[Magdalen] Feeling very grown-up

[Marion Thompson]

Well, my selling agent knows a fellow who has an antique/what 
-have-you-got store to the east.  He came by on Tuesday evening and left 
with a corner cabinet and will return for the Big Piece.  Left money and 
will leave even more money when he returns.  He had a big ring of keys 
and solved the mystery of what was in the long-locked cupboard at the 
bottom of the cabinet.  LOL, a drop-side toaster from my youth and the 
missing-a-handle metal tray it sat on.  What a hoot!

Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....

On 6/28/2015 11:40 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> You might be surprised. In any case, are there second hand stores? If not,
> what about the Salvation Army or Goodwill or St. Vincent de Paul or the
> equivalent? They will usually even come and pick up big pieces.
>
> Jay, who has some experience with such
>
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Beyond the totally unacceptable dump, any easily do-able suggestions as to
>> where the mahogany may go ?  My agent in PH, who was in antiques for 20
>> years before housing, just says quietly that nobody wants this sort of
>> thing nowadays.  Just one of the practical problems that loom.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>>
>> On 6/27/2015 10:55 PM, Molly Wolfmama wrote:
>>
>>> Shed the mahogany! IKEA is your friend.  Well, my friend, anyway.
>>>
>>> I have the same impulse to throw out everything in the fridge, regardless
>>> of its "best before" date.  It's new life time.
>>>
>>> Molly
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
>>> other way. -- Mark Twain
>>>
>>>   On Jun 27, 2015, at 10:18 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It is essentially a new house on an old footprint.  The blurb says: "A
>>>> secluded location for this totally rebuilt home.  Tucked down a laneway in
>>>> an area of lovely homes, but walking distance to downtown.  Tastefully
>>>> finished with Cape Cod wood exterior, engineered hardwood and ceramic
>>>> flooring, oak staircase and 2nd floor walk-out to the deck this pretty home
>>>> has lots of natural light and a lovely master bedroom across the front of
>>>> the house."
>>>>
>>>> As if in an amphitheatre, it sits in a very sunny dell.  Bring it on!
>>>> Lots of trees and shrubs around, but not too close and claustrophobic.
>>>> They are a good buffer up the steep slope behind me to Baldwin St above, a
>>>> quiet little dead-end.  To the  south, it is more open with other long
>>>> properties coming down to me.  Those houses are on Walton St (the main st)
>>>> and flank the entrance of my No Exit little lane that runs down the hill to
>>>> me, but they, too, are buffered by trees and shrubs.  My impression is of
>>>> silence except birds, despite all that is out there.  The house runs into
>>>> the slope behind.  Winter might be interesting getting up the lane, but I
>>>> remarked that that's why we have Subarus. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Two nice bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a spacious kitchen/family room. Lots of
>>>> closet space.  Space for me to put a garden shed for the outside equipment
>>>> and good space in the utility room beyond the kitchen and laundry.  Hard to
>>>> picture where stuff will go.  I really want to start fresh and somehow shed
>>>> the heavy mahogany that will overwhelm this space, and a lot more besides!
>>>>
>>>> Marion, a pilgrim   ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>>
>>>>   On 6/27/2015 9:33 PM, Eleanor Braun wrote:
>>>>> Awesome!
>>>>>
>>>>> Details, please.
>>>>>
>>>>> Eleanor
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, June 27, 2015, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   I believe I've bought a house!
>>>>>> Marion, a pilgrim    ... today my sail I lift ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>