This corner cupboard held a family's most valued possessions—china, glassware, and treasured goods meant for special occasions. Built into the corner of a parlor or dining room, it displayed wealth and taste while keeping fragile items safe from everyday breakage and dust.
You enter the front room on a winter afternoon. Sunlight catches the glass doors, and behind them gleam the white plates your grandmother brought from her mother's house, the blue-and-white bowl you use only when the minister visits, the good glasses wrapped in cloth. You dust them carefully each month.
Reflect
Where do you keep the things in your home that matter most, and what do they say about you?