Comments on: Abby’s New Desk! http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: see you there! http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12827 see you there! Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:17:14 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12827 I love finding new uses or places for furniture. The piece that comes to mind is an old wing back chair that my DH drug with him when he moved to CA from the East Coast.<br /><br />It has been in the living room and then in the kitchen and now it is in his study - but I occasionally whine that I want it back for the kitchen, LOL!<br /><br />It has been recovered twice since we've had it and who know how many times before. It was old when he got it.<br /><br />Darla I love finding new uses or places for furniture. The piece that comes to mind is an old wing back chair that my DH drug with him when he moved to CA from the East Coast.

It has been in the living room and then in the kitchen and now it is in his study – but I occasionally whine that I want it back for the kitchen, LOL!

It has been recovered twice since we've had it and who know how many times before. It was old when he got it.

Darla

]]> By: Kathy C. http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12824 Kathy C. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:08:27 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12824 That's a cute little desk, I can see why you miss it. :) I have a four drawer dresser that was my Grandmother's sewing dresser. She gave it to me 21 years ago when I was pregnant and I painted it for my baby room (that was probably the 6th layer of paint). Since then it's undergone 2 more paint jobs and is ready to undergo yet one more! It's still in my son's room (now the spare room), I could never part with it. That's a cute little desk, I can see why you miss it. :) I have a four drawer dresser that was my Grandmother's sewing dresser. She gave it to me 21 years ago when I was pregnant and I painted it for my baby room (that was probably the 6th layer of paint). Since then it's undergone 2 more paint jobs and is ready to undergo yet one more! It's still in my son's room (now the spare room), I could never part with it.

]]> By: Holly http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12823 Holly Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:46:06 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12823 When my husband comes home from work he always has to look around before he walks anywhere - I have a habit of moving furniture while he is at work! I have an end table that I keep, move after move. It comes in and out of the house depending on how I have configured the furniture at any particular moment. I keep it because it belonged to my great grandmother and then my great aunt/uncle...it is just sentimental...I don't even "love"it but it has memories and so it is special. When my husband comes home from work he always has to look around before he walks anywhere – I have a habit of moving furniture while he is at work! I have an end table that I keep, move after move. It comes in and out of the house depending on how I have configured the furniture at any particular moment. I keep it because it belonged to my great grandmother and then my great aunt/uncle…it is just sentimental…I don't even "love"it but it has memories and so it is special.

]]> By: Jamie http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12822 Jamie Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:51:17 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12822 I have a computer desk that it big and bulky that my Grandma had given us when we were first married. It stayed in one of our main rooms until a few months ago. We had finished the basement and moved it downstairs only to find it didn't fit in the nook created for the computer desk so we had to buy a new one. I thought we were going to throw it away when I figured it could be moved into our craft room. It works perfect to hold the sewing machine and other supplies. The cords from the sewing machine fit perfectly through the hole on top made for printer cords. I was so excited to find a new use for it. I have a computer desk that it big and bulky that my Grandma had given us when we were first married. It stayed in one of our main rooms until a few months ago. We had finished the basement and moved it downstairs only to find it didn't fit in the nook created for the computer desk so we had to buy a new one. I thought we were going to throw it away when I figured it could be moved into our craft room. It works perfect to hold the sewing machine and other supplies. The cords from the sewing machine fit perfectly through the hole on top made for printer cords. I was so excited to find a new use for it.

]]> By: Farmgirl Cyn http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12821 Farmgirl Cyn Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:19:16 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12821 we have an old wood, drop leaf table that was left by the sellers in our very 1st house 37 years ago...with the chairs! it has been used as a kitchen table, an "island" to roll out pie dough, a table in the laundry room, and now it is my computer desk! we have an old wood, drop leaf table that was left by the sellers in our very 1st house 37 years ago…with the chairs! it has been used as a kitchen table, an "island" to roll out pie dough, a table in the laundry room, and now it is my computer desk!

]]> By: Angie http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12820 Angie Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:49:41 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12820 You know it's funny, I have furniture that I've spent a fortune on and furniture I've picked up at yard sales but my favorite piece is an armoire I got from Ikea about 7 years ago. In our old home it was extra storage for clothes in our master bedroom. Now in our new home it is in our master bathroom holding the towels and all the extra toiletries. It's not even real wood but for some reason I have always loved it! You know it's funny, I have furniture that I've spent a fortune on and furniture I've picked up at yard sales but my favorite piece is an armoire I got from Ikea about 7 years ago. In our old home it was extra storage for clothes in our master bedroom. Now in our new home it is in our master bathroom holding the towels and all the extra toiletries. It's not even real wood but for some reason I have always loved it!

]]> By: Anonymous http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12818 Anonymous Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:28:42 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12818 I have an medium sized antique white pantry cupboard that was my grandparents (at least that's who I got it from). I love it! And will never part with it...<br /><br />When I first got it - I acutally used it for my clothes, instead of a dresser. Then after awhile it was actually used in my dining room for various table lines and misc. items. Then after we moved to a different home - it was put into the bathroom for a sort of linen closet, all of my extra candles, etc. Now, at this home it is back in the dining room -BUT, it just might get put back into our bedroom. I wouldn't use it as a dresser this time though.<br /><br />To be quite honest. I have quite a few pieces of antique furniture from my grandparents. But this is the only piece that I've felt liberty to move from room to room. All the other pieces have their reason for being where they are, and will most likely stay put.<br />I'm sort of like that.<br />~Bevy<br />www.treasuredupandpondered.blogspot.com I have an medium sized antique white pantry cupboard that was my grandparents (at least that's who I got it from). I love it! And will never part with it…

When I first got it – I acutally used it for my clothes, instead of a dresser. Then after awhile it was actually used in my dining room for various table lines and misc. items. Then after we moved to a different home – it was put into the bathroom for a sort of linen closet, all of my extra candles, etc. Now, at this home it is back in the dining room -BUT, it just might get put back into our bedroom. I wouldn't use it as a dresser this time though.

To be quite honest. I have quite a few pieces of antique furniture from my grandparents. But this is the only piece that I've felt liberty to move from room to room. All the other pieces have their reason for being where they are, and will most likely stay put.
I'm sort of like that.
~Bevy
http://www.treasuredupandpondered.blogspot.com

]]> By: ellen b. http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12817 ellen b. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:14:41 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12817 Girl my whole house is filled with move around furniture. :0)<br />I don't think I've ever filled any space with totally new furnishings... Girl my whole house is filled with move around furniture. :0)
I don't think I've ever filled any space with totally new furnishings…

]]> By: Kathryn http://reluctantentertainer.com/2009/10/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12816 Kathryn Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:03:58 +0000 http://reluctantentertainer.com/uncategorized/abbys-new-desk/#comment-12816 I have a small but wide dresser that is probably the bottom of a hutch. I snagged it at a yard sale in Eugene, Oregon for $15 sometime in the early 90's. Its been everywhere in the house---dining room, living room, my bedroom...currently its in its second life as a changing table for my daughter. It even moved cross-country with me to SC. I have a small but wide dresser that is probably the bottom of a hutch. I snagged it at a yard sale in Eugene, Oregon for $15 sometime in the early 90's. Its been everywhere in the house—dining room, living room, my bedroom…currently its in its second life as a changing table for my daughter. It even moved cross-country with me to SC.

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