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This is when I like to point out that you can find skilled carpenters who will make you custom furniture sized just how you want for less than that. That is what I did in my kitchen nook.



Em.... I'm an amateur carpenter and $200 is probably the least I'll charge you for a custom side table (without drawers).

Skilled carpenters charge a lot more.

A bar stool will probably run you at $1000. Consider that mass produced chairs are like $100-200 a piece from IKEA.


That's a good point. I have an older guy I met at a farmer's market, in my phone under Greg Shelves, it's a land line, I have to pay in cash. The problem is I never know exactly what I'm going get, but it is always nice.


You need to know them, or have someone you really trust recommend them.

Then you need to see some samples of what they've done.

And I imagine most can't show you 3D mockups of the end result.




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