January 8, 2009
Siiiiiiiiigh! Oh - did I mean Yay!?
I love my curio cabinets. Two of them have framed my media center for the last ten years or so. A few special items were artfully displayed in each. The one above had some antique-y and Asian items, with a matched collection of classic books on the top shelf. Okay, they’re only the Reader’s Digest versions, but I like the way they looked. The other curio cabinet appealed to the child in me. One of my mom’s Madam Alexander dolls sat beside a couple of stuffed toys - two beagles and a bunny - and the middle and bottom shelf held my m.c. escher books and part of my toy collection: Slinkys and jacks and wooden puzzles and my beautiful kaliedescopes. Most of my lliving room was packed up a few months ago, but I kept some stuff in the curio cabinets just becauase it always makes me smile to look at my little collections.
I’ll be saying goodbye to them today. One of my neighbors came by yesterday and looked at the improvements that have been completed on the house and the work that still needs to be done. I told her I’d be having another garage sale soon and she asked if I’d sell any furniture. When I said I was thinking about selling the living room furniture her eyes lit up. There were boxes stacked all around the curio cabinets and she could barely see them, but she liked what she saw.
My curio cabinets are empty now. The glass has been shined up and I’ll be giving them a some loving attention with Murphy’s Oil Soap in a little while. I got a good price for them and the money is needed, so why do I feel like crying?
[tags]curio cabinets, furniture, moving[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 11:10 am • Home & Family
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am, Lee Says:
It’s always hard to let go of the things you love!
January 18th, 2009 at 5:53 am, valmg Says:
Aw, that stinks that you had to let them go but at least it put some money into the moving fund. They’re nice looking curio cabinets.