Dear Dining Room Set,
Ever since I was little, I wanted something like you. Something big and beautiful, and old, to store other old and beautiful things inside… Something lovely to make a statement in my dining room.
Then I grew up, and bought a huge mess of a house with a formal dining room in the front of the house. I then succeeded in convincing my hubby that we needed a dining room set and found a lovely one for sale. We bought it from the original owners estate, they had apparently purchased it not long after they’d gotten married, in the 1940’s! It was very clear that the whole set had been treasured. A few years of dust came off with a quick wipe of some furniture polish and some shop towels, and if you didn’t know that soft furniture wax can do marvelous things to restore finish (and help keep furniture from drying out); it does and it’s a good thing to keep on hand.
The dining table and chairs are so lovely and fit the dining room in our old home so well that they, along with the matching buffet were used in the staged pictures of the house when we were getting ready to sell. Both photographers that we used asked who we had borrowed our furniture and odds and ends from, I could not help but grin from ear to ear when I told them that I hadn’t borrowed a thing!
However, now I find myself in a new place and space. This home has a completely different feel than our last home; lower ceilings, larger windows, lighter floors, and unfortunately, much smaller rooms. And quite honestly, you just don’t fit in the space we have now…it’s breaking my heart but, I think it’s time to let you go.
So I’ve posted you for sale, and I’m praying that someone emails me soon, someone who will love you and care for you as much as you deserve. And hopefully you’ll be around to be admired for at least another 70 years.
TallpixiDIY 