Sunday, November 25, 2012

Victoria: side table




 Manners and class are very important qualities in a table. Without manners, one really cannot call oneself a table. Without class one is simply a piece of wood nailed to other pieces of wood. Manners and class set one apart from ones simple beginnings and makes one whole.





For example I am a simple table. One slab on top of two slabs. I have a drawer and a shelf. But I am so much more than that. I am a beautiful centerpiece of a room. My colour pops out from the mundane dreary reality so many call home. I am many squares inside one square; a riddle and a question. I am a classic beauty and a modern dream. I am brutalist in classic Tiffany blue.





While I am all these interesting things, my manners are quite obvious. I'm polite and easy to look at. I'm the definition of poise! I long to be poised in your bedroom, your hallway, your living room. A socialite such as myself needs companionship. Do you think you'd like my company?



Status: sold

Monday, November 12, 2012

Betty: vintage child's rocker



Betty Botter bought some butter
But, she said, the butter's bitter
If I put it in my batter
It will make my batter bitter!
But a bit of better butter
Would make my batter better.






So she bought a bit of butter
Better than her bitter butter
And she put it in her batter
And the batter was not bitter.
So, that was better Betty Botter
Bought a bit of better butter.




-cute child's rocker, vintage and loved
-no creaks or cracks (one crack was repaired a long time ago)





-painted in nice modern yellow with a white back slat
-would be good for a little boy or girl

Status: SOLD

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Daniel: teak and rosewood longboy dresser



We walked up the mountainside together, one last time together. I leaned over and whispered, "this is where I love you the most". Her eyes looked steadily forward, focusing on something across the valley. Perhaps it was nothing at all, just the opposite of focus. But it was something; right?





We'd lived together for 50 years. The cabin on the hill was our nest, like an eagles. Sparse but functional. Overlooking wide vistas, surrounded by small wonders. It was a fabulous time. I'd heard people say that every good thing must come to an end but to think that it was this time for us was something of a devastation.



She was dropping me off. She'd sold me. Me, her faithful dresser. The things I'd held for her were layers of shared history. Weight gains and losses, hidden photographs, a diary I couldn't bring myself to read. Secrets. And now to take me up the mountain, towards a new home, it was indescribable pain. My heart has been torn out of my chest.



Heartbreak. And I could do nothing.





-Teak dresser with rosewood handles and legs.
-9 drawers
-19" wide 28" tall 6' long
-can be used as a dresser, a TV stand (dvds fit in the drawers), credenza for a big hallway, or a buffet
-teak has been freshly oiled

Status: available