Hope in Furniture
When we moved into this new house, we decided to start with new furniture. The former owners installed a brand new kitchen the year before and we no longer needed our charming curio cabinet.
The curio cabinet was from an unfinished wood store and came with plain handles. Lee painted it and put modern brushed metal handles on it. Now that in itself isn’t really a story because I forgot to mention that Lee painted the cabinet six times. I had a shade of hunter green on a decorative piece that I wanted to match. Lee kept bringing the piece out to the backyard to paint it and then brought it back up the stairs and into the house for my approval. After three tries, I told him it was fine. But he saw the look on my face and continued to try other shades of green. After the 4th and 5th try, I continued to tell him it was fine. But he kept going until he matched that shade.
When we decided to put the piece out to the curb for trash removal, we both quietly hoped someone would pick it up and placed it facing outward on the curb. We went inside to get the accompanying green pantry cabinet and a young couple were looking at it. When they saw us, they turned away, but I encouraged them to take my green beauty and told them how much they would love it. The woman beamed as Lee and her boyfriend/husband put the cabinet into their car. I could see her plans for her dishes in her eyes.
Last night, Lee brought home the desk he built for his office. I chose a Pottery Barn corner L table and he build one with a similar design for his desk (pics coming soon). It’s absolutely stunning and when I looked at him to tell him how beautiful it was, he smiled brightly and I could see so much hope in his eyes.It’s both situations, I felt someone’s hope for happiness through their new piece of furniture.
Hugs,
marlene
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December 30th, 2009 at 2:02 am
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December 30th, 2009 at 2:04 am
that was a nice post..every words that you write was really impressive.. you know a only tip that i can share when buying a furniture choose a great durability to use it for many years and when you are constructing a furniture make sure that each level had been already hammered to make it durability …
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