Library begins

Yesterday we drove into Troyes to do a bit of shopping. We wanted to try and find a sideboard that we could use underneath a bookcase Brian is going to build in our ‘work in progress’ library. I think I had in mind an old French carved sideboard, but in the ‘depot vente’ we found this wonderful old oak unit. It does need a bit of tidying up, one of the drawers is stiff, and the doors need some catches. We also need to rub it down and re-wax it, but otherwise it’s in really good condition.

We couldn’t arrange delivery until a couple of weeks time, but we are in no hurry, although we are both excited to get started on it and see it in situ.