DISHES:
We thought it might be a good idea to start buying some essentials, you know, dishes, silverware, stuff to sleep and sit on. We had heard about a high end Ceramic Studio, Artesa Ceramics. They make beautiful dishware, lamps, and decorative pieces. Every piece is hand fired and painted, the stuff is fairly expensive, but on Friday mornings they open the workshop to the public and let you browse through the "seconds". A dish might be a slight shade lighter or darker, or a cup might have a little blemish in the finish. We collected a setting for six so far, as well as few decorative pieces.
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| We liked the "ocean" feel to this pattern |
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| This is a picther that I am using as a vase. FURNITURE: We had been told that the craftsman here would be able to duplicate furniture from photogprahs. We found a picture of a bed that we like at the Ethan Allen site, it was priced at $2,100.00. We met with a furniture guy, and gave him the dimensions we wanted. He told us the stuff would be finished on September 20th, but this is Ecuador, so we assumed it would be more like October 20th, surprise, surpise, we got it on September 24th!!! Unforunately we don't have any room to set it up until we move into the new apartment. |
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| Ethan Allen Bed |
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Hand crafted nightstand
We are meeting with the furniture guy again on Monday to have him make a cofee table, end tables and a sofa table. We went into a high end furniture store and took photos and measured furniture that we thought was cool, that is what we will have made. We are also going to bring a photo of the leather furniture we had in Round Lake to get those pieces duplicated.
The idea of furnishing an apartment from scratch is a little daunting, but also very cool.
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