A VINTAGE BOUDOIR VANITY
I've always had a fascination with vintage vanities~~ever since my grandmother auctioned away some amazing Art Deco mahogany furniture at her country farm estate auction, I have carried within the belated realization that every child should/must be taught about antiques and heritage, about the importance of family heirlooms and preserving history, about how to determine whether this should be chosen over that, to learn which things one must never, ever part with, simply about how to know what one should inherently know~~from those who have come and gone before. . .
I have,since, taken this task very seriously with my daughter. We make a weekly ritual out of visiting various antique stores, museums, estates, yard sales, thrift stores & consignment shops for the sheer motive of educating her in what is truly
LOVELY
VALUABLE
CRAFTSMANSHIP
ART
IRREPLACEABLE
SENTIMENTAL
with the high hopes that my little princess, born into a very modern world, will find some way to show/express appreciation for what has come and gone before her. . .Now she will say "Mom, why would anyone ever want to get rid of that? It was probably their great, great, great, great grandmothers and here it is at Goodwill~~What's wrong with people????"
I couldn't be more proud than at that very moment.
She gets it.
And so, one day, she will get this:
as part of her inheritance. . .
A lovely gift from my adored grandmother when I was just a young teen, this antique desk which, over time, has become my vanity. ..
A place to sit, each day, and take a moment to remember, reflect, refresh & prepare for what may, or may not,
ever come . . .
A place to be with one's own private self, to prepare to become the public person we all must be at some point every day,
with the comfort of being close to loved one's lost, yet still greatly loved, for the simple reason that this was where she once sat
doing the very same thing. . .
Do you have a vanity? A dressing table?
Claudia at The Paris Apartment is collecting photographs of vanities to be used in a wonderful book she is working on and is inviting everyone to submit their photographs for consideration!
What? You don't have a vanity or dressing table?
Well, now you have the perfect excuse to create one for yourself.
After all, every vintage loving gal must have one!
