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Dining Room Table

06 Tuesday Dec 2011

Posted by Young Wifey in Decorating, Preloved

≈ 12 Comments

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antique, chairty shop, dining room, dining table, furniture, home, postaday2011, preused, reclaimed, table, thrift, thrift shop, thrift store, used

If I were to describe my furniture taste, it would sound eclectic. Modern and antique pieces. A hodge-podge of furniture can work together if the decor is cohesive in design. 

I love everything about antique tables; well-crafted from strong wood with beautiful details, intricately carved in legs, a hidden leaf, and imperfections that whisper their secrets. To think I found this one on a whim. We were strolling through town and we decided to stop in our local charity shop. I went to pay and Hubster ran home to get the trailer so we could haul this beauty home.

Dining Room Table

Dining Room Table

Recently, my sister had a similar find, but carried her table home… You see, my table is too heavy for the two of us to carry home for a mile and a half up a steep hill.

Once home, it needed a gentle buffing with Old English (for dark wood). Evelyn has some aged company. Now I’m one step closer to revealing my new dining room.

Now time to run off and make a late dinner to eat in our dining room!!!

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Meet Evelyn

29 Tuesday Nov 2011

Posted by Young Wifey in Preloved

≈ 30 Comments

Tags

antique, buffet, dining room, furniture, home decor

I  inherited this antique buffet from my parents years ago, but I had to wait until I had a house with a dining room until they actually released it to my hands. My mother named the buffet Evelyn, after the woman she inherited it from.

Meet Evelyn

Meet Evelyn

When my mother was a child, her and my grandmother used to have tea once a week with a woman named Evelyn. Evelyn and my grandmother had worked together at the Quaker Lace Company in Philadelphia. Evelyn inherited the buffet from her parents who were missionaries in the Dakotas somewhere. All through my mother’s teens, she admired Evelyn’s buffet, wistfully thinking about owning beautiful pieces of furniture some day. Evelyn never got married and when she was older and could no longer care for herself, she moved in with a friend and gave the buffet to my mother.

Martin Furniture C.O.

Martin Furniture C.O.

The buffet was made by Martin Furniture Company in Hickory, N.C.

Delicate Details

Delicate Details

Evelyn is now home to my linens and booze. With a fresh coat of Old English and Evelyn looks just as fantastic as she did when my mother inherited her. Hubster was never a fan of antique furniture, but I think I’m wearing off on him. Afterall, they don’t make furniture with detail like these anymore.

Beautiful Buffet

Beautiful Buffet

Now that Evelyn is home, we’re one step closer to revealing our first room reveal.

Do you own any antique furniture?

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