Retailer Casa Decor sells customizable furniture with Hill Country charm

“We have a carpentry shop that does the carving; we have a carpentry shop that just builds from mesquite,” Van Gelderen said. “Then we have several that kind of like use old building materials, so old doors and stuff like that. Everything gets brought into El Paso and then we just either pick it up ourselves with our trailers or we have 18-wheelers bringing it to us here in New Braunfels.”Van Gelderen describes the furniture items sold at the store as “handmade furniture with rustic touch.” Rustic being classic or normal pieces of furniture with rough touches to them, giving each item its own personal and unique charm. The store also provides a variety of furniture from Mexico.

“We have more refined furniture that kind of originates from, you know, the Spanish colonial and Mexican and even Texas styles of furniture that evolved over the last two centuries,” Van Gelderen said. “So it’s a mix; that’s why we call it either Texas Hill Country furniture or rustic furniture.”

Casa Decor

Locations: 1) 651 S. I-35 Business Loop, Ste. 840, New Braunfels • 830-837-5777 • 2) 1671 N. I-35, Ste. 102, New Braunfels • 830-837-5648 • www.casadecornewbraunfels.com

Hours: daily 10 a.m.-6 p.m.