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Title: Re: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll
Post by: Fullraceflathead on January 04, 2026, 10:14:12 am
Those look very nice!!!
Title: Re: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll
Post by: classixs on January 04, 2026, 04:03:04 am
Beautiful cabinets Gil, congrats...and well done sneaking a couple of real gems inside as well.
Title: Re: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll
Post by: pwalchak on January 04, 2026, 01:13:24 am
There's just enough space above them to add a model train on a shelf circling the room.....
Title: Re: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll
Post by: Jim on January 03, 2026, 08:19:37 pm
They look the bees knees!
Title: Re: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll
Post by: Stoker on January 03, 2026, 08:05:21 pm
Very ELEGANT .... possibly Posh even!

The contents are clearly the First Order of Stylish Bling!!!
Title: Re: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll
Post by: Nick on January 03, 2026, 07:18:42 pm
They fit the space well and match the dining room table. I wouldn’t complain about a few steam pieces added in 😂
Title: Re: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll
Post by: RedRyder on January 03, 2026, 06:22:05 pm
As promised.... steam related!

Do you think she will notice a steam engine and duplex steam pump ?  (big grin ;D)

Gil

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Title: Got A Pair Of Tall Bernhardt Curio Cabinets For Mrs. RedRyder & She filled Them Quickly (it's steam related, you'll see)
Post by: RedRyder on January 03, 2026, 06:17:58 pm
Mrs. RedRyder had been asking for a couple of years for some cabinets to display nice things in our dining room.

This took a while to find the right pieces and the right deal.

The place they are located isn't wide enough for a large hutch and finding a pair of anything used but nice isn't easy.

Finally, on Facebook marketplace I found a couple downsizing for retirement.

They were 3,000 new when they bought them in 1990 and they let us have them for 300 each.

My daughter Michelle's boyfriend has a 14' box truck and we went about 45 minutes away to pick them up.
This part was not easy as they are 82 1/2 inches tall and had to be tilted way over to get out the door and into our place. 
We used a hand truck for this and a lot of muscle. These suckers are heavy. Once the cabinets were loaded we stacked the 8 shelves made of 5/16" thick glass onto the hand truc wrapped in a moving blanket and strapped firmly.

Once we set them up Simone cleaned all the glass and filled them.

Here are a couple pictures:



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