lectrix_lecti buys stuff for her home, part seventybillionth

[lectrix_lecti]

God, I hate web auctions. I hate auctions, full stop.

BUT for once I managed to slip in the highest bid, for this:



It's rosewood, and it's as politically incorrect as they come, strictly speaking. However, this tree was chopped down in the 70's.

And it's big and it has a nice big shelf underneath and it's gorgeous and it will look brilliant in our brown-and-white living room.

Comments

[she-dragon.livejournal.com]

Nice!
When are you gonna invite me to drink tea from it? ;)

[evig.livejournal.com]

NICE!

Where did you find it, and, if you feel comfortabe sharing, how much did you have to pay?

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Lauritz.com. De har mye lekkert! Og dyrt... Men bordet var ikke så gæernt dyrt. 825,- pluss hammerslagssalær og sånt, totalt 1100,-.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Soon! I did plan an afternoon tea yesterday, since it was my birthday on Saturday, but both the husband and I are a bit under the weather and have book mess hell thanks to new shelves and all. In a couple of weeks, maybe?

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Oh, and in a couple of days we'll have tidied the books, so you (and your husband-shaped thing, if he wants) may of course visit anytime.

[annetten.livejournal.com]

That is a gorgeous table. Well done, you!

[1975sherpa.livejournal.com]

Wow, I love it!

Our furniture is mostly made of teakwood, our dinnertable+chairs and huge cabinet are made of old re-used teakwood. It was apparently used in houses in Indonesia or something (at least, that's what we're told) so it's old, won't come apart etc. Great!
But our floor, tsk me, is made of politically really incorrect Tauari wood which comes from a rainforest in Brazil *shame shame*. We heard that when they delivered it, before that they told us it was very correct wood. It's really pretty but incorrect. And we won't do business with that woodseller anymore, nor recommend him to anyone.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Yay me! Also argh stupid person who bid against me for ages.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

It's a damn hassle getting the white-hatted wood from those areas. But oh the pretty. And tsk you indeed, but what can you do when you have the floorboards already? It doesn't help binning it and buying something else (for those who can afford such extravaganza).

Have I seen photos of your floor? If not, it must be rectified.

[evig.livejournal.com]

Ikke gal pris det, nei. Jeg misunner deg! :)

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Nå er det på plass i stua, og herregud så gjevt det er.

Men den som skal til Bali trenger ikke misunne noen noe :)

[1975sherpa.livejournal.com]

Oooh imagine binning 40m2 of floorboards :(

We carpeted (?) the whole ground floor with it, we really like the result, and had a lot left over floorboards. Which now are in the garden for our square foot garden project (painted green, but still).

I'll get you a pic, okay?

[she-dragon.livejournal.com]

Yippee! Get well, and just let us know :)