Hi everyone

I’ll be honest, I have been on a search for the ultimate home office furniture for two & a half years now. It was a crazy mission going places & nothing ever materialized. Definitely Thee Almighty’s plan was better than mine. From one furniture store to the other, I was never content with what available in stores. So I built up the courage to make my own & really it cost me far less than I set aside.

I went to Board City requested them to make a table top board about 3.5cm thick, 1.8meter long & 70cm wide in a rustic wood colour. After a week the board was made, typical me, I loaded it in my mini cooper, OMG! Surprisingly it fitted & I managed to fit the off cuts too, I later used them as frames for my Arabic art around the house.

Initially my plan was to get table legs such as pipes, but trust me I looked all over & had no luck in finding them around Johannesburg. In the mean time I needed table legs for my table. Idea! I bought 6 wooden crates of different sizes from Mr Price home & used that as legs/shelves for my books…

Until months later, a bright light appeared…I was guided to Builder’s Warehouse & found these babies…”Trestle table legs”. Which were not expensive at all. Without screws just placed the table on top & Yay! Finally my office table was fully constructed. I kept the legs natural for now, maybe at later stage will paint it.As I am sure you know me by now, I love the rustic look so we shall see. However will keep you guys updated if I do.

Not to forget you remember I had those wooden crates, I just couldn’t part with them. I literally stacked them up against a wall next to the window, by a sofa, in my home office or as I like to call it “Cave of ideas”. I filled it with all my recipe books. Gosh I have loads of recipe books. And they all lived together in a happy little room.

My Cave of Ideas

In the picture above is where it all happens…Notice hanging on the wall is my personal vision board! I must admit its my daily inspiration & motivation to achieving my life’s. Really if there is one thing you all can learn from me, let it be that you make a vision board or at least write down your goals & aim towards achieving them. Believe me only then will you constantly be reminded of your dreams to become a reality.

Chef Tasneem Saith