As well as two nice old tables bought at antiques shops or auctions, we also have a couple I’ve made.<\/p>\n
The first of this set is a lovely gate-leg table, similar to one my dad restored many years ago, with barley-twist legs. Ours is darker than dad’s, and we use it as our dining room table. We bought this from a Riverside Antiques, in Ely.<\/p>\n
The next is actually a window-seat bench, bought from Willingham Auctions. I got it for use as a coffee table, in our lounge. It’s the perfect height, and it really suits our space, as, like the ground floor, it’s long and thin. Again, it’s in an old-fashioned dark wood finish, and it also has some nice carved decoration.<\/p>\n
The first of my two (so far!) handmade tables is a little thing I made for Teresa. It’s taller than the coffee table, and painted (being made from whatever scrap wood was to hand). I tried to pretty it up a little with a routed ornamental edge.<\/p>\n
The other of my home-made tables was, like Teresa’s, one of my ‘jazz’ efforts. I busked it, without plans or much measuring. This one was built more recently, and for a very specific purpose: I had a desk in the lounge, with my iMac and printer, my home office, essentially, on it.<\/p>\n
When we decided to start letting the guest-room on AirB&B, I decided I ought to move my ‘office’ upstairs. I’ve always meant got it to be in the box room. But that’s not possible at present, as the box room is chock-full of stuff in storage. So this latest table was buil to fit a narrow space in our bedroom, by the window, alongside our bed!<\/p>\n
Spatial restraints meant it had to be long and narrow. I also made it considerably taller than any normal table, ’cause I’ve always found normal desks and tables leave me physically uncomfortable, as they’re too low. Again, as with most of my scrapwood builds, it’s painted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As well as two nice old tables bought at antiques shops or auctions, we also have a couple I’ve made. The first of this set is a lovely gate-leg table, similar to one my dad restored many years ago, with barley-twist legs. Ours is darker than dad’s, and we use it as our dining room … <\/p>\n