French Rooster Chest...~ luv ~

Many years ago....about 15,

a local department store here in our town went out of business.

Everything, all their fixtures, furniture, EVERYthing had to go.

I had eyed this French chest in their dish department...

it always had the prettiest french dishes displayed on it.

It is hand painted by a local artist

and when I found out they were going to sell it,

I was all over it like WHITE on RICE.

The artist painted the French Rooster on the chest

and then added these wooden pieces to give the effect of

a Rooster Cage...

I've enjoyed it as much if not more than any other piece of furniture I own.

these next few photos are olden and horrible pictures....




over the years, I've had a lot of different things on top...

 This was when I was really into COFFEE SACKS...

here I used a few Mackenzie Childs pieces...
 (sorry for another horrible pic..)

It's fun to decorate the top with something different from time to time...

 I just finished doing a new display on it that I am liking a lot ...for now...

 This was on my desk in the living room, where it SHOULD BE...
since it holds envelopes, stamps and the such...

 ...but I like it in here for a change...

 ...it's just fun to look at...

A new pic of precious STACY and her prince, JENT
sharing a soda...
 I love this so much....
(taking a pic of a pic thru the glass and hence the glare..)

Love, bj

OOO....you say you are hungry...??
me, too

I think I'll make these tonight...
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3  INGREDIENT PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
1 cup creamy OR crunchy peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
Mix all together, drop by teaspoon onto cookie sheet.
Make criss-cross pattern on top of ea cookie with fork dipped in sugar.
Bake 350 for 10 minutes

*NOTE
some peanut butters are more oily than others...
if YOURS is pretty oily, throw in a tablespoon or so of FLOUR....

XOXOXOXOXO