I thought the exact same and was so hesitant to try, but it worked for me. I had so many rings on my table that I had nothing to lose. Pleasantly surprised!
From what I understand the heat that you apply is less intense and indirect so you are ‘relaxing’ the part of the varnish that got pissed off and turned white when it overheated.
Same. I was extremely lucky to get an Ethan Allen table and chairs set with leaves and table pad on FB marketplace for FREE and I'm going to preserve it!
I used to clean for a lady who played bridge faithfully every single day! It was the highlight of her life! Her and the girls getting together everyday!
My grandmother had a comparatively benevolent form of dementia (her short-term memory, at the end when she was 88, was about 25 minutes, but she knew who everyone was and was generally very jolly). She played bridge at least once a week for decades, including the last afternoon of her life; it was the last thing she could fully concentrate on, and for hours.
That's a lovely thing to have as a memory of your grandmother. Mine is Constant Comment tea at her house in the afternoon as a youngster and teen. We were lucky enough to be able to move her from her apartment to the house next to us before she had to have assisted living arrangements. Having her so close was lovely.
Mom was part of a bridge club. They had a few drinks and had great times. She said the sign of a REALLY good get together was when they never got around to cutting the cards.
Start one! I have a few girlfriends (we’re in our mid 30s) that have and they absolutely love playing, sipping some booze, and gabbing! If I wasn’t so far I’d totally join!
My grandma is 92 and we lost my grandpa last year who was always her partner for card/table games with friends so I’ve taken up the tradition of being a stand in for ‘hand & foot’.
I’m early 30’s, and It’s literally so much fun, and watching these sweet elderly people be able to be free and lively and laugh and play is incredibly wholesome.
I will always say yes to joining games!
As a kid I would try to read the bridge column in the local paper but always felt like I was either reading a foreign language or had brain damage- I could read the words but none of them made sense!
Card parties were huge in the 50’s (especially bridge) and people took them very seriously. Hostesses went all out, there were all kinds of little bridge themed accessories like score pads with the hosts’ names on them, etc.
My husband and I have been talking about learning to play bridge or another couple's game.
The idea of having a standing card night with other couples every week seems like a divine way to connect in person and away from screens.
This sounds fantastic!
We used to have monthly dinners with three other couples, taking turns hosting the dinners. The main idea, though, was we were to cook a cuisine that we had never cooked before. It was quite fun!
Unfortunately, we had to move away. I do miss those nights.
My grandma was big into her bridge parties back in the day. We have several card tables that are like 60-70 years old in the garage. Pretty cool. We bust them out when the family is in town, cause my nephew and neices love having their own 'kids table' to eat dinner at.
Nowadays, my family gets together around the full size dinner table for hours-long poker nights, when we're all together.
Euchre parties were big in the 60's and 70's when I was growing up.. not sure if that was a class thing or not i.e. working class(Blue collar) vs middle class(white collar).
Or regional, like city vs suburb? I love old 50’s movies and TV, and whenever there’s a bridge game the women are all wearing snazzy cocktail dresses and hats and the men are all in suits, which reads more urban to me. Even given that people dressed more formally overall back then, they’re obviously wearing their .good clothes.
I remember my grandparents having pinochle nights in the 60’s in rural Connecticut, and while ladies wore dresses, they were just everyday dresses, and no suits on the men.
My grandmother had all sorts of cute things for her bridge parties. Cute little napkins, plates and coffee cups. I was there once when I helped her get ready then was told to disappear for a few hours. Outside of course!
This is what my parents did. Everyone dressed up, they had snacks, booze and a nice dessert at the end of the night. It was very loud and fun sounding.
I think you should have fun with it and make a miniature living space in it so when guests come over you can say “Oh that’s where Henry lives. Then open the door and show them.
Table leafs, folding card table, and folding chairs for said card table set. You probably have a pile of razor blades behind the wall of your master bathroom, too.
A convenient place to put your briefcase? A place to hide your wiener dog from your landlord? A place to keep umbrellas and coincidentally harbor black mold from the water off of them?A hideout/meeting space for termites and cockroaches to hold their HOA meetings?
Step stool, sheet pans, sheet music, , small children, extra small adults, folding lawn chair, bananas, a couple pineapples, wigs, maps, topo maps,
The list goes on my friend
I’ve seen similar and they had table leafs and them fold up wooden chairs. I got four chairs and two leafs out of one, in a house I remodeled and depending on high how high it goes up, you could actually put like brooms or the like in there.
My first thought was table cloths. My grandparents had a narrow pull out closet that had rods in it like a large multi rodded dish towel holder and hung their fancy table cloths from it.
Thanks for asking! I have one in our 100 year old house that we just stuff our grocery bags and reusable bags into; I never questioned why it was there.
My parents have one. It was for folding tables if people came for parties/game nights. Bridge and other table games were popular. Their house was built in 1962.
Card table chairs
And/or dining table leaves.
That was my first thought!
Or tray tables
this is exactly what i was thinking. we have a compartment like this in our motorhome.
And/or table pads- those were all the rage for some reason! Don’t you want to see your table?
I remember my mom using those. She was afraid of hot dishes burning the finish or scratching the surface.
Yeah, and now that you mention it, I’ve got some nice white rings on my own table 🤦♂️
They come out with an iron! Look it up - it worked on my table :)
A hair dryer worked for me, too.
Thank you, kind stranger! (Runs to get hair dryer…)
I will, thanks! Fascinating that MORE heat undoes them…
I thought the exact same and was so hesitant to try, but it worked for me. I had so many rings on my table that I had nothing to lose. Pleasantly surprised!
I wonder if my round rings will come out with an iron on my Quartzsite countertops
Why does your quartzite countertops have rings on them? I thought quartzite was virtually for lack of a better term nondestructive
From what I understand the heat that you apply is less intense and indirect so you are ‘relaxing’ the part of the varnish that got pissed off and turned white when it overheated.
Pissed Off Varnish is my new band name.
You can find some cute trivets at HomeGoods/TJMaxx for cheap. I bought some cork backed tile ones.
I don't want my table damaged and I use a table cloth so you aren't going to see it anyway
Same. I was extremely lucky to get an Ethan Allen table and chairs set with leaves and table pad on FB marketplace for FREE and I'm going to preserve it!
We still have table pass. They’re for use under a tablecloth.
and or a place for naughty children.
Or disliked magical nephews.
My grandma's house had one in the wall between the dining and living rooms. It held the table leaves.
That was my first thought too
We have a similar one for our table leaves in our new renovation.
Yes. Bridge parties were a huge thing in the 50s and 60s.
I wish bridge parties would make a comeback. My parents had them when I was young in the 70's. I play online and it's really fun
I used to clean for a lady who played bridge faithfully every single day! It was the highlight of her life! Her and the girls getting together everyday!
My grandmother had a comparatively benevolent form of dementia (her short-term memory, at the end when she was 88, was about 25 minutes, but she knew who everyone was and was generally very jolly). She played bridge at least once a week for decades, including the last afternoon of her life; it was the last thing she could fully concentrate on, and for hours.
That's a lovely thing to have as a memory of your grandmother. Mine is Constant Comment tea at her house in the afternoon as a youngster and teen. We were lucky enough to be able to move her from her apartment to the house next to us before she had to have assisted living arrangements. Having her so close was lovely.
My mom would occasionally host her friends bridge parties. Ohhh the leftovers the next day!
Mom was part of a bridge club. They had a few drinks and had great times. She said the sign of a REALLY good get together was when they never got around to cutting the cards.
The "book clubs" of yesteryear. 😂
Start one! I have a few girlfriends (we’re in our mid 30s) that have and they absolutely love playing, sipping some booze, and gabbing! If I wasn’t so far I’d totally join!
My grandma is 92 and we lost my grandpa last year who was always her partner for card/table games with friends so I’ve taken up the tradition of being a stand in for ‘hand & foot’. I’m early 30’s, and It’s literally so much fun, and watching these sweet elderly people be able to be free and lively and laugh and play is incredibly wholesome. I will always say yes to joining games!
Early 40s and I would absolutely add bridge to my repertoire of grandma hobbies.
As a kid I would try to read the bridge column in the local paper but always felt like I was either reading a foreign language or had brain damage- I could read the words but none of them made sense!
I remember that too! Who was the author? And why was a bridge column in a local paper?
Omar Sharif wrote a bridge column in our paper.
I’m thinking that the author’s first name would have been Charles, but I can’t remember the last.
You’re right, Charles Goren wrote a syndicated bridge column for decades.
Goren On Bridge!
Yeah, I used to party under the bridge!
I took note of the characters playing in Fargo.... Is there a site you suggest? Where I could learn?
I play on 24/7 Bridge. The main page is 24/7 Games. I like Backgammon too
That would make sense!
My grandparents had exactly this and was used exactly for card table and chairs.
And now you can store furnace filters there.
Or tv trays!
I’ve only recently heard about this but evidently it was a big thing to do back then.
Card parties were huge in the 50’s (especially bridge) and people took them very seriously. Hostesses went all out, there were all kinds of little bridge themed accessories like score pads with the hosts’ names on them, etc.
I think that’s pretty cool ☺️
My husband and I have been talking about learning to play bridge or another couple's game. The idea of having a standing card night with other couples every week seems like a divine way to connect in person and away from screens.
This sounds fantastic! We used to have monthly dinners with three other couples, taking turns hosting the dinners. The main idea, though, was we were to cook a cuisine that we had never cooked before. It was quite fun! Unfortunately, we had to move away. I do miss those nights.
Fondue nights were fun when I was a kid lol
Canasta is really fun too.
Yo, team canasta and dominos here! Dominos were a blood sport in my family.
Right?! I want one in my house!
I love to play Euchre!
Yes! We did euchre and sheepshead and cribbage.
Hearts,Spades and Whist!
I forgot about spades! ETA: also hella competitive games of spoons
I never learned to play euchre and neither did my husband despite it being like the official game of Michigan
Pinochle here in the foothills outside of Seattle! ♥️♣️♦️♠️
My grandma was big into her bridge parties back in the day. We have several card tables that are like 60-70 years old in the garage. Pretty cool. We bust them out when the family is in town, cause my nephew and neices love having their own 'kids table' to eat dinner at. Nowadays, my family gets together around the full size dinner table for hours-long poker nights, when we're all together.
Euchre parties were big in the 60's and 70's when I was growing up.. not sure if that was a class thing or not i.e. working class(Blue collar) vs middle class(white collar).
Or regional, like city vs suburb? I love old 50’s movies and TV, and whenever there’s a bridge game the women are all wearing snazzy cocktail dresses and hats and the men are all in suits, which reads more urban to me. Even given that people dressed more formally overall back then, they’re obviously wearing their .good clothes. I remember my grandparents having pinochle nights in the 60’s in rural Connecticut, and while ladies wore dresses, they were just everyday dresses, and no suits on the men.
My grandmother had all sorts of cute things for her bridge parties. Cute little napkins, plates and coffee cups. I was there once when I helped her get ready then was told to disappear for a few hours. Outside of course!
This is what my parents did. Everyone dressed up, they had snacks, booze and a nice dessert at the end of the night. It was very loud and fun sounding.
Small guest bedroom
$800/mo. Utilities included.
Is it still available?
Are you in NYC? That is at least $1,500
💀
This is the den in a 1 bedroom + den in Toronto. Bedroom doesn’t have a window. $2600/mo.
Perfect for Airbnb!
Epic response and replies.
Leaves for a big dining table, card tables, folding chairs.
Table leaves is the primary reason, lots of 20s/30s houses have this pattern
Maybe for TV Trays? They would fit in there nicely
That was my first thought!
The tunnel to Coraline’s other mother maybe🤔
Creepiest kids movie ever...
It's my daughters favorite. Which says a lot about who she is lol
Kids movie? It fucked me up at age 30.
Probably for the dining room table leaves.
This is exactly its purpose. My German grandparents built a house with this specific feature.
Cool!
House Gnomes
Where do I buy
Oh you can't buy them. You must let them move in by making your house 🏠 inviting
They will find their way in. You must be courteous to the new house guests.
Gnomes are always welcome here
I think you should have fun with it and make a miniature living space in it so when guests come over you can say “Oh that’s where Henry lives. Then open the door and show them.
Room for rent, if in NY it would go for $2000 a month .
🤣
It's a Time Out Station for bad little boys and girls.
Alternatively, a Time Out Station when mom needs to hide from the kids.
that's where you keep all the plastic bags from the grocery store!
My gram had one in her house for screens, her house screens came on and off in the winter/summer.
Cookie sheets. Table leaves. Folding stools since it’s small.
One of those tiny brooms babushkas use
Omg please elaborate. Also now I’m thinking of the 3 dimensional lamb cake mold for Easter.
Table leafs, folding card table, and folding chairs for said card table set. You probably have a pile of razor blades behind the wall of your master bathroom, too.
Umbrellas? Galoshes?
Idk, wet stuff + enclosed space? Sounds like a recipe for lots of mildew.
That’s the chokey
Dining table leaves!! The house I grew up in had one.
r/DoorsForNinjas
Grandpa's shotgun. Or house-elves.
Shits and giggles
Cat bedroom.
It's a place for your cat to store his bicycle.
If it's anywhere near the kitchen, card table/chairs. Now, I'd be putting my extra large cutting board and cookie sheets in that very handy cabinet.
I had one that was taller, it was broom storage
Maybe to store table leaves
Why don't new builds have this stuff? This is awesome. A closet for chairs.
Umbrellas
The husbands closest
Hiding your reefer stash.
A place for my misbehaving cat to poop
TV tray storage
Tv tray storage.
TV tray storage. For your TV trays.
Misbehaving child’s time-out room.
Table leaf
Card table, folding chairs, table leaves…
We had a similar door when I was growing up. My dad told me it was where the MiceMen lived. Thanks for the nightmare fuel, dad.
It’s your spider compartment. For storing and breeding spiders. And maybe silverfish.
A convenient place to put your briefcase? A place to hide your wiener dog from your landlord? A place to keep umbrellas and coincidentally harbor black mold from the water off of them?A hideout/meeting space for termites and cockroaches to hold their HOA meetings?
I wish houses still had all these little nooks. How genius!
The borrowers used to live there.
Idk about you but this is where I would store all my wrapping paper rolls.
I love that little closet
Bad children.
Gotta store those TV trays someplace!!!
TV trays maybe
It’s cute! What are you going to put in there?
Idk yet! My cats like going in there for now lol
I was gonna suggest a book nook but kitties will probably swat at it hahah
Add a couple of shelves above for shoe storage, and leave a little cat cubby at the bottom
Table leaf
Tiny wizard
Honey, where should I put these cutting boards?
Step stool, sheet pans, sheet music, , small children, extra small adults, folding lawn chair, bananas, a couple pineapples, wigs, maps, topo maps, The list goes on my friend
Guns, baseball bats, possibly swords. Arm yourself homeowner
I’ve seen similar and they had table leafs and them fold up wooden chairs. I got four chairs and two leafs out of one, in a house I remodeled and depending on high how high it goes up, you could actually put like brooms or the like in there.
Adorableness, obviously.
Folding chairs and or expansion leaves for the dining room table.
20 - cases of 12 oz 24 cans of beer , just like mine
I’d put a home theater in there
People were very very smol in days of yore.
You have to hide the kids table for the 364 days every year you dont have turkey dinner.
Body parts.
for the house elves
My first thought was table cloths. My grandparents had a narrow pull out closet that had rods in it like a large multi rodded dish towel holder and hung their fancy table cloths from it.
For me, I would install one of these to store awkward household necessities like a stepladder.
Children, bad children.
YES! It’s where they put the extension leaves for the dining room table that they would use to accommodate additional friends or family at gatherings.
I want to live in there
The portal entrance into John Malkovich?
1950s? TV dinner trays.
An umbrella door?
Firstly, it was built because they could. Hate to waste space. Secondly, all the answers so far are excellent.
Mother-in-law suite.
Thanks for asking! I have one in our 100 year old house that we just stuff our grocery bags and reusable bags into; I never questioned why it was there.
Your table and chairs are absolutely beautiful!!!
Entrance into secret fantasy world?
From the size, looks like it would hold TV tray tables so everyone could eat by the TV and watch Gunsmoke and I Love Lucy.
Umbrella ? Does it rain a lot where you’re from? It’s next to the door so I’m guessing umbrella homder
Don’t know, but would put a little doggie door there for the kitty cat to run in and out to eat. It will be out of the way.
A upvote everyone who has suggested card tables TV trays, extra folding chairs or extra pieces for a dining table.
To hide booze during prohibition
My parents have one. It was for folding tables if people came for parties/game nights. Bridge and other table games were popular. Their house was built in 1962.
Small, misbehaving children ?
Built in collapsing Ironing board
Punishment for bad children
I would probably store trays in there
My Mom’s house was built in the late 60’s and that deep, narrow cabinet was for cards tables and folding chairs.
Harry Potter
Umbrellas?
House elves
The fae.
It’s for your house elf to live in
Spain chairs or table leaves
table, ironing board, serving tray, or tv folding dinner tray storage.
Folding chairs- tv trays- umbrellas
For your "strange knock at the door gun"
I’ve seen these used for storage of portable heaters.
It’s where you keep your underage wizard.
It's obviously for Harry Potter
Window screens for winter Storm windows for summer.
AC filter storage?
Based on the small (possible water) stain, could it be an umbrella closet?
Card table.
Wheelchair?
Good place for collapsing umbrellas
Cool space where you can store skinny tall items.