How it All started
Maya Shumar Maya Shumar

How it All started

My husband and I found ourselves as the depot for all family heirlooms – mostly by circumstance. As much as it is wonderful to inherit old pieces, we inherited a lot of tired old stuff. One piece was an old mahogany veneered buffet that was once owned by my grandmother where it lived in southwestern PA for decades. When she passed, it moved into my childhood home. The piece traveled a bit over the years and at one point displayed my mother’s plant collection near a large sunny dining room window. Tired and worn, the buffet made its way back to Pittsburgh, where we used it as a storage/television stand for many years.

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