Trash picked piece finds its home in our home!

About a week or two before we left for China I was driving out of my parent's neighborhood and I spotted a delightful piece of furniture someone had left out for large trash day. I was rushing to get someplace but called my mom and begged her to pick it up for me... (with her larger vehicle)


This gorgeous cabinet, armoire, leggy thing, lived on my parents' back porch for our two years in China and just recently found its way back into our home. I adore the colors... sea greeny with peach on the inside. It's perfectly me...

note: the handmade bamboo birdcage I bought in our little town in China is not a permanent decorative element on there... I want it hanging in our living room at some point... whenever we get there! :)

New Side Table

So, even though we have to wait to really get our place set up until we're done painting, (we're picking up baby friendly paint at the store this afternoon!!!) I couldn't help pulling over when I passed by a perfectly good end table sitting in someone's trash. Dan helped me (somewhat begrudgingly) carry the table to our car. It took him a bit longer to see what I see in this particular item- unparalleled personality. The table was not, however, allowed to come into the house that night. It needed to "air out" and get thoroughly cleaned before it was to be accepted as a part of our living space. After a thorough cleaning I fell even more in love with my trash picked endtable, and Dan, well... he's warming up.