By Anke Schulz (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #7) on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 12:07 pm: |
Hi all,
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #850) on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 5:48 pm: |
hi anke, used furniture is not easy to come by on bonaire...at least in my experience. there isn't much of a selection of new furniture on the island so people seem to hold onto what they have till it falls apart. many properties are sold furnished, ...the sellers are generally leaving the island and don't want the hassle of taking things with them. we have searched porch sales and the ads in the papers and haven't found a lot. good luck
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By Anke Schulz (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #9) on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 11:00 pm: |
Thanks, Pat! I actually suspected that it might be hard to find used furniture on Bonaire, but I was hoping I was wrong. It does make sense that, if people go to the trouble of importing furniture, they will hang onto it. OK, well, it looks like I'll have to go Ikea-shopping in Miami, and hire a container to have everything shipped. If there's no way around it, I'll just have to bite the bullet, just like everybody else. Thanks for you input!
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By jenny (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #132) on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 8:37 am: |
Anke,
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By Ann Phelan - www.bonairecaribbean.com (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2232) on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 9:36 am: |
People are always leaving Bonaire but you have to grab what's for sale QUICK...
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By Ruth van Tilburg (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #559) on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 6:23 pm: |
The bulletin board wall at Cultimara, sometimes the 4-Sale paper that comes out monthly has furniture for sale. Nothing that'd help you from CA. If it were me, I wouldn't gamble and count on being able to buy the basics here--I'd buy & ship the minimum from the US (like bed & bed frame-you wouldn't want a used mattress anyway, right?) & comfy chair or two; then worry about the rest when you get here.
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By Luuk Bastiaans (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #10) on Friday, May 12, 2006 - 6:48 pm: |
There is a shop at Bonaire whiche is called Plantation, it's near Kaya Industria in the old Global Painting Building. You can buy there second-hand furniture as well colonial furniture.
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By Anke Schulz (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #10) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 11:26 am: |
Thanks, everyone, you have given me a lot of options! I will check out all of these resources.
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By pat murphy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #856) on Monday, May 15, 2006 - 8:46 pm: |
i wasn't aware that plantation had used furniture....what i was was high quality (and fairly expensive) new furniture. it was nice stuff but generally too big to fit in our place.
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By Luuk Bastiaans (BonaireTalker - Post #11) on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 4:55 am: |
An acquaintance from me did buy there a few times second hand furniture, which was exchanged for new furniture. So they do have new furniture as well, that's correct. Mostly big.
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By Debbie Babcock (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3436) on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 - 9:05 am: |
Pat, I agree. Really a bit pricey and huge stuff when I stopped by. Loved the solid wood tables and the teak was very nice, but again way to big for my place too. I did see some used furniture there as well. It was in the second room I believe. They did also have some nice tiled wall hanging items with a nautical theme that were nice as well. They were very nice folks and say they get all kinds of new stuff in all the time, so will keep checking in from time to time. Mostly outdoor stuff, living room and dining room furniture when I was there.
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