My Old House!!!!

I was checking out a blog I had never seen before called brabourne farm.  Much to my surprise as I was scrolling down the entries, I came upon two photos from my old house.  It had been published in Better Homes and Gardens.  I now live in a brownstone and have only a few items in the shoot.  The mirror now hangs on my dining room wall with a crusty old round marble table in front of it.  I haven't had the heart to part with the French cafe table either.  It lives in the middle of my living room.  Thanks brabourne farm for a walk down memory lane.

{photos: brabourne farm}

Searching for a new dining room table

Right now I have a beautiful old and crusty marble dining room table on a pedestal. It sits in front of an amazing old french mirror (so old that the mirror glass is over an inch thick!).  I adore it. Unfortunately, my book group doesn't really fit around it.  I bought a very old farm table but got tired of always getting slivers from the old wood.  So now what I'm considering is a table with a zinc top - long and narrow.  I want to make sure this is the table for me.  Today I will look around again to make sure there isn't anything else that might work.  I'll keep my marble table and replace the french cafe table I have and put the marble one back in its place. I love having changes - it makes my heart beat a bit faster as I figure out what to do.

{photo: coco + kelley}