Wenge

Let’s talk wood. A couple months back the fine folks at CMK development sent a list of upgrades and selections for me to make with regard to the new apartment. Things like toilet type, carpet color, countertop granite, etc. One of the items on this absurdly long list was cabinetry and one of the million options was wenge wood. Wenge, pronounced (when-gay), is a ridiculously awesome variety of wood: it’s dense as a rock, has awesome texture, is dark in a very aggressive I’m-gonna-kick-your-ass kind of way, and being able to walk around saying your wood is wenge is just plain hilarious. In fact, I found the word so amusing I kept yelling wenge whenever I was asked for an opinion on something I didn't have an opinion on.


The word wenge reminds me of the word Kuna. I spent a summer in Croatia and the Croatian dollar is called the kuna. "I got so much kuna that summer." "My wood is wenge." YES! Haha. I’m so entertained. You’re not, I don’t care. Buy something wenge with your hard earned kuna, it’s fun to say.