Thursday, September 18, 2008

Vintage Thingies Thursday: Ancient Armoire

Several years ago, Bob and I went to Dothan, Alabama, looking for a brewery he had heard about. The brewery was out of business, but there were plenty of antique stores to visit. I found this beautiful armoire, and we decided it would look perfect in our dressing room. I am not an expert, but I can tell it is vintage. Below is a picture of the decorations I have on placed on top. The books are works of Jane Austen. They are old, but the other items are relatively new.
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16 comments:

Holy Crappers said...

WOW...that is gorgeous!!!!!
I am soo jealous.

Are there alot of stores in Dothan? We are not too far from there.......may go check it out if it's worth it.

Love it!

peace
#2

Anonymous said...

Good morning Faith
What a beautiful armoire. The colour and detail is lovely.
I've always wanted to find one that I could use to set my TV into....

Thank you for sharing.
Have a lovely day
Judi

ellen b. said...

That is a beauty. How lovely that you have a room it goes so well in. I really like the bookends you have holding your Austen books...

Jennifer said...

That is beautiful! I dream about having a piece like that one of these days!!

Bo said...

Wow, that armoire is gorgeous and it looks like it has always been loved...great find! ;-) Bo

Coloradolady said...

What a beautiful piece of furniture. It is lovely. I wish I had more room in our home for large antique pieces, but we do not. We are full!

Charlotte said...

Wow - what a gorgeous-gorgeous armoir. I just love armoirs. I love the way you decorated it too.
Thank you for visiting my blog and for the lovely comments.

Anonymous said...

I don't have many vintage things but yours are beautiful.

Diane said...

What a beautiful armoire! A find like that beats a brewery tour any day :)

Amy said...

yeah I love Jane Austin! And i LOVE your armoire :-)
Great find!

^..^Corgidogmama said...

Can I wrestle ya' for it?
Really, nice item!

Virginia said...

Oh very nice!! Like the dark wood.

Unknown said...

I love burled wood! What a gorgeous piece.

Threeundertwo said...

I'm sure he was just as happy to go to antique stores as a brewery. LOL not sure if my husband would have been happy about that.

It's gorgeous, and the books are a perfect touch.

Miri said...

That's a beautiful armoire and your display on top is lovely. I love Jane Austen too. We were in Bath, England last year and went to her house (now a museum about her.)

JEWELGIRL said...

This is truly a gorgeous armoire!
Thank you for showing it to us!