Happy Tuesday, friends! I made a change in my home this weekend, and I wanted to share it here, since it feels significant because of the fact that I made the decision completely on my own. When I moved into this house twenty one years ago, most of the furniture came from my family. My mom had given me her dining room table and hutch when I got married, and I am so grateful to her for doing that! Truth be told, I was ready to change it up after all the years I've had it. Here's what it looked like before...
I decided to try to sell it on Facebook marketplace. Someone came to pick it up on Sunday, and I couldn't be happier! I cleaned everything out and found new homes for things, weeding out what needed to be recycled because of chipped sides (coffee mugs mostly), and waited for Jonah to come home to help me with bringing in what I was going to be put back in its place.
This is the hutch that sat in my dad's house. I love it so much! I love that we're all about keeping things in the family, you know? This was something he purchased from an antique store, and I think it's beautiful. On the bottom shelf are all the Christmas dishes that I use, and the other shelves hold the pottery that I've had for twenty-eight years, glasses that are never used, and some decorative plates that also came from Dad's. Yesterday I added my grandmother's China as well, and I have a few pieces propped up on the back for display.
I love how it turned out! Even more than that, I love having another piece of my dad's belongings here with me. I love how cleaned out and organized it looks with things prettily displayed, and I loved that this was a big change that I made on my own for the first time. I didn't run it by anyone, I just did it by myself. Well, also thanks to Jonah and his friends who got this thing inside and put together again. It brings me great joy to change things up in my home to make it more of what I love and what works for my current (new) life.
Thanks for reading my blog today, friends! I'm linking up with Joanne for this post. Love to all!
Jenn 🖤
What a beautiful and sentimental piece! So glad you got to have this in your home :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I really do love it in there, and I also love that I still have part of that set that Mom gave me mixed in with it.
DeleteI love it! Good for you! I get it that it felt symbolic and I love that you have a piece of your Dad's there to look at every day!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It did feel very symbolic, and that's what felt so great.
DeleteJennifer, I love this for so many reasons! All of your dishes look so pretty too!
ReplyDeleteRight? I felt like you with the chairs that you bought. We can do this! Thanks for that!
DeleteOh, that hutch is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love it so much.
DeleteOh wow! That really is beautiful, your dad had great taste!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I think so too.
DeleteI could not love this more! I love the piece itself, especially because it is your Daddy's, and I also love the fact that you did this on your own! It is beautiful, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It felt so great to do this on my own.
DeleteThat is a beautiful change; literally!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty piece. Sounds like you got lots of years of good use out of your mama's hutch. How nice to switch it out for something of your dad's. I like the dark wood. Like the chair beside the cabinet, too. Such a pretty space with all the china on display and everything neat and clean. So happy for you to make this decision by yourself and to put it into place.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I love it! And I am so glad I got to use Mom's hutch for so many years. I'm so fortunate to have had these things in my possession!
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