Side tables as containers. They sometimes look a bit juvenile but not these Bobble Stools/Tables from Accents de Ville.
The flush, inset lids on this wood furniture make these side tables look chunky and solid. So, you can save space with these multipurpose stools / tables / storage units and look good doing it. -regina
Oooo, lovely! I want! From the website, it looks like they might sell to trade only. Can anyone more familar with this sort of thing confirm that?
Why oh WHY do you guys always link to pretty pictures of things that there is no clear way of actually purchasing? Oh, that's right, so you get higher click through numbers and more ad revenue.
if there's a way for we commoners to git our hands on these lovelies please let us know (or do we wait for the trickle down knock offs).
Hi there;
These products are only available to the retail trade, I love their stuff and often find the products at smaller retail stores here in Canada. There is however one thing that has always worried me and looking at their website has almost confirmed my worry. They say their products are sourced from India and the Far East and given that their prices are so low I think that they may be using sweatshop/cheap labour. I think if you're attempting to sound like you've sourced handmade products from artisans you ought to at least pay them a fair wage. Otherwise I feel that they are misleading the customers into thinking they are a fair-trade business. Anyways, perhaps that's just my leftist point of view.
Argh! Why not post where we could actually buy these or see a price?
In response to Squidface, the issue of global wages for developing economies is far less black and white. The reality is that in developing economies people do not make high wages. What is a fair wage? I recall working for a Canadian outdoor retailer that manufactured packs here in Vancouver and paid our sewers a fair rate plus benefits. Our daypacks cost $60. An un=named large 'socially conscious' co-operative began selling the same packs for $26 after having them made in China for a fraction of the cost. We had to shut down our operations. The reality is that the consumer (even sensitive Vancouverites) weren't willing to pay for products made with a 'fair wage' salary.
Later, I lived in Thailand and have travelled throughout Asia professionally (in the field of education - not sourcing) and met several women who were happy to 'get out of hard labour/agriculture' and work in factories for twice what they were earning picking rice. Factories closed because of 'sweat shop' politics back in North America - both had to return to agriculture, one is now considering prostitution as she was able to afford medication for her sick mother when working in the garment factory. This was a huge life benefit to her and she said to me 'why don't they want us to have a better life, too?' . I too am left leaning (I also vote left) but I don't think that global economics and trade are quite so simplifiable.