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All Is Well That Ends Well

photo by Zabie Johnston

Remember that old saying about being careful for what you wish for because you just may get it? That old saying was haunting me this past weekend as I waited for my antique armoire to arrive at our apartment.

You may remember a previous post on going to the grand brocante at Chambord. It was there that I found a magnificent armoire of burrelled cherry wood that stands 226 centimeters in height. I can’t remember ever not wanting an armoire. It was always something that I was going to buy in the future. The problem was that they were either very pricey or during my life there was simple no place to put one. I can’t say that I currently have a lot of space in Paris but I definitely lack closets; not an uncommon situation in these turn of the century buildings. So there I was living in a great apartment but needing to hang clothes on the doorknobs. Seemed like it was time to find an armoire that would fit the apartment, my tastes and my needs. And, there it was at Chambord!