White Orchid Melody

Furniture just isn’t made like it used to be. 

We’re refinishing my husband’s childhood furniture for the nursery.  I’d considered replacing it, but couldn’t really justify the expense.  It looked pretty awful after a couple decades of abuse, but was still functional.  Initially I tried to find a crib that matched the original oak color, but was unsuccessful.  So we decided that Brian could stain the furniture to match whatever crib I chose.  I found one that was a cherry color, so Brian started to stain the other pieces.  It is kind of amazing, really.  This furniture is was not very expensive when it was purchased, but is solid wood with dovetailed joints in the drawers.  There’s not a piece of particleboard anywhere.  It’s even stamped “Made in USA.”  Don’t see that much anymore.  (I believe in a global economy, but its interesting that we’ve lowered our standards for how things are made)  In fact, we’d been looking at possibly buying a dresser for our bedroom and just finding solid wood is a challenge, and then it tends to be quite expensive.  So, I’m really glad we decided to reuse the old furniture.  It looks much better now, and I think the room is going to turn out really cute!