Music is not my strong suit, often I wander off in search of a note and deviate to uncharted territory. Lyrics often elude me, but I think that this Rolling Stone song should be mandatory listening for anyone moving to Mexico.
Our dining room table seats four comfortably, which means we don’t ever have dinner parties. Informal gatherings with people sitting around the coffee table, plates perched on their laps or just drinks and appetizers but never anything a real table. So I went off in search for either another table the same size and height as the one we already have or a new table entirely. When I use the word new, it’s understood that I mean new to me, not brand new from the store.
Turns out that our table is an odd height,a little taller than most tables. The sides didn’t seem to match up well with any others either. One of the secrets of being a successful expat is being adaptable. Plan B didn’t work out either. The tables I saw were either out of my price range or had thin plywood tops. I was resigning myself to either spending a big chunk of my redecoration budget of $6000 mxn or tabling the idea entirely.
One of my friends is a genteel southern lady, who looks like she never did anything more difficult than needlepoint. We were lamenting the lack of comfortable furniture available, which led to me telling her my table tale of woe which I capped with “I’d make a table, but I am a crappy carpenter.” Imagine my surprise, when my friend turned to me and declared “I’m a great carpenter, I will help you build a table. It’ll be fun”
First step, find a simple table plan. I knew that I wanted a farmhouse table…
to be continued tomorrow
I was just now on the net searching where and what kind of furniture I would want or could purchase in Merida when your post came up. Perfect timing.
ReplyDeleteCarol,
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that I was timely.
By the time you move down the whole furniture scene may have changed. In the last couple of years the availability of comfortable furniture has increased.
regards,
Theresa
I was resigning myself to either spending a big chunk of my redecoration budget of $6000 mxn or tabling the idea entirely.
ReplyDeleteNice pun with the "tabling the idea." See we do pay attention to these little grace notes.
Hi Theresa, been following your blog for a while now, love it! I'm a fellow fabric & yarn hoarder. Also dabbling in cabinetmaking so hats off to you both for the table plans. There was a reno show host up here in Canada and her famous line was "How hard can it be?". It's become my motto!
ReplyDeleteBrenda
I debate about my bed. I love it but don't believe it would work in Mexico. I have the idea that I would like to change from wood to a fabric headboard. I saw a bed made from iron with a beautiful fabric headboard in a rental property but wonder who would build it. And how comfortable would it be. And then there is the mattress. I can't describe how perfect my mattress is and I will more than likely bring that!
ReplyDeleteSteve,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I love a cleaver turn of phrase too. I am glad you appreciated it too.
Brenda,
Nice motto! I am of the ¨needs must school of learning¨,somethings I learn because I am curious and some because I must.
Carol,
You have an iron worker build the bed. A good herrero is much easier to find than a good carpenter.
There are lots of tutorials in blog-land for making padded or fabric headboards. A good wooden headboard is hard to find here.
regards,
Theresa