Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Bedroom sets

When I was first married we lived in a duplex that had been made into three apartments on each floor. At home I had shared my bedroom with two sisters and as I remember it the room was crowded with three single beds but I know our bureau was in the closet and I had the bottom drawer as I was youngest and shortest. Plenty of room for underwear and socks. We had a mirror on the back of the closet door and there must have been a dresser but I guess it was forgettable. I think I had one drawer there. Maybe I put my socks there. After we moved to 6th Street to an apartment my parents owned we had a three room apartment but eventually the people moved out upstairs and since the apartments were connected by a stairway we got it.
My sister, Helen already lived there and at first we shared their bathroom and a room in between our apartments where our two oldest children, Chris and Steve had their cribs. The two boys did well together. In the new apartment we had lots of room so we went to the store and bought a beautiful bedroom set. It had a vanity with a huge mirror and three drawers on either side and a big drawer in the middle. I still have it and still think it is great. My mother believed in lots of mirrors as she felt that mirrors kept you from thinking you were more gorgeous than you were. Now I have trouble getting the middle drawer on one side open so don't know what is in there but maybe I will look someday and find it is full of socks. You have to get at the correct angle to get it open. It has a great chest of drawers and must have many things stored in it but don't think clothes. I think it is more of a file cabinet. My bed is not the original as I remember getting this one at the J.C. Penney outlet store but can't remember why we got a new bed.

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