Dining sets are a new addition to the Archers Sleepcentre product portfolio. David B (our E commerce Director) and I have a shared history of selling dining tables and chairs and I’m pleased to say we have transferred that knowledge to selling the odd table leg and seat cushion online too.
But the word out there is dining furniture is a dying swan. The TV dinner, the dysfunctional family and the building of shoe box houses has led to the demise of the dining room and the dining table and chair set therein.
If there is a God, the modern day architect must know they will endure everlasting discombobulation as they roast in hell. Those pathetic, high density, modern day rabbit hutches raise my Sesquipedalian rants to volume 11 on my metaphorical guitar amp.
So dining furniture sales reduce. But I can prove to the Institute for Fiscal and Monetary Policy there is no double dip recession.
Go for a night out in Clerkenwell Green. Have a beer or two in the Crown Tavern, try find a table for 3 in any restaurant within half a mile, capitulate and eat in a pub instead , and find yourself with £170 less in your pocket at the end of the night.
People who know me will attest to my simple tastes. The complex tannins of a Chateauneuf du Pape versus a cheeky wee Bourgogne from Majestic wine? No contest. And David B who helped run up our Clerkenwell bill? Drink wine? Nae chance.
So after a hard day at Earls Court, there we are; my brother Robin (the banker brother, not the other, “non-banker” brother) and me, and David B finishing his half pint of Tennents and his sticky toffee pudding. Happy as I was discussing the merits of Alex Salmond and Craig Whyte, why oh why did I choose this night to offer to pay the bill? Duh!
Let me tell you these bankers in Clerkenwell are doing just fine. And if I pay the VAT on that night out it will be more tax than Customs and Excise have seen from Mr Whyte in the last few years.
So the moral to the story is clear. If you live near Clerkenwell Green get your self online and buy yourself a contemporary wee LPD Brompton 75cm American Walnut Small Dining Table and 2 Black Faux Leather Chairs Set from Archers Sleepcentre and a weight watchers spaghetti carbonara from Tesco and you will still have enough change left for a beer in the Crown Tavern.
Editors note: Our Clerkenwell tipple was a Pinot Noir Bourgogne. Very nice at £6.99 from Majestic. However not as good value as our Luxury Latex Innovations pillow. The best value cheap dunlopillo type pillow on the market today. Have a look.
Geeks note: my son John, with one shoe off and one shoe on, challenged me to use “sesquipedalian”. Had to look the word up. I’m not this sad normally.
