How long did it take for the cats to decide which was a gift for each? Or claim them, to be more accurate?
Not long at all.
Furnishing our house from yard and estate sales means we have better, less usual stuff, for a lot less outlay. And I like that each one comes with a story, we remember what kind of place we found this table, that chair. We tend to not actually buy anything from places where we don't think we'd've liked the people. We think we'd have liked the people from the one today.
D found an old email reader - mail station, that he fantasized getting, just to see if he could hook it up. Figured we would need a modem, dial up service (which we ain't got.) We had the impression that they were an elderly couple. Found out he was a fighter pilot in WWII. Mormon, but tasteful and moderate - not of the over-the-top Utah version where every available surface is covered with temples and jesuses, quilted pastel decorations and studio portraits of grandchildren. Not unlike oldworld catholic kitsch. Less about the religion, all about the culture. The art was old fashioned and safe, but not laughable.
This is an older house, and deserves some contemporary companionship. A bit of quality. We like giving a home to the no longer needed belongings of good folks. The cats seem to agree.
Also had to get a new lever for the toilet, the old one snapped. Two trips, much sighing, but it works much better now.
6 comments:
nice loot! love the chair!
It's a rather comfortable one, with nicely carved feet. We struck lucky.
Well done. My sort of furnishing - everything in this house has a history (including me!).
Your new-old stool is what my aunt called a milking stool.
As PC said - nice loot! I'm with Eleanor about the rug; gorgeous.
RR,
Ain't it grand?
Crow,
Yes, thank you.
There were more rugs, equally soft, but they weren't priced. If I'd realized they were eager to clear out, I'd have picked up a few others. Oh, well.
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