Which of these two do you like best?

[HellNoHellYeah]

http://www.pinesolutions.co.uk/acatalog/poland-oak-dressing-table.html

http://www.warrenevans.com/bedroom_furniture/dressing_tables/drawer_wash_stand_desk/

[*Bob*]

One of them is completely hideous.

'Pine' and 'Solutions' should never appear in the same sentence.

[HonaloochieB]

The Warren Evans one, *Bob* is course correct, the use of the word 'solutions' has been vigously lambasted in Private Eye with good reason.

The rule of thumb here is that any company with the word 'solutions' in its title is almost certain to be run by a shower of b@stards.

[*Bob*]

If you've got ?300 to blow, which not buy a nice piece of proper old furniture with a bit of character to it..? Skip the mass-produced Sunday-supplement stuff which comes in a range of faux-wood-washes - guaranteed to look crap after five years? Worth thinking about.

[HellNoHellYeah]

*Bob* Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> If you've got ?300 to blow, which not buy a nice

> piece of proper old furniture with a bit of

> character to it..? Skip the mass-produced

> Sunday-supplement stuff which comes in a range of

> faux-wood-washes - guaranteed to look crap after

> five years? Worth thinking about.

"proper old furniture" as in pre-owned?

[*Bob*]

As in something worth ?300 when you buy it and worth at least ?300 if you want to sell it.

As opposed to costing ?300 when you buy it but worth five pence as soon as you take it out of the shop.

?300 is a lot of money to spend on something which is only one-up from Ikea, destined to end-up being fished out of a skip by a student in 2013.

Only my opinion, of course.

[Asset]

I'm with *Bob*

[Jeremy]

Stop being such snobs!!

Perhaps the original poster already has a load of basic Ikea stuff (like me) and just wants one or two slightly better bits of furniture which are in a similarly plain style? Not everyone can afford to furnish their whole home with "proper old furniture".

Perhaps they don't want to spend every spare weekend hunting around for this stuff. Some of us have hobbies which don't involve antique-hunting.

Perhaps they are busy, and just want to order something online, and have it arrive on a Saturday morning with no hassle (maybe HNHY has one of those "job" things?)

Perhaps they prefer modern furniture.

(the second one is better)

[woofmarkthedog]

Both are hideous.

Both are a waste of money.

Don't listen to that wimp Jeremy, Jeezus trapped in his attic studio with loads of old Ikea furniture strapped together with gaffa tape & overwound perco's twanging his fire doors shut every 10 minutes....what does he know !

I'm with "Sir *bob*" ( well in mind not body ) on this.

W**F

[Jeremy]

Not everyone has the money, time or inclination to join you and *Bob* on your wonderful antique hunts (although I'm sure you have a super-fun time).

[HellNoHellYeah]

Jez, I happen to like modern furniture. I hate pre-owned furniture. I like modern modern modern. I don't consider ?300 a huge amount to spend on a desk at all.

[HellNoHellYeah]

I had this desk previously, but Bob stole it from me.

http://www.gallery136.com/furniture/provence/GLP51%20desk.jpg

[woofmarkthedog]

Oh why do we bother

...go on love that face veneered on mdf ,embrace the particle board

.... wow at those engineered wood effects.

All power to the cam & dowel, factory made for home assembly, lined up & stacked high "With you on Wednesday"

Kids eh, what do they know.

W**F

* remember when wood grew literally on trees*

[sophiesofa]

I prefer the second one by far. Buy it

[*Bob*]

HellNoHellYeah Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Jez, I happen to like modern furniture. I hate

> pre-owned furniture. I like modern modern modern.

> I don't consider ?300 a huge amount to spend on a

> desk at all.

Do you mean 'new', rather than 'modern'?

The Wozza Ezzer table you're rooting for is about as 'modern' as my Grandad's coffin.

[HellNoHellYeah]

woofmarkthedog Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Oh why do we bother

>

> ...go on love that face veneered on mdf ,embrace

> the particle board

>

> .... wow at those engineered wood effects.

>

> All power to the cam & dowel, factory made for

> home assembly, lined up & stacked high "With you

> on Wednesday"

>

>

>

> Kids eh, what do they know.

>

>

>

> W**F

>

>

> * remember when wood grew literally on trees*

Home assembly????

[woofmarkthedog]

Y E A H

You put d'legs on wiv a allen when it all arrives in the post... just follow the instructions....innit

[*Bob*]

I've got some 1950s flat-pack which I'm quite fond of, still going strong 60 years on.

They don't even make flat-pack like they used to.

[Jeremy]

Snobs!

[sophiesofa]

HNY muji has a very lovely desk that i think might be your style. It's ash but it may be a bit small for what you're looking for but might be worth looking on their website.

[*Bob*]

Is it better to spend more time and money buying cheap furniture you barely like - twenty times over during the course of your life.. or is it better to buy something you actually like in the first place - for a little bit more - and have it for life?

Jeremy.. think carefully.. YOU decide.

[Moos]

Jeremy is channelling Louisa.... go gently on him, the shock when he comes to could be fatal.

[Asset]

I don't think I was being snobby. I was agreeing with Bob in the sense that ?300 is a lot to spend on a piece of furniture that prob isn't that well made and that it may be better to source a nice piece - not necessarily an 'antique'. Ebay is pretty easy to search on, especially if you are the sort of person who spends time on a computer e.g. on a forum.

FYI - I prefer the darker one of the two.

[daizie]

have it for life? depends how long you intend to live..

[*Bob*]

daizie Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> have it for life? depends how long you intend to

> live..

No, that depends on how much you like it and how well it's made (and how well you look after it). But assuming (1) and (2) are sorted, (3) will probably fall into place.

And asset's right, it's nothing to do with being snobby. And ?300 is a lot to pay for a small table so Jeremy can't play the 'richer than yow' card.