Acquisitions
Mar. 20th, 2011 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avanta7Yesterday, my mother, sister, and I went shopping. At estate sales.
We wandered through the houses of dead people, picking and choosing and coveting and wondering why on earth anyone would choose orange velour upholstery for a chair. It's kind of sad, really: a person's entire life as revealed by the possessions left behind after death. I know that's what will happen to me and spouse after we pass on -- I sincerely doubt our nieces or nephews will want our stuff.
Sis bought a large antique mirror to use in her bathroom (they're remodeling); and Mom bought an enormous Lane cedar chest and an antique vanity. Although I had brought the pickup just in case we found something that wouldn't fit in a car, we had to call my brother-in-law. He brought his truck and my nephew, and they did the heavy lifting: the cedar chest in the back of my pickup and the vanity in the back of his. While we were waiting for them to arrive, we had to fend off many many many other folks who tried to buy the cedar chest and vanity. In fact, one couple went out to the garage and actually PAID for the cedar chest after my mother had told the woman inside the house she would take it. They came into the house and started to carry the chest out when the inside sales lady stopped them. Finally, the woman running the sale brought little "SOLD" tags to put on the pieces so we could stop being so vigilant.
I bought stuff too, by the way.
Three new-to-us Santas to add to the collection. One of them has a couple of boo-boos that I need to fix with paint. I think my favorite is the Santa on the left. With that bluebird on his hand, he reminds me of a St. Francis statue. But the center Santa is the most beautiful.
More teapots. China/porcelain. Love.
Christmas serving bowl. The holly decorative trim was a close enough match to my Christmas china (as evidenced by the teacup) that I couldn't pass it up.
It's just so cheery! The pieces are sewn together by machine, but the quilting was done by hand. It's not big enough for our queen-sized bed, which means its most likely use will be snuggling on the sofa.
(Flickr is apparently being non-cooperative today. If the pics don't show up, please click through to their Flickr page.)
We wandered through the houses of dead people, picking and choosing and coveting and wondering why on earth anyone would choose orange velour upholstery for a chair. It's kind of sad, really: a person's entire life as revealed by the possessions left behind after death. I know that's what will happen to me and spouse after we pass on -- I sincerely doubt our nieces or nephews will want our stuff.
Sis bought a large antique mirror to use in her bathroom (they're remodeling); and Mom bought an enormous Lane cedar chest and an antique vanity. Although I had brought the pickup just in case we found something that wouldn't fit in a car, we had to call my brother-in-law. He brought his truck and my nephew, and they did the heavy lifting: the cedar chest in the back of my pickup and the vanity in the back of his. While we were waiting for them to arrive, we had to fend off many many many other folks who tried to buy the cedar chest and vanity. In fact, one couple went out to the garage and actually PAID for the cedar chest after my mother had told the woman inside the house she would take it. They came into the house and started to carry the chest out when the inside sales lady stopped them. Finally, the woman running the sale brought little "SOLD" tags to put on the pieces so we could stop being so vigilant.
I bought stuff too, by the way.
Three new-to-us Santas to add to the collection. One of them has a couple of boo-boos that I need to fix with paint. I think my favorite is the Santa on the left. With that bluebird on his hand, he reminds me of a St. Francis statue. But the center Santa is the most beautiful.
More teapots. China/porcelain. Love.
Christmas serving bowl. The holly decorative trim was a close enough match to my Christmas china (as evidenced by the teacup) that I couldn't pass it up.
It's just so cheery! The pieces are sewn together by machine, but the quilting was done by hand. It's not big enough for our queen-sized bed, which means its most likely use will be snuggling on the sofa.
(Flickr is apparently being non-cooperative today. If the pics don't show up, please click through to their Flickr page.)
