We often find it simply amazing at the things people throw away. Much of the furniture in our house has been rummaged from a garage sale or simply found along the side of the street awaiting the garbage man. This piece is the newest acquisition. We initially passed this beautiful piece along a busy road after visiting a friend in a nearby neighborhood. We drove right on by it after one adult insisting to stop and look while the other insisted that we need to get home so the kids can get ready for bed. The other seemingly more responsible adult won the coin toss and we continued on home. Of course the first adult wound up driving back to take a look while the kids got ready for bed only to find an amazing 6 drawer chest with intricate hand painted oriental design on the veneer front. The entire piece was solid veneered lumber – no MDF. The only problem was that the first adult was now alone with a 100 pound piece of bulky furniture and his 2005 jeep liberty with the back seats already flattened out to make room. How does one get this item into the vehicle by himself without scratching and ruining it? The solution is quite simple; I had a piece of paper with Abraham Lincoln’s picture on it. A passerby was more than happy to exchange 5 minutes of muscle power for this portrait of our 16th POTUS. This young man was quite silent and I believe English deficient, but through the art of communication (facilitated by Mr. Lincoln) the dresser was loaded without a problem. It now sits in our bedroom and has replaced our previous one that has been demoted to board game organizer in the game room.
The Family Eggers
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Things people throw away
We often find it simply amazing at the things people throw away. Much of the furniture in our house has been rummaged from a garage sale or simply found along the side of the street awaiting the garbage man. This piece is the newest acquisition. We initially passed this beautiful piece along a busy road after visiting a friend in a nearby neighborhood. We drove right on by it after one adult insisting to stop and look while the other insisted that we need to get home so the kids can get ready for bed. The other seemingly more responsible adult won the coin toss and we continued on home. Of course the first adult wound up driving back to take a look while the kids got ready for bed only to find an amazing 6 drawer chest with intricate hand painted oriental design on the veneer front. The entire piece was solid veneered lumber – no MDF. The only problem was that the first adult was now alone with a 100 pound piece of bulky furniture and his 2005 jeep liberty with the back seats already flattened out to make room. How does one get this item into the vehicle by himself without scratching and ruining it? The solution is quite simple; I had a piece of paper with Abraham Lincoln’s picture on it. A passerby was more than happy to exchange 5 minutes of muscle power for this portrait of our 16th POTUS. This young man was quite silent and I believe English deficient, but through the art of communication (facilitated by Mr. Lincoln) the dresser was loaded without a problem. It now sits in our bedroom and has replaced our previous one that has been demoted to board game organizer in the game room.
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