Can Someone PLEASE Lend me $78,000.00?

When we moved back from Israel to the USA four years ago we inherited a dining room table from our grandparents. It was really uncomfortable (notice how the word table is hidden right in that word as if 'uncomfortable' was invented to describe this situation!). So, in frustration at not being able to actually sit at this table we threw it out. Since then we have been eating at a plain folding table - the kind you can get in Costco only theirs is made out of plastic and doesn't cause your back to go out every time you try to move it an inch or two.

And now, finally, my long search is over. I have found the perfect table for my family but I need to borrow some money - so if you have an extra $78,000.00 lying around can you please get in touch with me ASAP!



This table is really worth the money as you can plainly see from the New York Times article about it included below. And please do not try to convince me that the cheap $12,000.00 imitation would be just as good. Because it wouldn't be.

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August 21, 2005
Pool Table

By PILAR VILADAS
One of the splashier debuts at this year's Milan furniture fair was that of the London company Established & Sons. Contrary to what its name implies, it is run by young upstarts who want to showcase the best of British design and manufacturing talent. The show stopper of its first collection was easily the Aqua table by Zaha Hadid, the architect famous for her dynamic, fluid forms and compositions. While Hadid is no stranger to furniture design -- her chandelier for the Italian firm Sawaya & Moroni was another of the fair's most-talked-about items -- she has outdone herself here. The polyurethane-resin table's arches and asymmetrical curves imply a liquid quality that is rendered even more vivid by its swimming-pool-blue silicone-gel top. ''It's like flying over water,'' Hadid says. And from a less metaphorical point of view, the table's structure allows the top to cantilever well out over the base, so people can sit at the corners without bumping their knees.

This limited-edition blend of poetry and practicality will set you back about $78,000, excluding taxes and shipping. But one of the more interesting aspects of Established & Sons is its insistence on making both couture and off-the-rack versions of its products. So, come next month, mere mortals will be able to buy an all-polyurethane table, minus the gel top, for about $12,000. Think of it as a building for your dining room.