Last fall, Doco commissioned Jose Bothello to build a table and two benches for the clay house - design provided by Doco and duly discussed with Jose. Last week, Jose brought them. He had had a 2-inch plank of old-growth fir that he was saving for something. The table is that something, two boards wide. Beautiful and VERY solid ...
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| … and VERY heavy - Doco and Jose winkled it in - might have been easier through a window? |
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| Jose, the maker |
Four coats of Jose's recommended will-take-anything finish (EX-Matte) later, a pleased Doco looks a bit like the cat who swallowed the canary. And well he should. He has also sanded and refinished the Maiwa teak coffee-table. Clearly he is looking forward to the coming family - not that we are likely to be eating major meals in the clay house! But very useful for whatever.
In the meantime, while I was in Montreal, Doco was vigorously making stew, seated on one of our two 40-year-old ranch-house benches. One leg broke and the whole bench collapsed under him. No damage done (except to the bench). Jose did an 'emergency' rebuild of the entire underpinnings and here it is returning, for Doco to finish and reassemble. Now he sees that the other bench has one leg turned in and probably should have been rebuilt too! I wonder - which grandchild will it dump?
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| Doco and Jose with bench parts |
The table looks great dad, as does the clay house - very inviting!
ReplyDeleteI am not too worried about the grandchildren on the benches... it is the rest of us!
It feels as if we were getting closer with part of our party on the way.
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R