I first met Ernie (and his wife Cynthia, whom I wrote about yesterday) on the first day of setup, and was immediately in love with his hand crafted leather-and-embroidery furniture. That’s too simplistic. Let’s just say, I utterly regretted my Rooms to Go leather couch and loveseat purchase and am still trying to wrap my mind around a way to return them so I can have a set of Ernie’s craftsmanship.
The most amazingly butter soft leather, in grape purple. Totally cool, totally wow.
I never knew furniture could be so creative. This is the first piece that captured me:
and its detail, in copper and turquoise, and yes, real python:
Check out his other creations at nwnative.com, here's another and Ernie himself, who I have to give a shout out to for his advice to me on shipping!
I also love the painting of him and Cynthia behind him, done by a friend of his.