New furniture art for the home

If something brand new looks very familiar... it's a classic!

TAKING POSSESSION OF YOUR SPACE

If you are reading this probably you are moving to a new space or remodeling.

Which is both an exciting and perturbing situation.

On the one hand making new rooms particularly your own, is challenging, intense and rewarding.
But inevitably time consuming.

On the other hand if you choose to give your interior designer a free hand you’ll worry about
living in somebody’s else idea of what’s best for you.

But most top designers do know what’s best, specially if yours is a spacious interior.

Many of our clients have found what they consider a harmonious middle path to the dilemma.

In this approach the designer gets a fixed budget and a free hand for the larger, more public areas
while the clients direct their input to the more intimate areas of your new space.

Why? Because its in these more personal spaces, where family gathers and shares life,
your style and taste will be most appreciated and influential.

Some customers, like the Von Soosten's of Georgia and Florida, personalized their dining area by having the Family Crest carved into the center door of their buffet console we custom crafted for their Atlanta home.

In practice evidencing your style requires using the favorite pieces you already have and/or
finding additional sources for choice pieces.

In the furniture business “choice pieces” means one of two things:
antiques, exquisite furnishings at least 100 years old or art furniture,
contemporary pieces of bold design and artisan craftsmanship.

Choice art furnishings and antiques are jewels with the ability to capture the eye,
provide a new center of attention and enhance the scene.
A wizardry which allows you to confidently make your favorite, personal rooms memorable.

Destined for museum collections.

AN INVESTMENT

Because today’s top antiques are the best of yesteryear art furnishings,
today’s best furniture art have a shot at becoming choice antiques in the future.

A Wall Street Journal report on the furniture market titled “Sitting on $15,000" published 21 January 2005 describes how the works of known contemporary art furniture markers have become valuable collector items.

Interestingly the data in the well researched article demonstrates the average price of all the pieces in the study increased by more one hundred (100%) over the previous decade.

XXI century criteria for beauty: organic, warm, vital.

QUALITY

For a contemporary art furniture piece to have a chance at becoming a choice antique the first requirement is its longevity. Which, in turn, depends on the methods, techniques and materials utilized for producing the pieces.

At Furniture-Art-Furniture we are focused in having our work recognized in the world's best category.

Making the highest quality furniture is labor intensive. Most of our pieces embody dozens of man hours. Some less, some more. Each of the pieces is priced to reflect the cost of the time, materials and overhead invested in their creation.

In all our wood based pieces we only use:

the bench work system, one craftsman is responsible for the piece, from start to finish

fine Guatemalan fiddle, cedar, iron and mahogany woods from Government Certified (INAB) renewable sources which are kiln dried to six (6) degrees of humidity, the International Export Standard

mortise-and-tenon joints to secure the structural unions in a piece

dowels to attach table tops to their supporting frame

hidden dowels to anchor 45 degree miter joints from all angles

water based stains which are naturally absorbed and never discolor

hand held carving tools and

hand rubbing for all our multi-layered finishes (sanding, tinting, multiple sealings and sandings and coating).

The second requirement is beauty.

Natural beauty, enlarged and made useful.

AESTHETHIC VISION

The drive to create beauty is an inborn aspiration of many.

Yet the calling flowers but in a few and usually only after years of practice in the chosen media.

But when it does bloom, the practitioner can look back and understand the “rules” which sustained his or her aesthetic vision.

In our genre, furniture-art-furnishings, the rules are balancing the proportions, originality, function and presence of a design in such a way the finished work in undoubtedly beautiful.

This site features our favorite pieces.

Diana and a carver work on a prototype leg.

MAKING OF THE PIECES

Every piece we sell begins its life as a prototype, a process which requires significant revisions in each step of its execution. To do that effectively the furniture maker must develop the ability to “see” the finished piece and the path for skillfully getting there.

Diana Font, our Aesthetic Vision Partner, follows the rules she learned over the years to
reach “Artist Proof / Original ”
prototype thru a hands-on, “sculpturing” approach at her forge and wood artisan shop in Guatemala.

Every person involved in the creation of our art furniture (the maker, the carpenters, the forgers, the carvers, the upholsterers, the finishers, the apprentices) consider themselves artists. So your response to the emotion provoked by their work is a most welcome, important reward.

The Matador is the principal actor in a bullfight. He puts his life on the line every time he is called to slay the wounded, furious beast. He is considered the quintessence of the very brave man. Our ottoman,. shown from two sides, captures both the lean, tight physique and spirit of the legendary slayer and the "suit of lights" he wears to carry out his very dangerous missions.

New furniture art and functional art furniture of artisan quality for the home.

LIVE- IN EXPERIENCE

Wherefrom the magic of art furniture?
Their ability to evoke your emotions.
From their conceptual roots, we believe.

Unlike most modern designs which,
as renowned furniture maker Sam Maloff said,
"too often are mechanical, cold and spiritless"
our pieces, like every human being, are warm, organic and vital.

If you like what your eyes vicariously say about our
pieces you will really appreciate them in person.

You can experience living with our pieces risk-free.

Hit the button below and send us your zip code. This will allow us to both determine the delivery cost to your door and register you as a potential FAF Collector which will allow your purchasing, when available, Original, or Artist Proof pieces, at Numbered reproduction prices.

Click Here To Send Us Your Zip Code

Will our jewels fit into and enhance your space?

To knowledgeably answer that question you must personally experience their impact. Which means giving our pieces a "test drive" in your rooms. Its the only way you can really be sure how well the piece works.

In our experience, Collectors find themselves surprised by the beauty and craftsmanship of the pieces.

Our policy allows you have our pieces live-in with you, risk free, for three weeks.

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SELECTING THE "TEST DRIVE" CANDIDATES:

Bookmark this site as a favorite. It�s best to bookmark it now.

Examine the CATALOG and bookmark the pieces you like on first view.

Review and prune your selection down to one or two favorites.

Click in the Request Quote Form below and mark the piece you want to personally experience. We will use the your ZIP code to determine the shipping and handling costs of the piece(s) of interest and promptly tell you the cost and estimated delivery date of each piece to your front door.

Our risk-free three week trial period makes it easy to experience the feel of the pieces in your rooms. We have been in the business of crafting and selling artisan quality art furniture for 12 years and are still waiting for the first return.

Request A Quote Form

PAYMENTS

Furniture-Art-Furniture accepts personal checks,
bank checks and money orders payable in its favor.

Please send your payments to:

Furniture-Art-Furniture
204 Luna Street
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901
Tel. 787-722-4181 Fax 787-724-6308
email: Furniture-ART-Furniture

Every time you dine using the Acanthus table as a host she will make you feel you are celebrating a gift to yourself.

PRODUCT STATUS, DELIVERIES & RETURNS

Originals

Many collectors and serious art furniture buyers believe the Original piece, the artist�s proof, is more valuable than the Numbered reproductions.
Registered FAF Collectors can purchase available Originals at Numbered reproduction prices.

In Stock & Work in Process

Next to the name of each item there is
a �In Stock� or �Work in Process� notation.

In Stock Notation means that the Original artist proof
or numbered reproduction of the piece as displayed
on the site is at hand and can be shipped to you
the same week your payment in the amount
stated in the email quote is received deposited and clears.

You will be advised by email the date of the shipment
prior to its delivery to the courier.

Until the end of the three (3) week trial period,
twenty one (21) calendar days following the date of delivery,
you can return the piece for a full refund, no questions asked.
Said refund will be made as soon as the returned piece is received
in undamaged condition. When returning the piece please protect it
with bubble wrap and preferably use the same box utilized for its delivery,the shipping cost of the return is your responsibility.

Work in Process Notation means a numbered reproduction
of the piece as displayed on the site is in production,
but not yet finished. These pieces normally ship no
later than 90 working days after your order and down
payment equal to fifty (50%) percent of quoted
amount is received.

If the production situation requires back ordering your pieces
--a longer than the standard 90 working days waiting period--
we will provide you a estimated completion time in our quote.
Production slots are assigned in a first come first served basis.

Every 30 days you will receive an email Progress Report
with photos of the construction process of your piece.

You will be advised when your piece is finished and ready for delivery.

Finished piece(s) ship the same week your balance payment,
the other fifty (50%) percent of the purchase amount is deposited.
You will be advised by email about the shipment prior to its delivery to the courier.

Until the end of the three (3) week trial period,
twenty one (21) calendar days following the date of delivery,
you can return the piece for a full refund, no questions asked.
The refund will be made as soon as the returned piece
is received in undamaged condition. When returning the piece please protect it with bubble wrap and preferably use the same box used for its delivery. The shipping cost of the return is your responsibility.

BRICK AND MORTAR

Since the early 1990's we have made art furniture and functional art furnishings of artisan craftsman quality in Antigua, Guatemala.

During the days of Spain�s empire the Crown ruled their New World domains thru three viceroyalties located in: Mexico City, Lima, Peru and Antigua, Guatemala. Royal Colonial lifestyle fed all the arts. Among them fine carpentry and metal forging which survived through generations of family artisans. To keep these artisan skills from disappearing the shop trains apprentices in wood and metal working. The shop, which has several of the very best artisans in this World Heritage City, has given full time employment to several graduates of its two year apprentice program.

Visitors to Guatemala usually tour Antigua, one of the most popular attractions in this beautiful country. If you are visiting Guatemala we would love for you to visit the artisan studio. So please call (Tel. 7-831-0595, Spanish only) and ask for directions on getting there. When you visit you will be shown step by step, how they make our pieces.

Collectors of Furniture-Art-Furniture pieces directly support the shop's apprentice program.

Diana and one of the master carpenters working on the Mahogany structure of the Rattle Snake easy chair.

We have had our gallery in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico since the early 1990's.

Historic San Juan, the oldest town in the world under the US flag, is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the Caribbean.

Every year the ancient town is visited by more than a million tourists from around the world. Our shop is located in the ground floor of La Cochera at 204 Luna and 205 San Francisco Streets, the only public parking building the center of Old San Juan.

At this writing our British easy
chair and Shrads Mirror welcomed visitors
to our Old San Juan gallery.

If you are visiting Puerto Rico
we would very much like to meet you
and personally show you our work.
Please call before coming
(Tel. 787-722-4181 English & Spanish)
so we can make your visit special.

THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR TIME WITH US

Our pieces will provide you with years of enjoyment and service
while contributing to making your surroundings your favorite places.

We look forward to working with you toward that goal.
Now and in the future.

Thanks for visiting,

Augusto & Diana Font
Founders
Furniture-Art-Furniture

Augusto & Diana have been partners for over thirty years.
In Furniture-Art-Furniture he is responsible for the business,
she provides the aesthetic vision.
In San Juan their telephone is 1-787-722-4181 and
502-7-831-0595 in Antigua, Guatemala.