I have a blond buffet. It was one of my first "grown-up" furniture pieces that was handed down to me after graduating from the blue plastic milk crates of college. It has a lovely grain and is worn in some places. I've no idea who in my family owned it first. It's about waist high on me, with three rows of deep drawers, split into columns. The top measures about two feet wide and it's more than six feet long. It has tarnished metal pulls that clang whenever the piece gets bumped, most usually by my hips as I'd walk between it and my dining table on my way to the kitchen of my old apartment.
Currently, I have it in storage, but I'll bring it to my new home soon. I've barely been here a year and I've worked so much that I haven't had time to decorate or set up house beyond the basics. With the pandemic, no one wise is doing dinner parties, so why would I need my buffet full of various candle sticks, table runners, and cookbooks? I wouldn't.
But this morning, I had a thought as soon as I woke. It was more of a vivid mental image. I pictured the furniture piece settled in the spot I have planned for it. The windows on either side had the curtains drawn back with only the sheer over the blinds. It all came to me at once.