There are times, too often, when I sleep not a wink between the hours of 2 and 4.
Last night was one of them.
And having arrived at 10, unloaded the truck until 12 and talked on the phone until 1, I had a few things to put in order.
This table, from IKEA, won my heart and I knew I would buy it
despite the fact I had plans to build my own table, had bought the wood, and hardware, and had the time planned to do it all.
So why? I had to ask myself, and it dawned on me before I picked it up and put in on my cart along with the two bookshelves I had gone there to get. Well I’d actually gone for one shelf, a Billy, blond, but the cost was $99 and these while were 2/3s the width, 7/8s the height, and slightly narrower, I decided two of them would be better than one Billy. So for $58 two shelves came home with me.
But the table. What was it?
I built a house a decade or so ago. And put in kitchen cupboards … from IKEA in Minneapolis, since they were from there 2/3 the cost of anywhere in Canada and it was too pricey to ship from California.
And after the dust settled, and I’d assembled and mounted the cabinets and finished the house, they were one of the huge success stories of those building years: they cost about $2k compared to other cupboard installs that would have cost anywhere from $4k to $9k, were easy to install correctly (comparatively) and they looked fabulous! and the design of the kitchen was terrific, big enough, with lots of drawers and doors in the right places!
And to fit with the rest of the house that had pine doors and pine trim I choose the pine cupboards.
This table has the same finish! As do my dressers!
And the pieces for the other table are here, ready for working into a table, assembly required!
And it should be quite the table too, with a leaf to insert to extend it from 48×32 to 48×48.
Already in place, the functional, pine, lovely kitchen table that has so many emotional connections with it already!
All in a nights work!