My fall time project has been to refinish this table that belonged to my great grandma Lettie Pearl. It took way too much time, but was a labor of love. As I scrapped and sanded, I thought about the stories I'd heard about my great grandma---I'm excited to one day meet her.
I found a letter at my grandparents home several months ago. It was written by Lettie's best friend, to my great grandfather, after her death. It told of what a wonderful woman she was, all the memories they shared of scrimping and saving through the depression, and of her unconquerable spirit. This friend said, "I'd rather have a hamburger dinner in the company of Lettie than the grandest feast with anyone else in the world." I'm honored to have something that belonged to her in my home and hope she'd like the finished project.
My apologies to family who have already seen this photo...
2 comments:
it is beautiful. and i love that you know something about the person it belonged to. it makes it so meaningful.
Ade! I need you. Please come and visit so we can antique-shop here (I want you to teach me how to refinish pieces). Of course, it would help if you took some German before coming so we could haggle But, alas...I'll take what I can get.
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