Friday, August 19, 2005

Why Are There Two Chairs?

So, as usual, things do not go exactly as planned. I was all set to be done with my chair 3 days early, and have a nice leisurely weekend and last week here in Copenhagen. I sent my steel frame to the finishers where they were putting on the chrome finish...and when it came back, and I put the seat on the frame, one of the welds popped. Since the chrome was already on, we had a problem...after we re-welded the connection; the chrome burned off near the weld...which meant I would need to have the chair re-finished. There was, however no grantee that the finish would come out to my liking the second time around, so at noon on Saturday (with a day and a half to go) I began from scratch on my second chair. After 2 sleepless nights, and a lot of extra work, I completed the second chair. It came out so much nicer than the first one, and only took me two days; instead of two weeks...surprising how much you can learn doing something twice. So ultimately I ended up with two chairs...both of which I am quite happy with. I brought them to Mailboxes Etc. this morning, and am having them shipped home (which was another fun expense that far surpassed my expectations...$500 big ones!)

So I have 3 days left in Denmark, and plan on making the most of it. Tonight I am going to Tivoli Gardens which is there big theme park in the middle of the city...tomorrow I am going to try to go to the Louisiana Museum...and Sunday I plan on taking it easy, and getting everything ready for my departure early on Monday for Amsterdam.

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