I have bought a new table. Please enjoy it with me.

It is a very nice table.

it sounds lovely and you have made me jealous. I haven't got a hall big enough for a table like that and I have grandchildren who would somehow manage to hurt themselves on it if I did. Enjoy your table, polish it regularly.

I just love hardwood furniture too. you can never go wrong having them as part of your home. It is stronger and elegant and a bit pricey. Enjoy your hall table!

Well Desi I can just imagine something like thisand I can imagine it looking Lovely. I am not into things like that but I have seen other Peoples and it looks out of this world. But me I am more into the Modern things. Even though I do admire things like your Table I would not get it myself. I hope you enjoy it.

your home sounds absolutely exquisite, i can picture you as a very well educated person who enjoys all our wonderfull history and really appreciates the finer things in life i hope your wonderfull table brings you much happiness and many compliments from any visitors that come by your home.
i think if i had been bleesed with such a wonderfull table i too would be as happy as you so clearly are, good for you.

Wowo it seems verry good,I like it too

Your new table sounds splendid! I'm glad to hear that you had a perfect spot for it. I reloaded this page three times hoping that a picture would be loading so I could literally see its beauty, but either my computer is on strike today or there isn't a picture.

In any case, I have a good imagination and can "see" it in my imagination's playground. Beneath Nelson and near Apollo and Aphrodite is an excellent choice for location. I have a room for things like this filled with fun items manufactured all around the world and you have me wanting a table like yours.:-)

Hmmmmm. I'm seeing deeper into your soul with every discussion you post!:-) I'll explain...

Yew... The yew tree is an ancient wisdom keeper and the gateway to the otherworld. It is of great historical value, providing us with a living witness to so much of our cultural development that it is unique amongst trees. I therefore find it quite symbolic that you decided to place your yew table beneath a picture depicting Nelson's death.

The Yew has been the subject of myths, legends and Acts of Parliament; it has become part of religious beliefs and is featured in a wealth of literary material. The Yew has also been used as a marker in the landscape because of its exceptional longevity. Celtic bows were often made from Yew and Robin Hood is even thought to have used a bow made from this wood, although there is no hard evidence to actually support this.

If Yew has been brought to your awareness today you are being asked to examine some aspect of your life that has been allowed to stagnate and wither. Is there a talent or skill that you have been neglecting? Are you allowing an all-consuming passion for something to steal time and energy from other important areas of your life? Perhaps you have neglected your body, your diet and your exercise. Or is there some demon of sickness, fear, or loss of faith that is preventing you from expressing your full potential?

Aphrodite... The Goddess of love; symbol of beauty and sweetness. Incredibly seductive; she seduces both mortals and immortals, time and again. This puts me in mind of your lovely wife, apart from the fact that I believe she is devoted to only one man!:-)

Apollo... The God of light, prophecy and music, whom although he loves parties, has a high standard of moral values and purity. Since Apollo also is the God of life and death, humans are especially aware of following his standards; or else Apollo may strike them dead with one of his fatal arrows. lol.

Handsome and well built, he has had his share of love affairs although because of his virtue, he has not been as busy as Zeus has. Nymphs and mortal maidens are his types. Does this sound a little like you? I think so!:-)

Replica of the Victory... This, deep-thinking as I am, represented to me the element of water, and the west. The west represents a place of rest and the otherworld, in the Isle of Avalon and Arthurian Legend. In Greek Mythology, Neptune (or Poseidon), was given control and dominion over the water element and thus became the god of the sea.

So, to my mind, everthing you have in your hallway, supposedly the passageway into and out of your home, holds meaning. Sorry if I got carried away with that, but as I read this most interesting post, my mind began to wander into the symbolic meanings of the contents of your hall. I'm still marvelling over the fact that you placed the picture of Nelson's death above the yew table. Amazing! Please don't ever change the position of that picture. Furthermore, the other objects you mentioned having in your hall, provoked even deeper thoughts from me! I find that awesome, and right now, I'm going to get myself a drink and sit quietly for a while, reflecting further on this. I hope you don't mind.

Thank you for the insight into your unconcious!:-) Brightest Blessings, my dear friend.

You get so enthusiastic about everything that it is easy to rejoice with you. Enthusiasm is the second most contagious feeling there is. Do you know what I consider to be the most contagious?

You sound like I felt (and still feel) when I bought a new cabinet for my lounge room. Quite uninteresting in comparison with yours, but it thrills me. Our family joined to buy us a new, very big, LCD TV with inbuilt hi def top box and an HDD/DVD recorder for Christmas. Of course, it demanded a new cabinet, so I rearranged the room and bought an enormous, solid timber cabinet and I love it.

As you know, I don't watch TV but I can sit and look at my cabinet while I am working (when the TV isn't on, that is)

I think you should post a photo of your new table.

That sounds very elegant and the Queen Anne style probably suits you to a tee. I'm more of a shabby chic gal and if I had a hall table, it would be chippy and painted green.