Monday 7th July - piece by piece

 I was saying yesterday we'll have got the house they way we want it when we're in our dotage at this rate. (We've only been living here for 40 years...)

The Korean Medicine Chest

At least, that's what we've always called it.

There are forty-five little drawers and a lockable cupboard at the bottom. I'm going to take my time going through the drawers and create an inventory, before deciding what to keep, what goes, and what gets put into the drawers now.

Here's the top row;

A pack of cards, and an old snap shot. It's hard to see, but I think it's my grandmother (Oma) on the left, with my aunt standing behind a very old-fashioned pushchair with my father looking out from.

Some bridge score pads and a taxi card.

Plant labels, cufflinks, a watch strap, a little magnetic box for hiding a key, and adorable paper doll chain

A little box of what I think are sticky wax dots for fixing candles, a perishing rubber band, a little black plastic box of loose powder and the brass lock for cupboard. 

Well! That's a pretty random collection! Quite a bit can go straight into the bin! Some to the charity shop bag, and some to keep.

Next installment tomorrow. 

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The four wheelback chairs have been swapped back for our pine ones; I'm rather sad about that, but there are a couple of wood worm holes on the underneath of the seat on a couple of them. I think the chairs were treated in the past, but we can't risk it, and we don't want to set about treating them again. Our house has wooden floors! 

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Music

I adore this piece; 'Rumores de la Caleta' by Albeniz.