Window Treatments for your Home in Costa Rica. Blinds, Drapes, Romans.

We all want  to avoid the hassle of going to different stores to pick the DYI solutions for your windows. How about instead  you  ask for a quote as easy as having the measurements of your windows and deciding the style of window coverings that best suits your needs. 

Either they are Drapes, Romans, Rollers, Bamboo, Wood or simply a valance we can do anything you need to make your home look beautifully decorated. 

Sometimes we may think that DIY is the way to go, but when we want  a room to look polished and finished nothing beats  custom tailored window treatments.  Solid wooden rods with wooden that can be stained in any color you prefer to match your doors and baseboards, even your furniture.

Living Room Furniture For Tropical Costa Rica

In Tropical Costa Rica, the country of Sun and Rain, materials for your furniture count. Wood, real wood furniture, comes with a guarantee of long life and excellent performance for rental properties.

Upholstery needs to be made with quality high density foams, easy to clean fabrics yet comfortable at the touch, even better if it is water resistant for areas like the ocean side where most owners, guests or renters will walk around with a not so dry attire,

Living room set delivered in Los Sueños, Herradura, Costa Rica

Also, in rental units, many times space is an issue so it´s important to come up with a smart layout as well as multi functional pieces. For example, a coffee table with 4 stools that accommodate underneath is always a great idea to expand the seating area whenever it is needed.

Square Coffee Table with 4 stools delivered in Los Sueños, Herradura, Costa Rica

Another important advantage of using the services of Pacific Home Furnishing  is the great  variety of living room styles styles and fabrics for your focal point in the living room. 

You have hundreds of choices for fabric for your furniture pieces
as well as your accent pillows.

Accent pieces:
Again, wood, quality wood that will hold up with the changes in climate as well as renters and guests. Wood with wood, wood with rattan, wood with cloth, wood with so many materials that will give each piece a personality of its own. Email us at info@pacifichomefurnishing.com or visit our website www.pacifichomefurnishing.com

Durable furniture for your home in Costa Rica. The beauty and convenience of fine wood working

When furnishing a home in Costa Rica, many people think about bringing their furniture from abroad to save (?) money (!). You might want to learn a few things about furniture in Costa Rica before making this decision.

1. Costa Rica is a tropical country. Therefore the humidity level is high, the temperature (especially on the coast)  rises dramatically certain times of the year.

2. Costa Rica has many beautiful local woods that are "acclimated" to the local weather conditions, plus if you go with the right company, they will provide kiln dried wood. Why kiln dried wood? Because those dramatic changes of temperature tend to crack and shrink the wood if it hasn´t been properly dried.

3. Veneer and MDF do not perform well on the coastal weather. They open easily and you will soon have a loose table top cover here and a peeling chair there.

All wood Farmhouse style dining table delivered
 in Junquillal, Guanacaste

4. By the time you buy the products in another country and pay freight,  the Costa Rican customs office will be waiting for you with a 35% import duty on all your furniture. 

5. If you are lucky you will get everything in good shape, without scratches or dents. Now, it´s time to find a freight forwarder to do all the paperwork and final delivery to your home. 

6. You can find the higher quality wooden items in Costa Rica with the design that you prefer, to match the wood stains of your doors and frames. 

All wood, hand carved 13 drawer dresser design given by client,
made to the exact specs. Delivered in Tamarindo, Costa Rica

7. Living room furniture:  you will be able to pick the fabric color of your choice as our company uses Sunbrella fabrics that are 100% washable, water resistant and all cushions are made with zippers.

Contemporary sofa sleeper
Delivered in Reserva Conchal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Sectional in Sunbrella Spectrum Sand fabric
Delivered in Las Catalinias, Playa Danta, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

 Keep in mind that At Pacific Home Furnishing, Costa Rica, you will find all the answers to your needs. We have been over 8 years in business. Come to the people that know how to do things professionally. 

Eco friendly furniture in Costa Rica

With all the new trends in the world regarding environment preservation we normally could    question if we are contributing to global warming by purchasing determined items for our   personal use or household. Furniture is one of  the most important ones as they are a long-term  acquisition as well as the materials used in their production. Costa  Rica has for about 25 years been growing extensive plantations of very well adapted species of Wood that nowadays  are used in most of the locally made furniture and those are excellent news for a country that decided to preserve  30% of its land with legislation to create national parks and biological reserves. At the beginning of this preservation  initiative and because reforested wood plantations were not yet mature enough, illegal lumbering took place in many  areas of the country.  

Today, Costa Rica boasts one of the largest plantations of Melina, a strong, light-colored, even-grained wood that is naturally insect resistant, easy to work, and which accepts stains and finishes well. It is a fast growing tree which can be harvested at different stages of its 14 year mature growth cycle, for varied markets.Also, Teak plantations are among the most important for furniture purposes for the beauty and resistence to weather extremes, mostly found in tropical countries. But maybe one of the most important issues when thinking of environmentally friendly or Eco friendly furniture in Costa Rica is the fact that an important portion is produced by small manufacturers scattered all over the Central Valley. 

These people have learned their skills from generation to generation and involve complete families that contribute to the family income by working in the shop.This, is also called "fair-trade", when the buyer looks into the way the item to be purchased was produced. And this gives an article an incredible added value, not just in raw materials but in the way a society that seeks to benefit most of their population through service accessibility such as global healthcare and education.

Among the most important features of furniture produced with reforested Woods is that it mostly kiln dried, which will prevent from cracking if taken to dry areas like the beach areas, where most people are furnishing their home units. Another advantage is the great possibilities this type of wood will allow the manufacturer when wanting to reproduce styles of furniture that clients want to custom make. So next time you think about buying furniture in Costa Rica remember to inquire about manufacturing practices as well as the name of the Woods. If you hear the names Melina or Teak, definitely you are getting a piece of furniture produced with reforested Woods, meaning you are contributing to preserve the planet through cultivated wood plantations.Visit http://www.pacifichomefurnishing.com/ to find the largest catalog of furniture in Costa Rica.

Buying a nice piece of art in Costa Rica

Costa Rica has many famous artists and their art ranges from watercolor to oil painting. But the one that makes me very happy all the time has to do with the Costa Rica countryside because the colors of the houses, the sky, the leaves on the trees, the sunsets, all these elements bring so much life to a painting.
Names like Francisco Amighetti, Jose Sánchez, Rafa Fernández are well known in the Costa Rican art galleries because with all the international expositions they have been into.

This artist I have chosen  to show you is José Sanchez. His favorite theme is the Costa Rican countryside. He made this painting called "Clean clothes" and comes from the inspiration of the words his mother always said that they should always wear clean clothes. On this watercolor he pictured himself playing with his brother.

I also found a video with all his paintings . It shows a most complete set of paintings and describes somehow the timeline of his career.
In Costa Rican art you will always find bright colors and happy people as well as nature. These paintings show a lot of the Costa Rican lifestyle like this man riding the oxcart. Oxcarts are still a means of transportation in a few villages, especially to transport materials like sand from the rivers.

On this painting one can see the mud oven that is very used in the Guanacaste area where they bake "rosquillas" made with corn meal. Also, another detail is the bougainvillea growing on top of the wall with its intense colors of purple.

Affordable Costa Rican furniture

Did you say affordable furniture in Costa Rica? I hear you, tell me more. Well, it´s easy. Most of the furniture condo owners on the beach like  tropical furniture, this means that a lot of rattan and fiber furniture which is usually imported from South East Asia.

Costa Rica furniture is known by woodcraft. A lot of people who know the traditional Costa Rican furniture immediately associates this concept to redwood and sometimes bulky designed pieces. But that has changed and given way to different  designs that mix wood with fabrics or other materials like leather and also a variety of wood tones. In other words, the traditional Costa Rican look doesn´t have to be the only option when thinking about Costa Rica furniture.

The good news is that all this wood furniture is made with reforested woods, locally grown and locally manufactured with warranty and in the given case that you wanted to add pieces to your set, you could find exactly the same with the suppliers.

But that is not all, the price is actually the good news because this furniture does not pay the import taxes that most furniture does, which ranges anywhere from 30% to 50% .  Linked to this is the fact that you can create a nice furniture package for a two bedroom condo under  $9,000 and you know that  you can count on durable furniture that will hold up to renters and visitors because it is made with high quality wood, produced under environmental standards that make this furniture the most eco-friendly option in the Central American region.

If you want to have more information about  Costa Rican furniture visit  http://www.pacifichomefurnishing.com/