For those following my blog, you may have wondered why I’ve gone “silent” on the Settling Mom series.  The subject of said series, Mom, asked me to “cease and desist” on any more posts showing off her new furnishings – until she was able to do the big reveal to a couple of dear friends coming for a visit yesterday.  After posting pictures of the statement piece, I was in serious trouble (not really though she told me to stop or she’d take away my MacBook).

The black-out has been lifted and I’m back in her good graces, allowed to proceed with the latest update.  Her bed was delivered on Tuesday and with that, she raced back to my sister’s home (her temporary residence), laundered her new sheets and packed up all her stuff.  She officially moved in and though surrounded by boxes, slept in her new bed.

Her check-in email the next morning was a good one, she’d slept wonderfully.  She’d been so exhausted the night before that when she saw an email stating her kitchen table and chairs had been delivered, she called the office to ask if they were holding her delivery.  They informed her they’d taken it up to her apartment and put it inside.  She looked and sure enough – several ginormous new boxes had joined the others – and she’d walked right around them without noticing.

She began to unbox the set – two chairs and a drop leaf table.  The table itself was so heavy that she opted to stop and wait for my brother-in-law and sister to come over after work and he assembled the set for her.

The single drop leaf can be raised should she need a larger table top for company.

Stay tuned for the next update in this series….more furniture has been purchased and will be delivered today.

If you saw yesterday’s post, you’ll know that the plan today was to head back to Colette’s, the furniture consignment store (the first store visited Mom and I visited – last Monday) to see if the special “statement piece” of furniture we’d found was indeed still there.  If so, Mom would buy it and I’d help get it back to her new apartment.

Spence was kind enough to loan his GMC Canyon to transport said item and just before noon, we pulled into Colette’s.  It’s a massive warehouse of consignment goods, primarily vintage and antique furniture but also books, clothing and everything you could imagine.  The small chest we sought was in the farthest corner in the recesses of the store which is arranged by vendor space. There was no way to know if it had sold but we remained hopeful.

As we came closer, I saw it, just waiting for Mom. This time she’d taken measurements of the space intended for it and armed with my own measuring tape, we took the dimensions of the chest. Just right!  Still as taken with it as we’d been the first time, we inspected it for flaws, finding none. Removing the tag, we walked back to the central cashier where Mom made the purchase.  We learned from the cashier that the vendor selling this had told her it came from her mother’s home where it sat in the entryway her entire life.  Interesting….. we’d been curious about it’s history. I brought up the truck while Nate was summoned to load it for us.  Given the marble top, Nate warned us that it was very heavy even for a strapping twenty-something guy such as himself.

After unloading it back at Mom’s new apartment we checked for any marking that might indicate where it was made but to no avail.  If I was to guess, I think it is European. We put it into the place, measuring first right and then left to center it.  Perfection.  Mom has many boxes to unpack and one of them may contain just the right thing to hang above the “statement piece”.  If not, our next search will be for a mirror to hang above it.  And the Settling Mom series continues…..

So without further adieu, here are the pictures.  You decide, does it make a statement?