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sell you a piece; he wants you to really
love it and to understand how each one
is created.
Keep an open mind when shopping
around. And make sure your purchase
fits in your elevator! The Arthur Zaaro
team had warned us that ours wouldn’t
“I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table,” said
Macbeth. Of course, a nice bottle of wine always helps
at a dinner party, but a stylish and comfortable table is
also important. Here’s a group of
Expat Living
readers
who are very happy with their dining table purchases. We
hope you enjoy their recommendations.
Gah Wing Tsui,
Singaporean
We wanted to replace our old six-
seat dining table with a larger one. My
husband had seen suar (rain tree) wood
tables on his travels; giant slabs of wood
cut lengthwise from a single trunk –
nothing pieced together, no laminate, very
organic and beautiful. When we saw this
table, we fell in love. It’s striking and it fits
10 people comfortably. I also love that the
underside hasn’t been entirely smoothed
out. This particular piece of wood was cut
from near the outer edge of the tree, and
portions of the rough, uneven texture of
the tree trunk are preserved.
We have several pieces from Arthur
Zaaro, and we keep going back.
Aaron Foeste and Allison Rogiani
make beautiful furniture, and they’ll
customise each piece if you want. They
are statement pieces but don’t look out
of place in the home. Aaron will talk to
you at length about how he crafts each
piece; he knows where his materials are
sourced from and how to care for them,
and you get the sense just from chatting
with him that he is passionate about his
craftsmanship. He doesn’t want just to
fit, but they were kind enough to offer to
bring it up to our apartment.
Arthur Zaaro
5 Eunos Avenue 8A, 2/F Henry Design
Centre
arthurzaaro.com