I can’t seem to remember if I already mentioned this, but a couple of weeks ago, we ordered a set of sofas for our Eilinita home. Not that we don’t like our old sofa from London any longer, but the main issue is that it would have looked like a kid’s toy in the middle of our new living room, simply due to habitat size differences between London and California…

The whole ordering process was an experience in itself. We first had to drive to the the middle of nowhere (if there is a nowhere in LA), far beyond any place we visited so far. We then met with the sofa company owner, Mr “one eye” Pablo Carpio. Great character telling us that he can create almost anything… We then gave him the pictures of the Selfridges catalog (or was it Peter Jones) and after a short pause, he announced us a price that we simply couldn’t believe (beating Ikea pricing to death).

The next step was for Sarah to try to give Pablo the size of the sofa, while I was trying to catch Thia running between a fish tank and several sofas.

We European tend to use centimeters (vs. inches) and the poor guy had a brief moment of panic when we gave him the size… Once we realised that we had to divide everything by 2.54 to make it match his standard unit system, things changed rapidly and agreement was reached!!! Down-payment was made and delivery date discussed.

So there they are, less than 2 weeks later, with our tailored made, hand made, home delivered by Mr Pablo himself fantastic sofas.

The man took great pride in his work but we must admit that he really can. The work is impeccable, the quality of the finish is stunning and the comfort of the sofas beats anything I put my delicate bum on… All we need now is the rest of the furniture and our new TV to be moved into our new palace (HD cable TV was installed at the same time that sofas were delivered).

Thanks to Mr Pablo for the quality of the service and thanks to Yvonne for the tip…