Quisco™ Cactus Inlaid Furniture

  Quisco Cactus inlaid furniture comes from the 22,000 foot Andes peaks. It is hand assembled by artisans using Insigna pines from the wet regions of southern Chile. Each piece of furniture is painstakingly inlaid with select pieces of Quisco cactus wood from the dry Andean hillsides of northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
  Aged metal hardward is applied last. The simple grains and colors of the Chilean pine contrast with the complex colors and patterns of holes, pock marks, and cracks in the cactus wood. This results in a unique style that is perfect for western, southwestern and lodge decor themes.
  The cactus wood used in Quisco cactus inlaid furniture is pruned from a species of cactus (Echinopsis Chilensis) that is plentiful and dominates the north face of the Andean hillsides of Chile's arid regions for a length of over 1000 miles. They cactus forests include specimens ranging in a size from a short, single-trunked young plants to mature trees with hundreds of branches reaching over 25 feet in height. These cactus can live for over a hundred years. In the mature stages of the plant's life cycle, many of the branches will be dying or be in various states of decay. These branches are carefully pruned, making way for new growth. The cactus wood is used to produce Quisco furniture. The cactus are not harmed in anyway. The dying process of cactus wood takes many years and the exposure to the intense sun, wind, sand and animals over this period of decay, gives the cactus wood it's character of holes, cracks and diverse tones.
  The care of Quisco furniture is the same as any solid wood furniture. All solid wood furniture should be protected against humidity changes by applying furniture polish or oils. Keep furniture out of direct sunlight and use only non-abrasive, non-detergent furniture cleaner applied to a rag.
  This unique furniture is available at Kirstin's Southwest Decor in Yuma. For more information about Kirstin's, please click here.