Hello everyone! Our theme for this week is just on time for the photos I've taken when I went to the house of my in-laws. I know for a fact that anything we took photos on can be featured in one of our weekly challenges so here it is! The lumber used for these furniture were all made from hardwoods: narra, lawaan, tugas, acacia,red and yellow Pine trees from Mount Canlaon. Cutting of these species is now banned. You can only use lumbers such as Mahogany, Eucalyptus or Germelinas. These kind of trees are cultured by the Department Of Agriculture, the seedlings of which are given free to be planted at any vacant lot by the owner or for tree planting purposes specifically along Mount Canlaon with intention to preserve the forest.
This antique China Carousel design is about 12ft Platera with some of their collections inside. Well, there's still a bigger one on the upper floor. My 12-karat Solingen cutlery is still there. lol! It's 4 steps down so I was able to take photos from above. It's extra jumbo size compared to the standard size sold in furniture shops.
The living room is quite spacious that could accommodate a hundred visitors. Those sala sets were also made to order to fit in to the wide space. Whenever there's a special occasion, we used to gather on the smaller ones to chitchat while the men go on the other side. The kids used to go further and find their places to play their stuffs or just sit with their gadgets. I made the covers to avoid dust.
The dining table is a twelve-sitter. I really love the thick chair carvings. The glass-covered table has beautiful carvings too. Oh well, they seldom use this though because it couldn't accommodate all of them though we can use it for buffet style for larger audience whenever the weather is bad outside. I would say they're all antique designs with all the carvings. On the upper left side is the bar with wines above. Hmmm... maybe next time when it's required.
The music center is wide too. It was designed by my mother-in-law and simple as it is, they let it stay where it is as her memoire. Beside are twin cabinets for the China dolls and all that. I would have taken a better view of it had I known it can be of use.:) The side cabinet contains the old appliances such as karaoke and our 3-top Pioneer components with a turntable. Hubby brought it when he was still on board his ship.
That extra-large velvet maroon corner set is heavily laden with carvings below. A wide place such as this needs high maintenance. It should be polished every year to maintain its lustre.
The last but not the least is the most expensive cabinet I have. It is priceless! It is made of Almaciga lumber which is now endangered. We had a furniture shop before so we used to buy the high-quality lumbers and almaciga is one of them.
Our eldest daughter was still 3 months old when I was looking for a plastic cabinet for baby stuffs when my father-in-law gave this to me. He bought it for P400 pesos only wayback 1980. It was our first piece of furniture since we lived with them while hubby was on board his ship. It's still intact aside from the big glass mirror. Well, my youngest tried to play with his spoon and banged it looking at his face on the mirror, making a spider crack on it. I handed it over to Antonia when it was time to separate her from us so she can have have her own "domain" and yes, do not touch those boxes because it's her property! It contains all her art materials and other stuffs. Lol! I also have other furniture made from narra lumber from our demolished house which were mostly from hardwood materials such as tugas, lawaan and narra. In fact, a buyer wanted to buy the whole house because they will use the lumber in their furniture business but I graciously declined the offer. I said that I will make a furniture out of it because they're good lumbers.
This is all for now, thank you @friendlymoose for this awesome challenge. I am misty-eyed feeling nostalgic again!
Till then,
