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<p>[QUOTE="makenna, post: 170803, member: 2916"]It is probably from the 50's or the 60's. It originally belonged to my grandmother, then was passed down to my mother, then my father left it outside in the elements for awhile so it's in pretty rough shape. Most of it is salvageable but a couple of the legs are starting to "split" open in a few little places. I'd sand down the chrome and repaint it, but I'm not sure if it is possible to fix those splits.</p><p><br /></p><p>My mom told me I could just find new legs to purchase online but I'm finding that a lot of "retro" tables look totally different and have totally different leg styles. I wouldn't mind, except that due to the way the legs attach to the table I can't really put different legs on without it looking silly. I've had a terrible time even finding a table that LOOKS like this, let alone replacement legs for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, any ideas? Any places I should be looking/keywords I should be using? Alternatively, if there is a way to fix cracked/split legs I'm all ears!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq16/dehartma21/IMG_2260_zpso98rj0bt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="makenna, post: 170803, member: 2916"]It is probably from the 50's or the 60's. It originally belonged to my grandmother, then was passed down to my mother, then my father left it outside in the elements for awhile so it's in pretty rough shape. Most of it is salvageable but a couple of the legs are starting to "split" open in a few little places. I'd sand down the chrome and repaint it, but I'm not sure if it is possible to fix those splits. My mom told me I could just find new legs to purchase online but I'm finding that a lot of "retro" tables look totally different and have totally different leg styles. I wouldn't mind, except that due to the way the legs attach to the table I can't really put different legs on without it looking silly. I've had a terrible time even finding a table that LOOKS like this, let alone replacement legs for it. So, any ideas? Any places I should be looking/keywords I should be using? Alternatively, if there is a way to fix cracked/split legs I'm all ears! Thanks! [IMG]http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq16/dehartma21/IMG_2260_zpso98rj0bt.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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