The picture is a designer's rendering, presumably unbuilt & untested.
Theirs was completely unspoiled by, say anything actually being placed on the virgin shelves. Every piece I planned to employ was already chock full of things mimicking lead.
Did I mention how shiny & WHITE their concept was? Conversely, mine is to be fashioned of 3 tortoiseshell-effect split rattan cabinets, a distressed off-white hutch top (I had bought for $100 when the base unit had been destroyed in shipping), a humongous solid mahogany desktop, & 2 towering drawer chests, 11 drawers apiece, in--wait for it--matte-ish black.
This was a bit like trying to duplicate a 2 piece white meat KFC combo with a chicken foot, some tail feathers & a bullion cube. Of course as I mentioned before I am choosing to ignore all this minutiae. And so yesterday first thing in the morning I started hauling crud out of that room (thus infecting all the other rooms) in an effort to a unearth said components.
And only 17 hours later, at 3:30 AM today, I had achieved something that looked like this and that I am now terming the immovable beast.
Please don't misunderstand. I am actually pleased with this progress. However, I had better be pleased because this stuff is never moving again! So far I have actually managed to write in the space (actually dictate in the space), and eat a slice of leftover pizza. Once I've thrown in some sewing, I'll have covered the uses I intended. Mu is still trying to figure out the best angle from which to beg with this arrangement. I'm sure she'll get the hang of it soon.
