Re: I know what y'all think about RH, but...
Chasing a one-off custom in the hopes of getting one for less is tilting at windmills. Should you find someone to agree to scratch build you a one-unit custom for less than buying from Restoration Hardware I can pretty well assure you it will be a disaster - it's impossible to build a one-off inexpensively, because you have to engineer the whole thing and amortize that work into just one unit. Anyone that tells you otherwise is setting you up for a fall.
Now, if you said "I Love this Capri and want a higher quality build than what RH can offer and am willing to spend up to $ 10K to get it", now you can get a better piece and do a custom. As Jake8 suggests, just buy the RH model from them and save yourself a lot of headache and dead-end research. Good luck.
Duane Collie
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