When I was around 10 years old I became interested in decorating. I used to come home from school and rearrange the furniture in my parent's house. My dad used to build the interior rooms for local Ethan Allen furniture stores as a side job. Instead of a paycheck he would get furniture. My parents house was filled with Ethan Allen furniture, actually it still is. I loved to polish the furniture because I loved the smell of the polish and loved the sheen it would give to the dark wood. Now it all seems so odd that a young girl would do all of this. Anyway, I continued to polish and rearrange their furniture until I moved out at 18. It's a family joke that that's when my mom lost her maid (me). I still love to move things around because it always seems to make things feel cleaner to me. I guess I just like change. This weekend I moved things around again. This table, named the birdhouse table was made by my dad. I saw a table like this in Romantic Homes Magazine in the early 90s and fell in love with it, so my sweet, wonderful dad made me one. I moved this under my stairs where my white mirror and bench were previously. I also hung some of my blue and white plates on the wall. It will stay there for a few months and then I'm sure I'll be moving it again.
10 comments:
That looks great, Cindy. What a great table! And I love your collection of plates.
I absolutely ~AdOre~ your ~bIrD~ table..tell dad to make one for me!!
Nicely arranged!
What a beautiful table! And I love how you`ve put the plates and everything!
tea
xo
I so get that... we rearrange cuz it just makes the room seem cleaner.
And I think we love to play house... and that's what we've always done since childhood! You sure do it well Cindy! Very well!
Love your stuff!
Just got your comment Cindy... and YES, the March issue is finally in the Bookstores... I got mine at Borders. I would imagine that Barnes & Nobles have them out too. Good luck!
I so love your table Cindy! And your arrangement...really pretty.
Such lovely things...
I too used to putter and re arrange even as a young girl. I was always looking at home magazines when I was a kid!
I guess I consider my house a big doll's house and things just need to be moved from time to time!
It is fun isn' it?
Have a
sweet Wednesday!
Love,
Sue
I had to smile when I read this entry bc I was always re-arranging my room as a kid...even before I was big enough to move the furniture myself.. my mom would come in and see a dresser in the middle of my room and ask if I needed some help. The side table your Dad made will always be so special... and well you know how I feel about
your blue and white plates !
I love to rearrage too, not just furniture but accessories too. Nothing makes a room feel more fresh. Your dad did a fantastic job on that table!
Beautiful! Just lovely.
What a gorgeous birdhouse table!
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