Our search for Computer desks
Both of us being PC fanatics, and having a computer each, it was difficult for us to find the space and a suitable place in our home where we could both work comfortably. We searched many a store for a couple of reasonably priced (if not, cheap) computer desks, which would fit in to our lounge area, this being the only place we had available to put them, but to no avail – everything we looked at didn’t seem to look right or fit in or was expensive.
We waited until Wednesday and travelled to our local Emmaus, a registered worldwide charity which has a large warehouse of second hand furniture, bric a brac – well it has everything one could imagine there. It is only open Saturday and Wednesday afternoon, but it is always well worth a couple of visits if one is looking for something French.
We saw this very old French table, solid Oak and very heavy, we could hardly lift it, and with the help of the French gentleman in the store, helped us put it into our trailer, at a cost of 40 Euros – it was a steal!
Arrived home and had to dismantle most of it outside to allow us to lift it into the house, and Iain got busy. Most French tables are extremely long and have extensions in the middle, so it was relatively easy to separate into two parts, having said that there was so much metal work underneath, such workmanship went into making this table. Iain got his saw out and several hours later was ready for me to just run a cloth of woodstain over them and a quick coat of varnish on our two new PC desks. We think they look amazing, and they fit wonderful under the huge area under our stairs in the Lounge, with plenty of sitting room and out of the way.
Also bought a good quality computer chair for 3 euros….. Bargain
We waited until Wednesday and travelled to our local Emmaus, a registered worldwide charity which has a large warehouse of second hand furniture, bric a brac – well it has everything one could imagine there. It is only open Saturday and Wednesday afternoon, but it is always well worth a couple of visits if one is looking for something French.
We saw this very old French table, solid Oak and very heavy, we could hardly lift it, and with the help of the French gentleman in the store, helped us put it into our trailer, at a cost of 40 Euros – it was a steal!
Arrived home and had to dismantle most of it outside to allow us to lift it into the house, and Iain got busy. Most French tables are extremely long and have extensions in the middle, so it was relatively easy to separate into two parts, having said that there was so much metal work underneath, such workmanship went into making this table. Iain got his saw out and several hours later was ready for me to just run a cloth of woodstain over them and a quick coat of varnish on our two new PC desks. We think they look amazing, and they fit wonderful under the huge area under our stairs in the Lounge, with plenty of sitting room and out of the way.
Also bought a good quality computer chair for 3 euros….. Bargain
1 comment:
Lovely old table and will make a perfect computer desk. Have to be careful not to scratch it though.
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