Is hard to believe that this classy item of furniture below is a composite of a £10 bookcase (top-half) from Curr and Dewer auction rooms in Dundee and a converted pulpit (bottom-half) from Lochee Parish Church in Dundee. Even my builder Gregor was pretty chuffed today at how his little carpentry project has worked out.
In antique circles, such an item is known as a "composite" and is generally frowned upon as being an inauthentic mongrel or indeed a Frankenstein's Monster of the furniture world. :-) Prices are correspondingly low.
However, in my view, you cannot put a value on re-using the beautiful work of ages past and building something unique that is a perfect fit for a rather low-ceilinged room in the basement of the castle. If you want to see the unit being assembled from its parts, see my previous blog entry here.
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