Friday, June 15, 2012

The best kind of hand-me-downs

Tonight I got to have dinner with my parents. They drove down and we did a little early Father's day celebration. It's always good to see them but it's especially nice when they bring me things. When I moved into this apartment they found me a really cool chest/crate thing that I've been using as a coffee table. It was really rustic and fun but a little big for the space. Today, they brought me this:




It's a cedar chest from my Grandpa's house. He just moved into an apartment and couldn't take all of the furniture with him. I've had my eye on this for years and hoped that someday it would get passed down to me. When my mom was helping him move she mentioned that I really liked it and he was happy for me to have this. It's smaller than what I had before but fits the space much better. I also love that it's a piece of family history in my house. I'll have to confirm but either this chest was my great grandmother's or it was given to my grandma by my grandpa when they got married. I'm happy with either story.

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