Shopping expedition....

Posted on my Jacob's Blog and the Oulu Best Buy Blog.

Annikki rearranged the living room at Kampitie.

The sofa sets have gone to the far end of the room. The higher dining table has come between the sofas and the tv. (Not that we can watch tv these days as we have not invested in a DigiBox.)

The solution was to raise the tv to a level above the dining table.

We decided to search for a strong table (as we have an old and heavy tv set) and then work out how to place the satellite receiver and the video player (which has never been used by us!).

We went to the major Finnish furniture shops selling new design furniture and also to the antique furniture shop which has great furniture from different parts of Europe. The best priced ones were around € 250, more around € 300 for the ones we liked.

Annikki we suggested that we visit the Flea Markets.

Yesterday we started a round of the Flea Markets around 5 pm. By 6 pm we had visited 10 Flea Markets, found the table we liked and bought it, by 6 pm, for € 25!

I installed it and the tv. Annikki put up a shelf just above it for the satellite receiver and the video player, which I then connected to the tv with a minimum of loose wires showing. Under the tv table she put an old stool type table that we had for keeping newspapers and magazines. Quite modern looking!

We saved € 275 for this bit of creative thinking by Annikki and a bit driving around.

And both of us are happy with the new set up.

Now all we have to do is wait till the leaves fall off the birch trees. Then we can watch satellite tv (Sirus at 5 degrees E) till the new leaves are back on the tree next may! (I'm not joking!!!!) :-)