4.4.10

In the Shop

Throughout the city there are workshops like this one where craftsmen (it seems they aren't ever women) construct or finish wooden furnishings.

I love stumbling upon places like this. It always makes me feel like I've found something special.

4 comments:

  1. It is indeed special. The furniture appears to be quite non-descript, but then you notice the "legs" on the stout piece in the front...

    Happy Easter weekend

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  2. Oh, nice! Does it smell of wood there?

    "Craftswomen" would be an oxymoron in the Mideast.

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  3. Nondescript meaning plantation pine! And there is some particle board leaning against the wall. So relatively inexpensive furniture.

    I do like the row of portraits along the door archway. Is this some sort of memorial to people who have worked there, do you think?

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  4. A memorial would be great, but no. Those are politicians. If I had a better grasp on Lebanon's recent past, I'd be able to tell you the shopkeeper's political affiliation. Surely all the locals can tell.

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