Man Shares Photos of R500 Kitchen Cabinet Nigerian Carpenter Made for New Apartment, Causes Frenzy Online
- A Nigerian man's photos of the kitchen cabinet a carpenter made have stirred conversations around woodwork costs
- Many said R500 is a small sum to pay for a befitting kitchen piece, adding that the person got his money's worth
- The snaps have been gathering comments from Nigerians as people shared photos of their cabinets and what they paid
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A Nigerian man identified as Oyindamola on Twitter has caused much buzz online after sharing photos of the piece a carpenter made for his friend.
The snaps showed a wooden work without a fine finish that looks much like a market table than a cabinet anyone should pay the sum of R500 for.
Source: Twitter
Oyindamola said the kitchen cabinet was meant for his friend's new apartment. While many Nigerians found the piece poorly made, some said that the person got exactly what he paid for.
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See the tweet below:
As of the time of writing this report, the tweet has over 2,000 likes and several interesting comments.
Briefly News compiled some of them below:
@Jonatha94547703 said:
"He should try to paint it, e go rhyme..."
@kamikaze2458 said:
"...Hian you will pay me back my money, no excuses. Does he think you want to fry yam and akara on the roadside?"
@OfoyejuZ said:
"Guy tell your friend to manage it o, things cost."
@nonso_di said:
"With 15k you can make good carbinet with MDF wood."
@Iam_ChrisAustin said:
"He brought it like this so that you can choose the design you want, this is just skeleton, go back and show him the design you've chosen."
@glad_Might said:
"I did mine for 25k and it's beautiful... A year ago things are expensive now bro 15k is too small for a kitchen cabinet."
Meanwhile, Briefly News earlier reported that a Nigerian lady with the Twitter handle @mide_god has gone online to lament over the furniture she got from her local carpenter after she clearly told him what she expected.
@mide_god using the popular format of "What I ordered and what I received", the lady posted photos of the sample and the pieces she received.
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Source: Briefly News
