Actually, is my aunt being unreasonable?

[PomBearArmy]

When my aunt moved to Germany she offered me her G-Plan wall unit as she couldn't take it. It fits in my living room perfectly, it looks like two open shelf bookcases of different heights sitting on a base unit - I just took the base unit's sliding doors off as they kept sticking.

She came back after six months and called in to see me, and I noticed she was in a bit of a mood when she left. Later my other aunt called and said that I'd vandalised the unit and disrespected her property! I really hadn't, and it looks fine to me, I prefer it all open.

Am I in the wrong?

It was the grey and white with red trim geometric stuff that I coveted blush

Me too! and then .....be still my beating heart............black ash!

Um your aunt is being unreasonable to not speak to you, as she gave you the furniture without strings, but I understand why she's upset, as she probably had at the back of her mind that you'd treasure it in the same way she did (and breaking up the doors does sound as if you didn't value it as much as she clearly did.

By the way, G-Plan furniture is from the 1950s and some lines can be quite valuable. There's a great article on it here: www.midcenturymagazine.co.uk/uploads/gplan.pdf

It's not all from the 1950s Loma - it was being produced through to the early 1980s (ish).

By the way - that 50s stuff you linked to. Some of it is waaaay better than the 70s stuff.

My folks have a 1950s bedroom suite (not sure of the maker tbh) which I actually really like!

pictish are you Northern Irish by any chance?

I think YANBU about the furniture as it was given to you. Even if Aunt was peeved I find it so bizarre when grown ups "stop speaking" to people!

I think pictish name gives her away as being Scottish...

The Picts etc?

No I'm Scots x

And agree that there's no need for 'no speakies'.
Bit extreme.

There was a branch of Texas Homecare near my Nana's house and they had a big fake 1980's house set up with all these rooms in it.

It was filled with grey flat pack, fake black ash computer desks with gigantic computer monitors, geometric line drawings of cocktail glasses, and those wicker shelf units and sofas.

I think the bathroom was tiled in pink and grey, with a yellow carpet.

It was like a monument to the worst of the 80's. I loved it

Thanks for the info Salmo. Have you seen the John Lewis G-Plan style furniture that came out this year? Some of it is really nice.

I cannot see myself ever liking orange 1970s design, but who knows!

Was there a big raffia fan on the wall too?

1980's-grey-with-pastel-pink-and-yellow-trim flat pack stuff

Oooooo, childhood flashback!!

pictish I think I've just seen you use a lot of the same terms as me but a lot of Scots/N.Irish terms are similar so that must be it!

My mum's family are the only people I've heard say "the very dab" :)

((stops hijacking thread now))

They do seem to share a lot of expressions, I agree.

There was a big raffia fan! How could I forget?

And I had one in my bedroom as well.

Oh yes, black ash; I loved it too in the Argos catalogue, the height of sophistication. I had some when my DS was small. If you'd told me then that I would want solid oak now id have thought you were mad. Although the bookshelves in the spare room are the cheapo flat pack black ash ones I paid £20 for in MFI about 20 years ago.

I bloody love the 60s & 70s G plan stuff. Would particularly love a sideboard. That's when you know you're grown up,when you hanker after a sideboard.
Sadly dh doesn't share my love :(