Yesterday, we buried my precious Grandmother. At the ripe age of 90, she went to heaven and while we miss her dearly, it thrills me that she isn't suffering any more.
Since I got home from the funeral, I have been thinking about the plates and cups that I had given to me - one plate from a wedding set given to my Grandparents as a wedding gift, a plate from a wedding set of my Great grandparents, a 40th anniversary plate from my Grandparents 40th anniversary just prior to my Grandpa's death, a plate belonging to my other Grandmother that always hung in her living room.
With all do respect (and I adore them all), they are sentimental, but not pretty. Right now they are in a cupboard in my kitchen piled neatly together. And I need a better storage solution than that.
I want to treat these things with dignity that they deserve, but they need not be front and centre in my house. And it isn't practical to have them in plate hangers on the wall - I have a 9 year old boy, and anyone whose had one, knows a bull in a china shop is a literal thing here. Cole has already broken plates hanging as decorations at my parents. lol
I live in a small 990 sq foot house, and between space and the money, a china cabinet isn't practical.
Are there any other ideas for displaying or honouring these that you have? I'm stumped.
Thanks in advance.
