Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Bamboo furniture

We had our furniture delivered today.

It was ordered 6 weeks ago with the referral and interpreting assistance coming from our Tica friend, Patricia. The furniture was ordered directly from the maker who has his workshop (and probably his home) on the auto pista (Trans American Highway) before Palmares headed to San Ramon.
And we got just what we ordered – a loveseat and 2 chairs all with custom made zippered cushions (in the fabric of our choice) and a glass top table for the living room, a dining room table and six chairs (each chair had a custom zippered cushion on it in the material of our choice), and two bed side tables. All this for $900.00 USD!
Grade A workmanship, light color bamboo (as opposed to the burnished look) and matte finish (as opposed to the glossy). Not only are we impressed with the quality of the materials used and how it was put together but we KNOW we couldn’t have even gotten the dining room table for $900 in the states!
The only way we would have known about this place and these artisans was from our friend. So a big thank you goes out to you, Patricia!!!