Our bar

We had a bar made. We've had other furniture made, including a hope chest and book shelves and plan to have bunk beds, dressers and more made, but this is the one piece of more traditional Chinese style furniture we will be bringing home with us. It is great. To show it best, I made a video.

Having it made was a classically Chinese process. Tom had checked around to find the one place that did the best job, as far as he could see. He went to the shop to place his order and gave his specifications since he was altering the design a bit to suit our taste. After completing the order, he asked the woman at the shop when we could expect to have it finished and delivered to our house. He was given an answer to which he replied, "ok, now tell me when I can REALLY expect to have it because if you tell me one date and I don't get it, I will not pay the full amount. Just be honest and tell me when it will be ready." She added 10 days.

When it was delivered (on time) there was a small nick on the top of the door where it was obvious that the pin that stops the door from spinning had nicked the finish and dented the wood. It was a small defect that we did not care about fixing but when the person delivering the piece saw us looking at it, she explained, carefully, that if we have a brown pen, we can fix the problem by filling in the spot...