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Monday, December 05, 2011

The block of flats where we live has a communal rubbish area downstairs. It's a council block, so to be honest, it has quite a few rubbish areas, most notably the inside of the lift, which frequently radiates with the kind of smell you don't really wish to know the origin of. But its one official rubbish area is the bin room downstairs.

When Lisa's mother used to live here, she was fond of telling me that you could furnish an entire flat from the items you find discarded down there, and having been here for a year and a half, I'm inclined to agree. The portable TV with built in DVD player which resides in Amelie's bedroom and pumps out Pingu for six hours a day was discovered lying on the floor down there, complete with remote control, about a year ago, and is still going strong today. There's currently a nice Moses basket sitting down there too (baby not included) if you want one. But yesterday afternoon I found this...

Book Stack
When I saw it standing in the corner, I genuinely thought it was a stack of old books. But when I went to open the top one, I found this...

Coffee Table Books
It's actually a coffee table, with a storage compartment in the top. Sadly I don't drink coffee, and I don't read much either, but I do like getting stuff for free, so I salvaged it from the rubbish dump, cleaned it up a bit, and hey presto, I've got Big Sis's Christmas present.

I'm joking of course. It's far too good for Big Sis. I'll be keeping it for myself.

6 comments:

Phil's Mum said...

Brilliant!  Its probably worth a fortune (when you next need a fortune).  I wonder who in your block of flats would have owned such an unusual item of furniture - or did someone just stick together some unwanted books?

A Passer-by said...

I thought you could put a price sticker on the bottom of it showing £100, and give it to big sis, and she would appreciate your generosity.   She could put it next to the other piece of junk that she wanted as a present!   (See your blog, April 05, 2010) 
http://www.mulledwhines.net/2010/04/problem-with-letting-amelie-spend-all.html

Dave said...

Very suitable for someone who doesn't read books.

Phil's Mum said...

That's why it would make a good present for Big Sis, but she's obviously not going to get it.

jon the bassist said...

I suppose that people could store their entire collection of Kindles inside something like this?

kay said...

i have a table in the shape of  2 books, have no idea of history or value, anyone know where i can find out info for this thank you