It was there all along.
A handcrafted built-in cabinet, having worn the disguise of a teacup collector’s dream for seven years, emerged with greater purpose this weekend as a book-nook for current reads.
Early on, it was difficult to deny the cabinet its teacups. Lined up just beneath each shelf were hundred-year-old hooks, hungry to hold the delicate stems of teacups ready for display. And so it sat for 7 years.
This weekend, however, this recovering book-clutterer-upper reached her limit. I considered storing my current reads on a small book shelf near my red reading chair, but where would it go? If only the built-in cabinet with all its fancy teacups were located elsewhere…[non-incandescent light bulb flashes!] Bye bye, teacups. Hello, books.
The solution to my problem was there all along, but I’d become so accustomed to seeing the teacups that I was blinded to the cabinet’s true potential.
Father, I pray for fresh eyes, awakened senses, and a stirred up Spirit, refusing to allow me to settle for the obvious, the expected, and the “what-has-always-been-is-good-enough-for-me” kind of attitude. Open my eyes to see circumstances, myself, and others through Your eyes, confident of Your desire to bring everything to its truest potential.
Cathy, I love your re-use of what had been in plain sight for so long.Praying for eyes to see what God has put in front of me.
Great application, Cathy! Enjoy your books. 🙂
Thank you, Mary. 🙂
No worries, Vonda! ha…
Lovely.
Cathy,I am a design freak, an interior artist at heart, so I LOVED this. I truly appreciate the creativity of looking at something that has been before our eyes for so long and suddenly seeing it with new eyes. Good job!
Thank you Cynthia and Debra! The new design is working out perfectly. 🙂
What a great idea!! Next time I need storage space, I'll look around to see what might work. (I'll also pray for the Lord to give me a fresh breath of creativity. I'm awfully left-brained when it comes to things like that!)
Being a lover of teacups and a book junky, I loved this heart felt post.
Write on.