Rescued by Lacey

10/15/2026

☕✨ COFFEE, CRAFTING & A LITTLE NJ SPARKLE! ✨🎨

We’re teaming up with Cafe 1812 for their 2nd Anniversary Celebration right here at Rescued by Lacey! 🎉

📅 Saturday, October 17th
📍 84 N. Main Street | Milltown, NJ
☕ Coffee Pop-Up: 10 AM–5 PM
🎨 Drop-In Resin Workshop: 12–3 PM

Grab a delicious coffee, enjoy some sweet treats, and create your very own New Jersey Crushed Glass & Resin masterpiece! 💎❤️

✨ No experience needed!
✨ Choose your own colors!
✨ Workshop: $49 per person

☕ Come for the coffee, stay for the creativity!

🎟️ Reserve your workshop spot today!

👉 https://www.rescuedbylacey.com/products/new-jersey-crushed-glass-in-resin

Tag your coffee-loving, crafty friends and make a day of it! 💕

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10/13/2026

☕✨ COFFEE, CRAFTING & A LITTLE NJ SPARKLE! ✨🎨

We're teaming up with Cafe 1812 for their 2nd Anniversary Celebration right here at Rescued by Lacey! 🎉

📅 Saturday, October 17th
📍 84 N. Main Street | Milltown, NJ
☕ Coffee Pop-Up: 10 AM–5 PM
🎨 Drop-In Resin Workshop: 12–3 PM

Grab a delicious coffee, enjoy some sweet treats, and create your very own New Jersey Crushed Glass & Resin masterpiece! 💎❤️

✨ No experience needed!
✨ Choose your own colors!
✨ Workshop: $49 per person

☕ Come for the coffee, stay for the creativity!

🎟️ Reserve your workshop spot today!

👉 https://www.rescuedbylacey.com/products/new-jersey-crushed-glass-in-resin

Tag your coffee-loving, crafty friends and make a day of it! 💕

06/13/2026

I find a lot of antique furniture.

But every once in a while, a piece stops me in my tracks.

At first glance, this looks like a beautiful Victorian Eastlake dresser from the late 1800s.

Then you notice something unusual...

That panel running down the side?

It's actually an original locking mechanism designed to secure multiple drawers at once.

🤯

Dating to approximately 1885–1895, this rare boarding house dresser would have likely been used in a hotel, boarding house, academy, or lodging establishment where tenants needed a secure place to store their belongings.

And somehow, over 130 years later, it still retains:

✨ Its original side-locking mechanism

✨ Original spindle gallery rail

✨ Original Victorian hardware

✨ Original Knapp-jointed drawers

✨ A gorgeous warm patina that only time can create

Furniture like this wasn't just built to last—it was built with purpose.

The more I research this piece, the cooler it gets.

Which feature is your favorite: the locking mechanism, the hardware, or those incredible Knapp joints?

👇 Tell me below.

Because every piece deserves a second story.

Exceptional antique Eastlake boarding house dresser with original locking system, gallery rail, period hardware, and rich Victorian character. Circa 1885–1895.