About 30 years ago we were driving on Halkidiki peninsula and stopped for a snack in Kassandra. On the other side of the street was a derelict workshop filled with old wooden furniture. A man was busy cleaning out the shop and loading pieces into a small van. Suddenly, we noticed this table. We walked over to the site and found this dusty item under a pile of old workclothes. We asked the man if it was for sale and he said yes. It is all handmade, even the glass top was hand cut, and the central bottle holder revolves around a post. The design is bent willow twigs upon plywood. There are two small side shelves with glass tops also. We put it in the back of our station wagon and drove it all the way back from Greece to The Hague. Then, the reaction to the Dutch weather was a bit shocking because a mold began to grow all over the willow. We went to a garden store and they advised buying a mold-killing spray, which worked perfectly. The table is a bit wobbley on its legs, but otherwise it is still in good shape. Each of the bottle holders is a cheap pressed wood circle with the willow twigs glued and nailed to the side. This is nothing fancy, but it is a unique piece and with all the fun of bringing it back from Greece, we will take it to the States.
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