As if the list of things I want couldn't get any longer, my friend Mary sends me this photo post of card catalogs.

My vote for best use of a retired catalog cabinet? Wine bar!

Although a shoe closet comes in close second. And those hooks are the perfect place to hang a few pictures. Oh! And for you sewing enthusiasts, it'd be pretty handy to keep all your little bits organized.

I could clearly go on and on.

Of course, you could also use it as a, you know, card catalog. But it seems that most libraries gave up the paper system, as Ruth Ann Brown is shown doing here at Liberty High in Eldersburg, 16 years ago. 

Got any of your own ideas for these little beauties? Better yet, do you have one of your own?

(Sun photo: Barbara Haddock)