Tolga and I spent the new year in Kusadasi with our family. The days were warm, the nights were cold. It is a summer home, so it isn't outfitted with heating units, but we huddle around electric heaters when its the coldest. We talked about going for a new year swim, but I was afraid I would never get warm again walking on the tile floors . . .
New Year's Day we went to the town center to by a tavla set for my yenge. While looking at a store, I spotted some wooden end tables with mother-of-pearl inlaid in the wood. It was beautiful and I went to check the price. While near the register, I spotted this most beautiful table that the workers were using to set their books, papers, and tea. It was a console with detailed wood pieces inlaid with many colors. Tolga and Hakan inquired about the price, and the man wasn't selling the table, but was easily swayed. He sold the table to us, and I imagine he is now wishing he didn't, or at least that he still had a table to set his tea on.
It's top opened up and turned on a screw, becoming a square table the was depressed in some and featuring a hidden tavla board. The table's wood pieces were chipping and it needed some restoration, but the detail is beautiful and an exciting find. The legs bow out in a Queen Anne style and it is our 5th piece of furniture.
We are building our home again.
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