taroudant: Terrace progress.

Thursday 24 February 2011

Terrace progress.

The table arrived yesterday. Beloved fetched it From Agadir. At first I was absolutely delighted because the colours turned out even better than I expected. On closer examination I was a little disappointed because some of the work is not up to the standard of the tables on display out side the shop. The centre in particular looks in places as though an apprentice has been let loose on it. Apparently when beloved and lorry arrived it had pieces missing even though they'd rung up last week and said it was finished. We suspect a quality control person (the boss) had said some bits needed redoing but because we had not rung first, well they had said it was finished, they hadn't redone it and then had to do it in a great hurry whilst the lorry waited. I can't blame beloved for accepting it as we had paid a 1/4 the total cost for the lorry. Anyway it shows that it is all hand made. The table in the patio area superficially seems better quality but closer examination shows that the centre piece which features curves was clearly machine cut.
Yesterday was the hottest day so far , about 28C. It took 5 men + beloved to get the table up the stairs. It is incredibly heavy and we'll never be able to move it, 2m x 1m and about 1" deep. Moha had divested his jacket in view of the heat and was only wearing his shirt and a thick sweater. The driver had shirt, sweater and thick jacket.
Then this morning the bell went early and my peacock cushion arrived. Mariam (Moha's wife) had made the tapestry up for me. I was very pleased with the result.
The terrace is the most used room in the house at the moment. It will be too hot in summer and the moroccans never use theirs this way but at present it is really pleasent to lunch in the sun and then I sit out and do needlepoint. In a couple of months we'll be hiding from the sun on the patio or reaching for the air conditioning but at the moment it is perfect in a short-sleeve silk shirt or thin Tshirt. (note the contrast with the locals sweaters and jackets).