d...is for
Joining in once again with Toni and her A-Z, "a....is for" meme, this week's letter is D and I bring you..... Davenport. I used to read about Davenports in fiction novels set in times past, but never really knew what they were. I imagined they were some kind of porch swing. Once I found out, I wanted one. I didn't buy one though, for several reasons, one being I had no place to put a Davenport, another being I couldn't see myself actually using it. Similar to old style school desks,but fancier, these small writing desks, have a sloped surface for comfortable writing that lifts up to disclose storage under the lid, for paper, envelopes etc. There are different styles, as with any furniture. I quite like this one above with all the little drawers down the sides. The long and narrow storage box above the writing surface would be for pens and possibly the bottles of ink as well. This model has drawers above the writing surface also, perhap...