I am sitting here in front my one month old laptop that is sitting on my Grandfather’s roll-top desk. He got it at a courthouse auction many years ago (it was a bailiff’s desk), and it has wonderful little cubbies and sorting bins built in and so far I have found three hidden compartments in the desk. Two are little (they look like decorative molding on the desk, but if you pull them, they are actually drawers). The other is huge—it is on the right side of the desk. I noticed that the drawers were a bit shallower on the right and found that the piece of wood siding the right of the desk is actually a door to this space behind the drawers.
Growing up, my Granddad’s old Royal typewriter always sat where my laptop is now. He typed EVERYTHING (including post-it notes and checks) and I learned to type from him. I just do it in a slightly different way than he did.
I have my great grandmother’s pie safe in my kitchen and my great grandfather’s antique radio is sitting on the desk.
Thanks for the question, I am just sitting here feeling connected to all of them again and appreciating that I have these things in my life today!