Antique Furniture
Our home was built in 1926, we live in a very old section of our town, which is great for me, because I love antiques. It’s a good thing I do, with raising 3 boys, I haven’t had to worry much about the furniture getting banged up. 🙂
On a recent trip to visit my Father-In-Law, one of the pieces of furniture my husband brought back was this chest. It has been in the family 65 – 70 years. My Father-In-Law had it when he was growing up. In fact, the marble top is cracked from where he accidently dropped it when he was a young boy.
When we moved into the house almost 1 year ago, I needed some shelves in the bathroom. The linen closet is in the hallway, outside the bathroom.
We had these shelves from when the boys were little, so I made do with them. I really didn’t like them at all, but they served the purpose.
After a “window shopping” trip to the antique store, it hit me, I’ll just move the chest upstairs to the bathroom. I originally had the chest in the Living Room.
I made a trip to the Dollar Store and bought baskets to hold our toiletries, 2 baskets for $1. So, for a total of $2.50, I have a brand new (to me) chest in my bathroom.
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What a great storage solution – pretty and functional. And its so much more special because it comes with a family history.
If you love the antiques, there is a place on lincoln way called the Pink elephat. It’s got some AMAZING cool looking antiques from around the world, and are pretty cheap. It’s only open on Saturdays, though
@Kristen, Cool, thanks! I’ve seen it but not been in. Are you from LP?
Thanks for visiting!
~Liz
Wonderful! I love when your able to rearrange to create a new look!
Any tips for storage though? Our dilema is that we took a two bedroom house and made it into three by moving the laundry room. Now I have basically lost 2 rooms and one of the two closets in the whole house! 🙂 (Which was totally worth it for the sake our son has his own room now, but has forced me to be extremely picky on what I really need to hang onto)
Jes
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@Jes, I like the plastic storage boxes with lids. I think they are Sterlite brand, at Walmart, and they aren’t expensive, maybe $5-7. I label them with a full size sheet of paper and list contents. They stack easily and you can see what’s in them.
I hope that helps, any other questions, please feel free to give me a shout. Thanks for visiting!
Glad to see you back!
~Liz
Excellent repurposing!
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