Katerina was not too happy that our hole side porch is now filled with our merchandise. She gave me a deadline that by christmas, I have to sell at least 5 tables. (like there is something I can do about it :) well just sold the 5th one! and it's not Christmas yet. So hopefully, we will have a back yard view (the tables are now blocking our side patio door door view) on the christmas day if a few more tables sell :)

I am reading this book called "Delivering Happiness" and what turned the Zappos.com company around was realizing this basic retail rule: you need the right product at the right price in the right amount. Of course betting the whole furniture business business on one product seems little risky, but I really believe in these tables. We still love it even after more than a year of using it. Would not trade for anything, and getting more feedback from our customers, we are more and more assured that they love this table too.

Crate and Barrel was selling curved glass coffee tables, which were actually plastic last year, but due to many maintenance issues, this item was discontinued. I suppose they don't want to go into selling glass tables due to possible legal problems in case somebody gets hurt, so they were trying get around this by selling plastic.

Anyway, this is a good new for us, because we are happy to satisfy this demand.

UPDATE: apparently Crate and Barrel is selling the clear plastic coffee table again under its CB2 brand and it's called the peekaboo clear coffee table. After talking to one of the sales people I was told that this table had many maintenance issues, so I am looking forward those customers ordering glass as their second choice.

Just made an order of shipment of curved glass coffee tables. This time, I wen with the original FontanaArte coffee table dimensions increasing to height to 280MM (15 inches). While nobody really had any concerns about the height of the first order, the extra 2 inches will make the table look more mature and bigger.