Old Dressers
These were the two biggest pieces from my grandparents’ old bedroom set. I remember seeing them in my grandmother’s basement whenever we’d go over. Primarily used for storage or perhaps just kept because they were too nice to discard, my grandparents got a more modern set I think in the late 1950s or early 60s, relegating these to their cellar for well over 30 years. Not pictured are a small nightstand that had a built-in electric clock and a makeup stand. There was a second nightstand, but after retiring the bedroom set my grandfather–a shipbuilder was one of his trades–joined one nightstand and the makeup stand into a three-drawer storage unit for his shop on the other end of their basement. When I got my first apartment, my dad asked if I wanted the two dressers and nightstand. I of course took them. Attempts were made to get the clock in the nightstand fixed at any clock shop I could find, but nobody could fix it. Oh well. I had an alarm clock anyway. And of course a smart phone. T...