{"id":11244,"date":"2023-01-02T06:18:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T06:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/?p=11244"},"modified":"2023-01-04T03:41:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T03:41:14","slug":"the-bonnet-chest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/the-bonnet-chest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bonnet Chest"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got this opportunity to restore a small dresser with an odd cubby area and cupboard space behind a mirror. It’s been in my family since the 1930’s. It was only identified as being a small dresser. It took some searching online to figure out what it would have originally been.\u00a0 Likely built for a small girl. Her bonnets or would have been stored in the hutch. The open area was probably for her dolls or toys. She would have used the mirror to put on the bonnets or maybe even hats.<\/p>\n

My aunts, uncles, and Dad all used it at some point. When my Grandma was in an assisted living home she used it too. After some years of storage and being used as toy storage it ended up in my garage needing a lot of work.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t