Ria and I spent a good bit of Saturday running errands to get the apartment into better shape. An early morning visit from our landlady saw our dining table and chairs carted away by the building administration.
We had initially asked for them to be taken away, and though we said that we had changed our minds, it was too late as the furniture had been promised to one of the building officers. On the bright side, this was the perfect excuse to head to Evangelista Street and find some very cool 2nd hand replacements.
I wish I knew the names of the chair designs so I could identify the kinds of chairs we saw. We found some pretty good looking mod pieces, designs right out of the 60s & 70s, but a lot of the prices we found too expensive. We were especially taken aback that one lady was selling a set of four wood chairs for Php 2.5k each when 1k we thought as the more fair price. (Ria reported to me that she had later found the same type of brand new chairs at SM Makati for 1.8k. per chair).
We ended up buying a set of 4 entirely different looking chairs for 4k. They need some clean up, and perhaps even slip-covers. But like the other set we had found interesting, we thought we had found something well-designed. The elegant line created by the back of chair and the back legs made me think that these chairs would not look out of place in any fine-dining restaurant.
As soon as those chairs get some clean-up, I'll post up some photos.
