Indie Goods

Well, the results from the India experiement are in. I could not be more happy with the craftsmanship. The inlay is really beautiful and the furniture well-made.

We did learn a few lessons, though. Lesson number one. India does not understand packaging quite like China does...

Everything came in damaged and had be restored with clamps and glue.

Lesson number two. In India, 'dark brown' might mean 'orange'.

So, I had a toner put on these benches.

Other than that...we're good.

Mo' Money

I have a client with a gorgeous living room. It is missing just one thing, though. The perfect coffee table. More specifically, an Indian inlaid coffee table. Well, easier said than done. We both looked around the webisphere a bit but couldn't find the perfect one. That night my client did a few quick searches and found Mo.

Mo makes bone and mother-of-pearl inlaid furniture.

Say no more. Mo.

We'll take two of these...

...one of these...

...one of these...

...and a couple of these...

A bit risky but we wired money to Mo anyway.

I'm just hoping that we don't get taken to the cleaners.