Wiser?

I had wanted an antique secretary for a very long time - so when I came across this one for 250.00 and was able to talk him down to 200.00 ( delivered )  I grabbed it..................feeling so lucky - we had just moved into this place - and it fit with the victorian style of our flat

I think I painted it the next morning

and I was thrilled ( it may have been my most treasured find ) until tonight - when I was browsing

Craigs List and saw this

which is absolutely positively without a doubt an exact replica of mine - and perhaps even in better

shape.

FOR.

50.

DOLLARS.

Never again - I will not be taken advantage of.

Ever.

Again.

A light bulb has gone off - I actually heard it - something clicked in my brain - and at long last it's finally happened - I am wiser.

XXX

Suzana Ana Dana

Starting all over again, it's gonna be rough

So rough - but we're gonna make it

Remember this?

well here it sits, broken hearted
paid a dime...................... ( 70's bathroom grafitti, lol )

so it was time to redo her - and since I still have 3/4's of a tin of ASCP Versailles - and because I have OCD ( big time ) I decided to copy yesterdays dresser - and came up with this

I removed the handles from another dresser - thinking they were the ugliest things I ever saw -
but they go with this color perfectly and are now the cutest thing I ever saw ( see how flighty
I am ?) So glad I didn't throw them out

Now having done all this, do I prefer it this way?
No, I do not - there's something very typical about this piece now - and I really really
loved the chevron stripes prior to this - but apparently no one else did :(((

But either version is so much better than this ( the way it looked when we bought it )

Or maybe not - at least they were able to sell it - more than I can say for my version!!!

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone - it's supposed to be a beautiful day today here
in Downtown Montreal.

XXX