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Quest for a Birthday Tuffet - Part I

“Mom, Mackenzie-Childs is having a Barn Sale, July 14th – 16th. Aurora, New York”. For those of you who may never have heard of Aurora, New York, it sits on the Eastern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. For those of you who may never have heard of Mackenzie-Childs, it is fair to say that it is reflective of a particular design state of mind. It is a lifestyle emporium; a world where checkerboard black and white patterns collide with multi-colored swirled fabrics that then cozy up to polka-dots and plaids painted onto ceramic furniture legs. Oh and tassels, we can't forget tassels that stand on their own merits or are used as trimming on ottomans ...and the fish-motif wooden chairs alongside the four poster bed wherein each post is adorned with a rooster?! Or maybe it's a hen...I don't know. I'm a city gal who is not well-versed when it comes to barnyard animals. It is also fair to say that most items at Mackenzie-Childs are way out of