clean it up. I don’t know if I could bring myself to paint it or not! I’m 65 years old and can remember my grandma letting me pump the peddle while she sewed me some doll clothes for my baby dolls! I have such sweet memories involving that old sewing machine. I sure do miss her!
How beautiful the older tables turned out! I absolutely love how well you and John work together.
Mary I love them all. You did a great job repurposing these.
I Love the old singer sewing machines! Some of them actually still work. Ya'll did an amazing job on refurbishing them to new use but my favorite is the one John fixed. L
ove the black and natural wood! Ya'll have a Happy and prosperous New Year!
Absolutely genius and such charming new versions of those cabinets.
Just at the right time!!! Im getting my grandmothers old singer and wondered if i could flip it and you gave me ideas!!
Just loved what you transformed the pieces into to be more usable. I had an old cabinet and would love to have transformed it the way you did! I sure enjoy your ideas and videos.
I had my grandmothers treadle, just like yours, and used it from the time I was nine years old.
I really like the first stand, and the one John made. Great ideas.
I have to say that I like all the finished products.
My Mother had this Singer. What a wonderful memory for me this morning! Thank you so much for sharing. Happy New Year Blessings!
I love how you repurposed, actually made useful again, these cabinets yet kept the integrity of an old sewing machine cabinet.
Bravo de France 🇫🇷👍et merci pour le recyclage de cette bonne vieille machine à coudre SINGER. Marque française ❤ it's a good innovative idea 💐😘😘😘
These are stunning, especially the second one. Well done. You have made them into something practical and very current that would suit so many differently styles homes. X
I love old sewing machine cabinets being repurposed. You and John did amazing job on all three of your cabinets.
Such great ideas for old sewing machines. I love'm!
Love all your projects ❤ always loved the old sewing machines
What wonderful ways to upgrade the sewing machines! Love the looks!
🤗 Oh Mary, these makeovers turned out gorgeous! Whoever ends up with these will be very lucky! Thank you and John for sharing your talent, I enjoy every one of your videos. I’m so glad you had a good Christmas. Happy New Year!
Love Love Love the Singer table. You both did a good job.