So Sylvie

I received an email from a gentleman, Fredrik, in Sweden who saw a coffee table of mine on Flickr and wanted to get the dimensions so that he could replicate it. It was a table that I sold in my shop quite some time ago — for only $65 (consolation gifts may be forwarded to me, thank you)!

Part of Fredrik's email:

"The background is that I got a lot (approx
500 kg ) of massive oak
boards from one of my friends (it has been part of an enormous large
bookshelf in a luxury house) that I am using to build things to our family. I
had just finished a large dinner table (shaped like a super-ellipse nearly
3 m in length and
1,3 m wide) when my
girlfriend asked if I could do a new coffee table, and I said 'yes'."

As I said, It had been quite some time since I had the table so I gave him my best guess as to the dimensions. Well he has finished the table and today sent me photos of it and the dining table. I would love to find a pile of wood like that to recycle. Bravo Fredrik! Your work is gorgeous. You have one lucky girlfriend!

I had a project yesterday — no comparison to Fredrik's of course — to reconfigure an entertainment hutch, purchased on Craig's List for $70, for storage in my dining room. I will be adding another shelf for more cookbooks, the drawers are for aprons and tablecloths. It had a paperboard backing board. I replaced it with a proper backing board covered in $1 paper from Ikea.

Happy Sunday!