Reply by cathyb

Charlie the gallery sells my chairs for over $7,000 and they move! Everything is relative. I enjoy watching “House Hunters” on HGTV. On that show people hesitate before placing an offer on a place that costs $230,000. In Hawaii you can’t buy a livable house for that amount! Take in consideration also that koa cost between $30 and $70 a board /foot. Today the raw materials in the chair will easily cost $1200 to $1800 dollars, which is almost shocking, if I weren’t living that reality every day….

-- cathyb, Hawaii, www.cathyswoodworking.com