I missed Story Telling Sunday yesterday. I’m not quite sure how it happened as it was on my To Do list all week. Suddenly, it was Sunday afternoon, the photos were not taken, and we were due at a birthday celebration. This wonderful celebration of Precious Things is hosted by Sian at From High in the Sky each month. Here’s her description of the project:
Pick Your Precious is about celebrating the little things you love: those souvenirs, bits and pieces, things from your past you can’t bear to throw out. You know, the special little something you have tucked away in a drawer or up on a shelf? Or the thing you love most in a room? Or the object you would save if you knew you had to leave the country? Your favourite things.
Furniture is one of the few things which has been handed down to me from my father’s family. I’ll be sharing another one of the pieces later this year, but today I thought I’d share the little red chair that was given to my father when he was a child. It’s been sitting in my living room for many a year. I love it’s red color, and the fact that the original finish is still on it.
Both my children sat in the chair, and often I have had a stuffed animal or hand-made doll sitting it as decoration. Recently I’ve left it empty thinking Skylar or Caleb might like it when they are here to visit.
They, however, are much more interested in the stools that were hand-painted for them by a friend.
Perhaps one day they’ll be more interested, and I’m quite sure Sarah or Matt will be happy to inherit it one day. The truth is I’m not quite ready to give it up!
It’s definitely precious. I’m always amazed by how well old pieces of furniture hold up when the cr*p they make today can barely last a year.
Rinda
It is beautiful and I love the colour. Those stools are also sweet too.
I’m late too! Adorable chair – I have a couple from when I was a kid that I still need to decide what to do with. Not particularly attached to them.
Rinda is absolutely right – furniture doesn’t last all that long these days. We have a few old hand me down pieces and they are made so well … the new little seats are adorable though, I can understand why they like them!
I bet they will be interested one day! One of the things I’m noticing about quite a lot of our picks is how much I would like to reach out and touch…lots of the things are crying out for an admiring stroke and this is one of them. What a lovely thing it is. A perfect precious.
The little red chair is so lovely, I bet it feels like silk when you run your hand over it. I am sure that one day, when you are ready the little chair will have a new home, but not yet… Thank you for sharing it with us.
Oh we have some small people chairs – I like that it has the original finish on it as well.
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