StirBlue
Head Chef
kitchenelf said:OK, there was a box of "stuff" my son had put by the dining room door - to either be taken to Goodwill or he was thinking about selling this "stuff" out in front of the house. Something glass broke in the dining room. I got the 6 x 8 Chinese crewel rug out from under the dining room table - removed the big pieces of glass and decided to have the carpet cleaned. I folded it up and set it on top of this box of "stuff". My husband said if he wasn't going to sell that "stuff" and since it was really stuff that Goodwill probably wouldn't want, he could load the Explorer up and take it to the dumpster at his office.
I didn't even notice the box was missing for a couple days - I got so used to seeing it and didn't pay attention anymore. I know for a FACT I mentioned the rug on top but ultimately it is my fault. The rug got thrown away - the dumpster was emptied when we checked. It did make me kind of nauseous but I realize it's just a rug and far worse things have happened and far worse things will happen than losing a rug - a perfectly good, beautiful rug
Chinese Rugs are one of a kind. My heart just fell out for you! I have freelanced as a tapestry artist restoring these types of rugs. Although it is gruesome work, I find it very rewarding. Some of the rugs that I have restored were 400 years old. Now you will be looking for another rug.
Did your son find out about the box of "stuff?" My children used to make boxes of "stuff" and they ended up in the family room or living room. It just seems like it is always inconvenient when they show up with the box of "stuff". And as always, the box of "stuff" just sits there with things being piled on it and other things falling in. We always ended up going through the box of "stuff" when the time came to get rid of it. On one occasion, I found an old watch face with no casing and it looked like junk! Of course I tossed it. A few weeks later, I found a perfectly beautiful gold watch casing made of pure gold in his toy box. That old watch face would have fit right in it. My son had bought it at a yard sale for .25 cents. So I had never paid any attention to it. When I checked with a jeweler to see if we could replace the watch part, he said no, it was handcrafted. He offered to buy the watch casing for $500. The part I threw away was worth $1,500. (We used the money to buy my sons some summer clothes & shoes.) And so goes the box of "stuff."