Sounds exciting, right? Well, after talking with our friend, and contractor, Luis, he told us about a town, San Pedro Tultepec by name, just an hour from here, that is the furniture “capital” of Mexico. We looked it up on Google, and found out that the whole city is involved in the making and selling of furniture. If you have something in mind, but cannot find it, if you can explain yourself, or, better yet, have a photo, someone will probably be able to build it for you. Ivan found a picture on line (see below) of a beautiful folding table, which is exactly what we want. It has to be 6-8 ft. long, about 12”- 13” wide when folded, and about 36-40” wide when open. It looks to have cast iron legs, though I am not sure. That would be fine with us. Cast iron is very prevalent here. Fortunately, we both have the same taste in furniture, houses, cars, well, most everything. Except food. He likes pastries, Mexican pastries, in particular, and I prefer meat, of any kind, and in vast quantities.
So, sometime, this week or next, we are going to take a day trip, to San Pedro Tultepec and look for furniture. We will probably ask our friend Enrique if he wants to go with us. He is retired, as well, and is often happy to spend the day with us. It has been so many years since we bought furniture and appliances that it is a bit overwhelming. And when we find something we like, I take a picture of it with my phone, then compare it to the other major stores in the area. That, too, is a bit daunting because the stores are so far apart from each other. The fridge we saw at Costco is 2,000 pesos more than the exact same fridge at Sam’s. That translates to almost $100. We discovered that the refrigerators here have compartments on the doors that you can fill with water that dispenses from the outside of the door. Do not know if that is the same as in the States, though, because we did not need to shop for appliances in the past 20 years. Neat feature, though. You do not need to have the water connected to the fridge. Progress in the art of buying furniture.