# I design furniture!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [July 5, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417 "2014-07-05T18:13:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417/1 "2014-07-05T18:13:40Z")

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Well, I posted a thread on Cafe Society and a few dopers showed interest in buying my furniture.

I am a product Designer and I love to build stuff. And I really love to transform a pile of wood into something useful… Therefore, I really like to make furniture.

Here are some of the pieces I made: [Furniture! - Album on Imgur](http://imgur.com/a/hGtp9)

I live in Brazil, but I can ship to the United States (and other countries as well!). I calculated shipping recently - it is not cheap, but also not out-of-this-world. I take custom requests!

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**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417/2 "2014-07-06T16:14:28Z")

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You do such beautiful work! My favorites are the tall shelf and the side table with the yellow shelf. I think working with wood is like meditation in that there seems to be a kind of inner calmness or peace in the steps that turn raw wood into a thing of beauty.

Wish I could buy something from you but the cash flow is too tight. I do wish you lots of success in your venture though.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417/3 "2014-08-14T16:42:54Z")

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The chair with the acrylic seat looks super cool. Not sure it’s practical, but a great design visually.

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**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417/4 "2014-08-14T21:13:06Z")

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I love the bench. You should get on Etsy. All it takes is one blogger!

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**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417/5 "2014-08-24T14:55:48Z")

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Any idea of pricing?

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**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-design-furniture/692417/6 "2014-08-25T17:34:36Z")

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My pricing goes like that: Materials + manufacturing costs + design. Usually the final cost is twice the cost of the materials. Then we have to add shipping, of course…

I like the etsy idea! Will join. 🙂