Familiar, yet not...

This little washstand has stood in our dining room, in the same exact place, since I was a little girl.  My mother had a washstand set on it -- a large bowl and ewer, with accompanying pieces all in a pink floral pattern.  I'll show them to you some time.

I tend to have flowers on it in summer, and branches with berries in the fall and winter.  My $6. thrift store silver coffee pot sits here now, along with some butler's crumb picker uppers.  What do you call those things?

Here is a closeup shot of the washstand.  Apparently at some point, the drawer pulls were changed out.  I used to love to go through all the things my mother kept in these drawers -- old vintage cards, newspaper clippings of her wedding, and an old Brownie camera.

This is  a pewter coffee set that my father gave to my mother for Christmas one year.  How she loved that gift!  She would proudly bring it out at every holiday.

I have a lot of mirrors in my house -- not because I like to look at myself (yuk!) but because they capture the light from outside and make a small, dark house a bit brighter.  One of the other things I love about the mirrors is that they reflect little visions of my rooms that seem almost unfamiliar.  It's like looking at an entirely different place!

We will be enjoying a quiet holiday weekend here at home.  I hope you all have fun over the next few days, and I will see you on Tuesday.  Happy Labor Day!

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