IN A QUANDARY ---

I crave change -- After all of these years of collecting and changing out stuff, I still want something different to look at in our home.

The problem is that I really do like the things that we have inherited and accumulated over our 56 years of marriage, and hate to pack anything away.

I love my great-grandfather's lamp sitting on a textile I purchased on Portebello Road in London.

Everyone knows I'm crazy over brown transferware, and love looking at it every day.

I'm sold on wool, handwork, plaid, and texture.

And, I can't live without color plus wood that has lived a previous life.

So, I guess I don't really want change -- just would love to add a HUGE addition to the house so that I could look every day at MORE of the stuff I love.

In the meantime, I guess the least I could do is put the Valentines away for another year.And pull out part of another collection that hasn't seen the light of day for awhile --- antique silver.

A sugar bowl with a birdie on top with slots to hold teaspoons.

A spooner with a collection of sugar spoons.

A covered butter dish with a butter-knife holder.

And, a beautiful little creamer.

I remember now why they were hidden away --- they really need polished!!!  A project for another day.
At least, tarnish is something different to look at for awhile.

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CHANGE IS GOOD???

I thrive on change!  But after living in this small house for 15 years, there isn't too much we haven't already changed that was feasible.  Sure, I would love to knock down more walls, build a stacked-stone fireplace -- maybe add on 1000 square feet.  But, at our stage of life, none of that type of expense can be justified. So, I have to be satisfied with little changes, such as the following.

I've shown this wardrobe that's in our dining room in previous posts.

 It has been holding part of my dish obsession.

 Recently, I've missed having my quilts out as they have been stored in a dark closet for several years.  Light can be very destructive to cotton fabrics over long periods of time.  Now that we have changed out our old windows for those that block UV rays, I decided that the quilts deserved to be seen in the light of day again.

 Maybe it's a LITTLE overkill.

O.K., maybe 63 quilts is a LOT of overkill!  I can always put the curtains back up on the doors. 

(And I didn't even get out the bed-size quilts.)

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