Wood Street

 Apologies for the repeated unintentional (?) double entendre post titles. I will try to stop.

Anyway, I've been looking for a desk for our computer. While desk-hunting probably sounds pretty boring, it's taken me to some cool and diverse places. I've been up to high-so Thong Lo, to the various malls which often have a furniture section on a floor, to a tiny little colonial Burmese antique dealer near my apartment, to Chatuchak Market and finally to Wood Street, whose real name is Thanon Prachanaruemit.

Wood street is lined with lumber shops and furniture stores/factories. The smell of freshly-sawed wood permeates its length. Lots of beautiful furniture, doors, carvings, and just about anything else you could think of made of teak, palm, pine, rattan, mango, etc. I have a feeling it'd be pretty damn close to heaven for my dad or Rick. So, I walked up and down the street, talked to a bunch of merchants and got taken up to see a bunch of pieces not quite ready, improved my furniture-related Thai, and planted the seeds for possible future purposes. I did leave deskless, as I think the best combination of price and design was one I saw at Chatuchak, but I have a feeling Wood Street will be a fun place to return to.