I have been surprised at how many of you asked about my Antique China cabinet.   I have had this piece for years and years.   It was on the entrance wall of my last home and I didn't show that side of the living room too often, so it seemed like a new piece to a lot of you when you saw it in the new house.

I am thrilled that it has a great wall to be on in the new house.

  It was my very first "big" purchase as a new bride.  I answered an ad in the newspaper about a piano but when I got there it wasn't what I was looking for, however I saw this china cabinet and fell in love.

 It belonged to an elderly lady that was selling a lot of her furniture to go into a retirement home.  I asked her about the china cabinet and she related the following story.
"When I was a young woman I was a maid for the Speckles Sugar family.  They were a wonderful family and always treated everyone like family, even the hired help.  Their home was filled with wonderful pieces they had brought back from their travels all over the world.  Most things were truly museum worthy.  This china cabinet was in the breakfast area of the maids quarters.  It was one of their lesser pieces of furniture, but I always loved it.  When I left their employment, they were doing some remodeling and I told them how much I loved this china cabinet.  To my surprise, they gave it to me as a parting gift.  They also gave me this p...