This is my grandmother on my mothers side, old dresser! It is beautiful! My grandmother Ella, had it for years out at the farm and then when they moved into town, it moved with them! I remember it very well, I can just see it setting in her bedroom with special things on it. One thing I always remember was a blue musical powder box that sat toward the left side. It played beautiful soft music when the lid was lifted. After my grandmother went to her home in heaven, the dresser went to the oldest of 11 children, Ellen. Recently my 96 yr old Aunt Ellen had to move into a nursing home so Grandma's dresser went to her youngest daughter. She is such a sweet person, she loved the dresser but really thought it should go to someone who remembered it and to someone who was closer to Grandma. She had lived in another state so had only visited my Grandparents a few times. She thought about me and wanted me to have this memorable family treasure. I thank her very much for this and I absolutely love and treasure my grandma's dresser. As I was growing up and spending much time at my Grandmothers, I would have never dreamt that one day I would have that very dresser in my bedroom!
I would guess that this dresser is well over a hundred years old. As I look at the old tarnished worn handles and the scratch marks in the aged wood, I think about my grandmother opening these drawers to get things out. Possibly baby cloths or diapers since she almost always had a baby in the house, maybe her long socks or her Apron. Maybe the Dore on the right side held her well used Bible or catechism. Oh if only this dresser could talk!
Just look at the beautifully carved wood at the top of the old beveled mirror. I would bet this was hand carved, stained and varnished.
I think of the comb and hair brush that laid on this dresser and the many times she must have looked in this mirror, watching herself age just as we all do. I think of her beautiful long hair as she brushed it out every evening and morning. She normally wore it in a bun for daytime. I don't think she ever wore any makeup but with all the love my grandmother had, and her strong faith, the love of Jesus shown through her. I am forever thankful to God for the gift of My Grandmother.
Now it sets in our bedroom. It is a little crowded but I love it anyway. Who knows how many years I will be aloud to enjoy this gift,
My Grandmothers Dresser. It will be passed down in our family and this bit of history will be passed along with it. Whoever gets my grandmothers dresser will never have known her but hopefully they will know of her love and how that love is also inherited and passed down from generation to generation.
This is my grandmother on my mothers side, old dresser! It is beautiful! My grandmother Ella, had it for years out at the farm and then when they moved into town, it moved with them! I remember it very well, I can just see it setting in her bedroom with special things on it. One thing I always remember was a blue musical powder box that sat toward the left side. It played beautiful soft music when the lid was lifted. After my grandmother went to her home in heaven, the dresser went to the oldest of 11 children, Ellen. Recently my 96 yr old Aunt Ellen had to move into a nursing home so Grandma's dresser went to her youngest daughter. She is such a sweet person, she loved the dresser but really thought it should go to someone who remembered it and to someone who was closer to Grandma. She had lived in another state so had only visited my Grandparents a few times. She thought about me and wanted me to have this memorable family treasure. I thank her very much for this and I absolutely love and treasure my grandma's dresser. As I was growing up and spending much time at my Grandmothers, I would have never dreamt that one day I would have that very dresser in my bedroom!
I would guess that this dresser is well over a hundred years old. As I look at the old tarnished worn handles and the scratch marks in the aged wood, I think about my grandmother opening these drawers to get things out. Possibly baby cloths or diapers since she almost always had a baby in the house, maybe her long socks or her Apron. Maybe the Dore on the right side held her well used Bible or catechism. Oh if only this dresser could talk!
Just look at the beautifully carved wood at the top of the old beveled mirror. I would bet this was hand carved, stained and varnished.
I think of the comb and hair brush that laid on this dresser and the many times she must have looked in this mirror, watching herself age just as we all do. I think of her beautiful long hair as she brushed it out every evening and morning. She normally wore it in a bun for daytime. I don't think she ever wore any makeup but with all the love my grandmother had, and her strong faith, the love of Jesus shown through her. I am forever thankful to God for the gift of My Grandmother.
Now it sets in our bedroom. It is a little crowded but I love it anyway. Who knows how many years I will be aloud to enjoy this gift, My Grandmothers Dresser. It will be passed down in our family and this bit of history will be passed along with it. Whoever gets my grandmothers dresser will never have known her but hopefully they will know of her love and how that love is also inherited and passed down from generation to generation. 
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