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October 05, 2005
sentimental and practical
when you refurnish the house; sometimes you are left with relics; relics in the rightful sense because they have served their purpose well or should i say; they have more than done their dharma; what do you do?..do you throw them out and get a new replacement or do you re-strengthen them?
old is gold, the elders of the house chime in. wood was good in those days, they reminisce! shake their heads at the various ply's and cardboards that dominate the scene now. treat all street carpenters with contempt (would agree here after the recent experience :)) where would you get such wood today? got it custom made for two hundred rupees on those days! now you have add to two zeroes to this amount! and you still wouldnt get something like this. hmmmm! yes i hear these everytime i start refurbishing the family establishment.
a cost benefit analysis however with what was available in the market as a replacement coupled with sentimentality did me in!..yes! replace the legs of the bookcase and the 'showcase' (yeah..we had two of them); plop a new back board and get new glass cut for the sliding door and do away with the scratched one in the front! paint shelves to match the walls! viola!
yeah..surprisingly as well; there are no decent looking and high capacity bookcases available in new bombay!..atleast in the six or so furniture stores we checked.....most of them were small or were open..(cant with so much dust around)..and i definitely didnt want to employ some carpenter to do it..to make a new one!..no thank you..had enough of those! its six hours to refurbish!..and that itself is a lot! and couple of cups of tea!
Posted by dharma at October 5, 2005 07:24 AM