Ronni McCord Murden's prettynpync

I sold the American of Martinsville coffee table last week, so I had some space to fill at Cold Harbor. John helped me move a new china cabinet up on Sunday, and that great buffet is displayed better now. I got an absolutely huge load of books (over 600!) this past week (thanks Sarah), but haven’t been able to really get into them yet (next week!).

The buffet was in great shape to begin with, all I had to do was shine up the hardware. 

The hedgehogs (in front of the Elvis) are a pair of blue glass paperweights and the Elvis is a cool ceramic bust with a signature from the person who glazed it. The coat’s from Miller& Rhoads (so you know it’s vintage), it’s a nice green wool with some sort of fur collar.

The china cabinet is Heywood Wakefield and I must tell you, it is AWESOME.  I wish I had a place for it or it would still be in my house.  The finish is called Sable (which is printed on the back panel) and the drawer shows the Heywood Wakefield stamp. The china displayed in the cabinet is the Boutonniere, Ever Yours pattern from Taylor Smith Taylor.  We didn’t get a close up photo of the pattern but you can check it out on eBay. You may be wondering what the four yellow items on top of the cabinet are . .  . well, those are yellow apple canisters.  That’s right, Yellow Apple Canisters, with stems and leaves on the lids! Really cute. 

Check out the lamp in the photo above, it reminds me of Jeannie’s bottle.  Also, the turquoise typewriter still has a ribbon and works great.

The asian ladies below are really pretty, their costumes are great.

Check back next week to see what happens with the new book collection.  I found a bookcase this weekend so I just need to figure out what I’ve got and what goes in first.