Yesterday, I visited the new house to check on progress. The place is still an unholy mess, fencing materials piled up in the sala. The kitchen is much improved, with just a few finishing touches to go in the grouting department, and Byron's father is going to repaint where needed. He apparently did the repaint of the whole house before it entered the rental market. He is Fernando. Byron, you may recall is the part-time gardener, currently working for Stefan on the fencing crew.
On my way to the house, after the bus from La Boquita, I walked past the Diriamba market to a little furniture shop (Muebles Tomy) where, on Tuesday, I had seen a plain long table of gorgeous yellow and russet brown tropical wood. It had no matching chairs, and I asked Tomy (Tomasa, the proprietress) about a sample to see if I could order some to go with the table. Well, the sample did not match, and was expensive. The table was 1700 cordobas, or not quite $60. So I suggested benches, which were immediately promised for Friday delivery with the table for about $35 apiece. Tomy threw in a couple of end stools, which will allow me to seat eight for dinner! The stools are rusticity itself, believe me, but that was the desired effect, so I ain't complaining. I rode to the new house in the delivery truck with Tomy's husband Francisco. We stopped along the way to buy watermelons.
I'll do a "House Beautiful" spread after the place is in some kind of order. (Stop grumbling, Mary Mary. "I wanna see what it looks like...grrrrr.")
oh trish, the benches sound great! i had them at my rustic table here in valladolid for the first 4 years (but then switched out to chairs when i got my new rustic table). and benches were a part of stiteler farm dining for 40 years. i'm looking forward to seeing your house beautiful pix! when do you think you will be moving in?
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