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A Furniture Artist Star Is Born
In the days before it became famous, 'Joe's Fine Antiques and Furniture Design' was know by the name of 'Joe's Junk and Antique Shop'. It's owner, who uses the single name of 'Gustave', sometimes wishes that his little shop had kept it's original name, and that all the fame had passed it by. But after the local newspaper did a write-up on it as part of a series about quaint local businesses, there was no stopping it. Word had gotten out about Gustave's incredible talents, and now the world was beating a path to the great man's door.
Gustave's fans came from the world of interior design, and they were drawn to him the way that groupies are drawn to rock-stars. What attracted them was his remarkable ability to see hidden beauty in beaten-up baby cribs and rusted-out bedsteads. Almost as if by magic, he would transform them into works of breathtaking genius. They ceased to be furniture and became conversation pieces. The interior designers' very rich clients went mad for it. Gustave could simply not produce enough new pieces to meet their demands. The waiting list for one of his pieces grew in length.
By training, Gustave was a furniture designer. As a normal designer he was one of the best, but his true genius lay in furniture recycling. He hunted for promising pieces at garage sales and estate sales, and sometimes along the curb on garbage day. When he found one, he brought it back to the shop, where he stripped it down and remodeled it. Dozens of cheap armchairs went from the garbage heap, to the living rooms of the Fortune 500 after his skilled hands got through with them. It was a secret that only he and the interior designer who'd purchased it shared.
Until the newspaper ran the article, the sad truth was that, outside of a handful of up-and-coming interior designers, very few people ever realized that there were furniture designers who specialized in the type of furniture recycling that Gustave did.
But Gustave was not only an expert in furniture recycling, he was also an expert in antique furniture. The same talent that allowed him to see the inner qualities in discarded furniture enabled him to unerringly spot legitimate antiques that were hidden in the midst of piles of junk. At a glance, he was able to distinguish genuine Pennsylvania Farmhouse dining sets from lesser copies. Even thick layers of paint could hide them from his sharp eyes.
Once an antique was in his hands he would spend hours lovingly restoring it, no matter how lowly it was. It did not even have to be a piece of furniture. His interest in other antiques started when he discovered a strange-looking object amongst the personal effects of the store's previous owner. His inner alarm bells went off instantly. Sure enough, after a bit of research he was able to determine that he had a genuine nineteenth century bedpan on his hands. He could not have been more pleased.
Being the toast of the town is not easy for an artist such as Gustave. Despite the hardships, he manages to live with his fame. To lighten his load he finally has taken on an apprentice to whom he gave the single name of 'Charles'. As for the bedpan, that now sits proudly in the collection of a minister whose name Gustave will not divulge.
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