Saturday Morning Garage Sale-ing!!

Yesterday, while I was running errands, Betsy and Dan (our good friends and neighbors) were spending their morning going to garage sales. They have just moved into the cutest house down the street and are in the market for some new furniture. They called and said they had found an old pie safe, since they knew we had been looking for one. I ended up going over to the sale, digging it out of this lady's garage, and buying it! It is definitely going to be a project to fix it up, but I think it will be well worth it! We are thinking about using it in our bedroom as a wardrobe for clothes and linens. We'll see - it will find it's place somewhere...
Since we have now purchased a pie safe, I figured I might as well educate myself about the history of this type of chest. In case you're interested - In the 19th century, the Pennsylvania Germans introduced a wooden cupboard with tiny holes used to store baked goods and to ventilate pies after they had been baked. Pie safes varied in size and shape but were widely used before the invention of ice boxes and refrigerators.

Here are some pictures of the pie safe. I will post pictures of the finished project in a few weeks!

This is the beautiful pie safe!
As you can see, it needs some work - but I think it has a lot of potential and character!

Close up of the tin doors - with some cute helpers on the side!



The detail on the tin doors



My wonderful and strong movers,
don't know what I'd do without them - for so many reasons :)

The interior shelving

This is a wonderful table that Betsy and Dan purchased.
It is the perfect fit for their beautiful living room!

We hope to go to more garage sales in the coming weekends!

I'll post more of our good finds!

Happy Sunday!