Thursday, April 18, 2019
A while ago I failed to buy a pie safe at an estate sale (it was $300, learned my lesson). I have been wanting another storage/display piece for my dining room. A space for tablecloths and to display some of my antique transferprint platters.
I discovered by accident the estate sale/auction website and diligently check to see what comes up. I got two bird paintings a few months ago for $24.
Anyways, I checked last week and this antique secretary was up for bid. $8. The sale ended on Monday night and I put a bid in. On Monday evening I watched as the sale started to end and the bidding went up. I was determined to get it, and for $197.98 I did (plus tax and commission, it came out to about $246). Today Doug and I went to pick it up. There is a small area of broken glass, they said they had the piece but they didn't. Some glue running down one leg. Otherwise it is in pretty good condition for a piece that has to be over 120 years old.
I moved my china cabinet to the other side. The room is a little cramped now. I moved some heirlooms into it. And Matt hung the antique Spanish mirror that I got last year above it.
The 1930s dining room table and chairs are in the center of the room. On the back wall is the Burwood plastic flag my mother got in the early 1970s and that hung on her living room wall for decades.
I discovered by accident the estate sale/auction website and diligently check to see what comes up. I got two bird paintings a few months ago for $24.
Anyways, I checked last week and this antique secretary was up for bid. $8. The sale ended on Monday night and I put a bid in. On Monday evening I watched as the sale started to end and the bidding went up. I was determined to get it, and for $197.98 I did (plus tax and commission, it came out to about $246). Today Doug and I went to pick it up. There is a small area of broken glass, they said they had the piece but they didn't. Some glue running down one leg. Otherwise it is in pretty good condition for a piece that has to be over 120 years old.
Secretary. Heirlooms displayed, tablecloths now in lower drawer.
I moved my china cabinet to the other side. The room is a little cramped now. I moved some heirlooms into it. And Matt hung the antique Spanish mirror that I got last year above it.
China cabinet.
Dining room table and chairs.
I should have a dinner party before it gets too hot.
