My "new" secondhand dresser

I have been searching for a second-hand dresser for ages and couldn't find any that I liked, would fit in the space I have or could afford.  I decided to look at new ones but they lacked character, were really big and expensive. So I stopped looking!! The other weekend I had lunch with two girl friends, afterwards we went window shopping at a quaint country style knick-knack shop and I saw a dresser. It was just what I wanted, not too big and much cheaper than I had expected to pay. I bought it - it was just too good to miss.

I think it is from the 1940's, but I may be wrong. Someone has painted it quite badly with white oil based paint so dear husband is going to repaint it for me. The brown is the original timber.  The sides of the cupboards are not covered in timber instead wire mesh to keep food cool in summer.  This makes me think that perhaps this was used for storage prior to the refrigerator. 

One of the reasons for wanting a dresser was to display the glass storage canisters which I think are too pretty to hide away.  I have room for two more cansiters and that will be all I can fit - unless I want to make two rows but then where would I put the fruit bowl!  Dressers could be found in most homes once-upon-a-time until modular kitchen cabinets came into vogue in the late 1950s. Then they were considered to be out-of-dated and many would have been destroyed or moved to the shed to kept dad's tools in!  But they making a comeback and there are plenty of reproductions available. 

Note the lollie jar at the front - it keeps DH happy!!  But it is next to the fruit bowl so hopefully he will eat more apples than lollies.

Its funny how one new piece of furniture in the house can lead to the re-arranging of lots of other things in the house!! The buffet had to move because the dresser needed its spot - and now it sits in the living area and looks so much better. In fact this is a way better place for it than the kitchen.

Not only did I move the buffet (and a bookcase + a painting) I went through all the kitchen cupboards and throw out bags of "stuff" and now I have plenty of space of other "stuff" to fill the gaps!!

I use to put the flowers on the table, but DH thought this was a better place (the cat is unlikely to knock it over). 

I have placed candles and seashells on the table instead. 

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