FD, It is no wonder I fell so in love with the abusive ABF..he had an old cabin that he built on to and truly lived like a pioneer.
He had a humongous collection of artifacts and antiques (bottles esp)..we put those in windows so that they looked like stained glass and I got him into doing voluntary seminars on archeology and Indians. It was so cool.
I am thinking we are going to have to cover one wall (around a window) with bookshelves in order for me to be able to put up my things and still see them.
I have the original dresser that my grandparents set up housekeeping with and it is a beauty! That was the fanciest piece they had and it has the mirror with the silvered back..that is in Indiana
And my son (deceased) built me a dining table kind of like the Waltons for Mother's Day.
The dining table shown was Danny's. I have a kitchen big enough to go retrieve mine.