THE Chair

Everything at Linderhof has a story -- or almost everything.    We remember the place we found our treasures and how much they cost.    They're not just pieces of furniture but memories!

The chair -- many memories

Last September we made our first trip to New England.    We fell in love with Route 20 in Upstate New York.    A scenic drive with enough antique shops to make the drive even more interesting.

And at one shop, there was a chair.

I looked.   I sat.   I debated.   I walked the store some more thinking.

And my "better sense" got a hold of me -- for I had "no place" for the chair.

And so I left it!

When you buy antiques, you often have to make an immediate decision as to whether to purchase an item or not.

For if it is a tag sale or estate sale, it won't be there tomorrow.    And antique shops or consignment shops often have a good turnover of merchandise.

Because of that, I've bought things I've regretted.   A "why did I buy that!"

But I knew it was because I was caught up in the "now or never" moment.

But because of those "shouldn't ofs", I've left items I should have bought!

That chair was the latter!

Fast forward to 2012.    We plan a vacation to Cape Cod.   Husband Jim decides to drive.   The route . .  Why Route 20 in Upstate New York, of course.   I insisted.

And we wandered into that same antique shop.

I RAN to the place where I had last seen the chair a year ago.

And there it was!

I love a cane seated chair

Not quite in the same place, but almost and still for sale!

I told the owner that I had been here in September last year and that chair was for sale then.    It is now September 2012 and the chair is still for sale.   I am interested in the chair but could he give me a better price for it.

He agreed.

The chair was mine -- a year later after I first saw it!

I assume the gold paint is old

It's painted black and has gold painting -- not stenciling on the back

Even a small detail of painted leaves on the front of the seat.

And the front of the seat.

I fell in love with the birds last year . . . it is such an unusual chair.

Besides the gold there are a pair of birds -- fancy birds!

A year's wait but the chair is perfect in the Master Bedroom

It looks good in the place that I knew would be perfect for it.     The Master Bedroom.   It would have looked good there in September 2011!    But I couldn't figure that out then!    Only after I had been home for a while did I realize that I truly did have a place for the chair!

Sigh!

I'm grateful that I had a second  chance -- with antiques that doesn't happen very often!

I'm joining Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Tabletop Tuesday