Saturday, April 18, 2009

New China Cabinet...

I know some of you have already heard this story over at CMG, but I wanted to write it here anyway.

We picked up John's grandmother's china cabinet yesterday. Thank goodness it made it home in one piece because it's quite fragile.

Here's some history behind it:

Ruth bought this cabinet for her mother as a gift sometime during WWII with her first paycheck from Packard Motors. Her mother was really into dishes and had Fiesta. So, I'm assuming at one point its life, it was filled with the colorful pottery. However, sometime during the 1970's, Ruth's mother was involved in a car accident and passed away. Ruth got the china cabinet and Ruth's sister, Joyce got the Fiesta. I was informed today that when Aunt Joyce is done with the Fiesta, it will be passed down to us. I thought that was a nice gesture.

Here it is peeking out of the UHaul to see its new home after all these years:






2 comments:

DS Mark said...

Looks good full of Fiesta!

Becky said...

It looks just wonderful. And I love that a cabinet that once held Fiesta is now holding it again. It's so nice you have the history that comes with this piece of furniture.

 

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