30-11-2022, 06:24 PM
I saw a big one on TM ages ago, that someone had stripped and painted, it was gorgeous. I was so intrigued I found a small one and tried it out, and yes, it looks lovely too. I have that on a bookshelf with a lamp on it. A fun piece. It became a family thing to give me these boxes because they knew I loved them. My grandmother had one lined with gold satin and pearls for one birthday, filled with a very fine hand knitted baby shawl - I passed that on to my daughter. Don't know if she ever used it, but I still have the chest with very precious things inside. And I have her tiny one, which used to hold all the war medals, those too are in Australia now with my grandson. So that's five chests in this tiny space, lol. Oh well, a girl cannot have too many preventatives for accidental conceptions!!