jon hill

ok - once again i'll dip into the of wisdom that is scoobynet...

we've moved house and need a dining room table with some chairs. We thinking of a "antique oak" refectory style table - not quite 3 planks of wood nailed together with rusty 2 inchers resting on old oil drums; but more of the "rustic" look than a polished mahogany job.

Whats the deal ? Where's best to go ? buy new or secondhand / antique furniture shop ? What should i pay ? And how do you tell a good one from a duffer ?

I've seen everything from £3000 to £50 from loot, but all i really know now is that furniture is just another subject that i know nothing about...

Any oak refectory table enthusiasts out there ?

Brendan Hughes

All I can suggest is look and keep looking (not very helpful huh?).

I was browsing a s/h furniture shop in Redhill. 99.9% total junk, and 0.1% was an oak refectory table 5' by 2'6", with solid and I mean SOLID (see the endgrain) oak top, an inch thick. I paid 120 quid. It's at my parents' waiting to be shipped here when I buy a bigger place, sorry you can't have it I think if I tipped it sideways it would stop a tank shell.

However, for weeks after that Friday Ad contained "Oak refec table, 200 pounds", "Oak refec table and 6 chairs, 300 pounds".

Good luck!

JAMES BUSHELL

there's a place in Rye that has loads of them..

Just opposite the car park where all the bikers meet...!

there are loads of Antique places down there, and well worth a visit..

The roads on the way down are the Nuts as well..!

James.

JAMES BUSHELL

Hi Bren..

Been on any Clang - N - ***** lately.....

In which paper did you see the tables advertised..?? £200/£300 sounds too good to be true..!

James

Brendan Hughes

Hey James, where have you been?

I haven't been on any Clang'n'***** since my Prang'n' "*****!", I'm afraid I can't run that fast - I'm carless at present, though am looking to get a scoob wagon PPP in 3-4 months. With a little extra, I might add, which could get me ostracised from scoobynet through pure jealousy. My lips are sealed

You of all people may be interested to know that wifey wants an A-Class, so we won't be inviting you over here with your car

Tables advertised were s/hand in Friday Ad, the local (Surrey, Kent and Sussex anyway) version of Loot. I never saw the others, don't know how solid they were. All I can say is, mine is the nuts. What really annoys me is that I am now not in a position to get other matching furniture, as I would like, and all the stuff over here is mahogany coloured, which I find far too dark and depressing. My table is "golden" oak colour rather than ancient.

BJH

JAMES BUSHELL

Cheers..

HHHmmmmm.. A- Class, now there's a blast from the past... never did hear from that bloke again.. bit of a result as i was due to get him a new wheel... He, He.... been to any banks lately. Mind you wasn't that the day that Pauls engine blew up..?

The Scoob has now unfortunately gone.. was picked up on Sunday..

I've just bought a house with my girlfriend.. well i say house, it's a converted Chapel..

James

12LEE

check out http://www.lombok.co.uk

reclaimed teak (probably) made by Indonesian slave labour and sold for ££ through London showrooms. We've got some bedroom bits and think it's gr8.

[Edited by 12LEE - 2/4/2002 3:26:31 PM]