I Have Something Special To Share With YOU!!

(PLEASE READ BEFORE YA SCROLL DOWN FOR THE PICS) LOL!!

Hi Blog Pals!

Wow! I can't believe Christmas is nearly here!

It's very cold outside today......

We've even had a few snow flurries here today!

That makes it even feel more like Christmas to me.....

Well, as my post title suggests.....I have something special to share with you!

Hang in there with me for a little bit first of all....

As you may or may not remember.......just in the last few weeks my Uncle had passed away rather unexpectedly(although he did have quite a few medical issues)....

He was my daddy's identical twin brother.....he had taught school for many, many years (was my English teacher my Freshman year in high school)....had at one time taught driver's ed, drove a school bus, directed school plays and so many other things that I'm still learning about today....As long as I can remember, my Uncle D had liked antiques and such....oh, how could I forget...he was also the family historian....he spent YEARS & YEARS tracing back the family history on my Dad's side. The amount of information he has compiled is really impressive!

I had been over at his house this week to help my dad load all of the genealogy binders, folders, files and books into his pick-up truck....

It was unreal how in-depth my uncle had traced the family's history....I kid you not, it was a small room full of filing cabinets and bookshelves dedicated all to the family tree!

It took my tall and stocky statured cousin....me and my dad to load one five drawer filing cabinet on a dollie and up into the pick-up bed from the front porch....it was totally full of files....then a two drawer cabinet....and countless binders, files and folders stacked up behind daddy's seat all the way passed the glass in the back window of his truck!

Whew!!!

I had such a wonderful time with my cousin (who now lives in the Phillipines) my dear Aunt (my Daddy & Uncle's sister) and then my Daddy... we looked at old Christmas cards from 1948, old war bond books, old pictures and such....then my cousin came out with a stack of old quilt pieces for my Aunt....they had names stitched on each "block" by the person that pieced it....most of them were done probably 50 years ago! It is supposed to be pieced altogether to make a "Friendship Quilt"....how cool is that?!!!

I had mentioned to my dad that I had always admired a piece of furniture in my Uncle's home...

He said that I should ask my cousin about it and what he was planning to do with it.....so I expressed my interest for the piece...

Then, after a little while passed my cousin told me he had something he wanted me to do.....I said, "Sure, what is it"???

He said, "I want you to go somewhere and get you some cardboard boxes and unload whatever is in the piece then it is your's".....

Oh my goodness!! I just about leaped in the air!!

I went and got the boxes and when I opened the doors to see what was in it....it was full of dishes!!

Platters, dish sets, cake pedestals & crystal stemware galore!!

I thought "Oh, boy this is gonna take awhile....."

It did....but it was so worth it!!

I wanted to wrap the dishes, but he said not to bother.....he and an old school friend were going to go through each thing piece by piece and sort and value them...

Well, I am so grateful and thankful to have something I've wanted for a VERY log time and the fact that I have something that belonged to my Uncle was just double the gift!

Thank you again cousin! I truly, truly mean it!

So, without further delay.....sorry for the babbling!!

I'm just so excited to show you all!!

Please comment or I'm going to feel like a bigger "goober" than I already do!!! LOL!

Here it is!!!
My own........










Antique Pie Safe!!!!
I really do not care for the gold over the tin....I prefer a more original tin look.....so....
Yes, I've just began removing the gold from the punched tin panels.....

Here's what we have so far......I'm diggin' it!
Alot!

As you can see.....I've got more to go.....the piece itself had already been stripped and refinished....It's not a shiny finish (thankfully) so it will work as it is.....

The panels will have to be stripped on both sides.....'cause I want to leave at least one door open to display some goodies in of course!

So what do ya think blog buddies?

Wasn't that a very thoughtful thing for my cousin to do?

I am so happy to have it and so incredibly grateful!!!

Well, I will show you an "after" pic when I get it done.....another small dilema.....knowing where to put it.....rest assured, I will find a place! LOL!!

Do you think it would look terribly out of place in our master bedroom??

I'd really rather have it in my dining area....but I don't think it's going to fit there....
Need ideas please!

Thank you for reading my lengthy post!

Merry Christmas!

Backwoodsprim