Furniture

During our January trip we had a GREAT furniture shopping trip to Sarchi - and town northwest of San Jose known for furniture builders. We spent the better part of a day checking out the various merchants looking for items we thought we would enjoy. There were a bunch of things we looked at, and where they would allow us, we took photos to remind us of things we liked.



We also got some ideas from friends homes in Costa Rica, and figure we'll apply some of those concepts as well.



After some hours of shopping, we saw the bed below, made of Guanacaste (a native Costa Rican tree; protected so it must be from a natural fall to obtain). The wood is much nicer in person than this photo conveys, but we really loved the detail and finish of this piece. We talked with the builder, and agreed to have him make complimentary side stands, taking some of the design queues he applied to this bed. This set then is the first of the furniture we bought.

Second to be purchased was a pair of leather/wood rockers along with a folding leather stool (get the image of a camp stool in your head). The leather is heavy and tooled, so presents an interesting finish. Our friends Rob and Kent have similar rockers, but with smooth leather. In part to not copy them, and in part because we like how the tooling looked, we bought a pair. But, regrettably, did not get a photo of them as the store wouldn't allow it, and we would have had to unpackage them to do a photo shoot before we left. So you'll have to wait until our late April trip to learn more.



Then we returned to one of the first stores we came to. During the day our concept of dining tables was to have a matching pair of square tables. But in the end we were liking either round or rectangular tables. The one below really caught our eye, and so we decided we would purchase it. In the same store they had some nice wood chairs with padded seat, in a pattern we could live with for a time (we assume we'll change that out before too many years pass). The backs were VERY comfortable, so we could imagine enjoying sitting in them for a long leasurely meal. We are assuming we will keep this near our kitchen, and that surface will do double duty when we need an expanded work surface. So we'll need to get a table for the veranda as well, but all in due time...







We liked this bed for its rustic feel, and are thinking of getting it or one similar for one of the first floor bedroom suites. There were complimentary side tables but I couldn't fit both the bed and side table photos in the same shot. Limited space in that store...


If we got this bed, our thinking would be to get a armour similar to this one which has hanging space above, some drawers, and a nice cabinet space with shelves. We could see this being useful for guests for who stay for a few days.

Finally, amongst Jim's favorites was this rocker we managed to get a photo of before the store owner chastised us for taking photos. This sort of style though might wind up on the lower verandas for one of the bedrooms.

Over time we'll buy more furniture and will post some of those photos when purchased, if they don't hit the casa too quickly and wind up on a completed room shot.

Anyway, thanks for visiting!

Ricardo y Jeeeem