Online furniture shopping in Bogotá

adrimm says on Aug 28, 2008, 19:07:

This might be a good place to start: http://www.mueblesdecolombia.com/ I know that there are some great websites out there but I can't remember for the life of me the names of any of the shops.

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dwmte7 says on Aug 28, 2008, 19:50:

i don't know where you are in colombia, but in antioquia, colombia's furniture capitol.shopping for your furniture is fun. there's so much, all over the place, that it seems futile to do the shopping on line. i'm certainly not you, but it seems that getting out and about, learning and seeing more of colombia is better than shopping for a chair, table, sofa,etc on line. but which ever way you do it...enjoy it.

all the best friend. welcome to colombia. douglas

dwmte

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johnny2008 says on Aug 29, 2008, 03:29:

Thanks for the advice, I had looked at mueblesdecolombia and this is one of the websites which seems to be a series of online catalogues.

dwmte7, thanks for the tip. the problem is that I am moving from furnished to unfurnished accomodation (in bogotá). whilst I would love to hit the streets and go in search of my furniture (and probably will do) I am currently in London and am trying to organise a bed to arrive before I do.

Cheers

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dwmte7 says on Aug 29, 2008, 03:47:

thanks john....that's a good idea. beats the shit outta the floor.

i didn't do a lot of shopping in bogota, as it's so spread out and i wasn't familiar with it. all my work (i manufactured furniture in antioquia for several years and i collected antiques for restoration and export to our store in los angeles.) was out in antioquia, and life, work, everything is so much easier there than in the capitol. good luck with the search.
douglas

dwmte

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johnny2008 says on Aug 29, 2008, 04:34:

Thanks Douglas, any chance you have a contact in Antioquia that regularly ships down to Bogotá? The place is being held for me and I don't see it would be a problem to let me drop a bed off.

Mark

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webmanco says on Aug 29, 2008, 04:59:

If in Bogotá ask to be taken to 12 de Octubre neighborhood, or around Primera de Mayo and Carrera 30, among other furniture places. Here is an online store.

http://www.mueblesyaccesorios.com.co/1I.html

and yet another one


http://www.tugo.net/acerca_de.php

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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dwmte7 says on Aug 29, 2008, 05:08:

hi mark...actually, no. if we weren't currently 'stuck in lodi' here in florida, i'd deal with it for you. unfortunately, when i was 'furniture' active, i didn't do any intra-country product movement so it's unfamiliar turf. if your spanish is 'smashing', you might call a friend of mine in poblado (medellin) and ask him. his name is carlos 'kike' mejia and is a big player in the high line furniture business in medellin. whether or not that's where you are, he's a friend of many years and should help you out with information. i hope. his tel number is: medellin, cell:312-296-4130; store: 311-3145; or 311-3177. good luck with that.

we might be back home for the christmas holidays, in envigado, but that's only a 'maybe' right now. if so, you can contact me. my e: dwmte7 at yahoo.com.

all the best, douglas

dwmte

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johnny2008 says on Aug 29, 2008, 07:50:

wow thanks for the links webmanco, this is exactly the sort of thing i was looking for. And thanks douglas for the contact, I will mull over that and see how brave I feel.

Some of the prices though! is there anything in Colombia that is not twice as expensive as the UK? A Million pesos for a mattress

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dwmte7 says on Aug 29, 2008, 08:16:

listen mark...i bought my first king size mattress back about 1990 in medellin. then the peso was about 450 to the dollar. i think it cost about 5-600 bucks then. you figure. if you're not into the solid rock paisa mattress, bend over.

dwmte

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