unusual table and chairs

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      Where's this, Miraflores:D:scratch:
       
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      They be good for kids in, say, the play area of a garden. But I think they'd clash a bit with my kind of garden!!:D:coffee:
       
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      my father made something similar many years ago .... I'm talking about the table

      he bought a steel drum which contained heavy electrical cable (similar to this table, but it was round and had 2 'table tops' if that makes sense?...

      he cut the bottom (table top) off and cemented the base into the ground ... the top had a hole in which he inserted a metal pole and made a thatched roof (called a Lapa)

      he put cement into the table top, and tiled the top with italian tiles

      he made a plinth, and tiled that with the same tiles as on the top.... the chairs were old wrought iron chairs with loose cushions .... this was situated next to the swimming pool .... looked similar to this, except there was only one support which went through the centre of the table:

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      a good market for these here in the UK? .... I have not seen any, and could be a good business venture if one teams up with someone who knows how to thatch ....
       
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      These chairs are popular here in Ontario[​IMG]....made from old ski's:WINK1:
       
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        I also think there would be an interest.
        Then you can give the clients the "Greek" option meaning of columns built in different circumferences to make them appear the same size from a chosen perspective.
         
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          Enthesis is the word you were looking for Mira:)

          You might have guessed that I would like the chairs, they would go with my lovely Fish Collander, cheers for that:dbgrtmb:
           
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          I saw chairs similar to this at a friends cottage this summer.....and thought of you, Zig!
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            It is not as if any fish I see, Ziggy springs to mind...[​IMG]
             
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              I'm glad you don't just associate me with fishy things:D but hold the thought anyway:coffee:
               
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