Do people actually go to North Carolina for furniture?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did a trip to High Point and it's true there is a huge selection. But 95% of it was very traditional/90s and not our style at all.

We did ultimately find something we liked but it was a retailer that has a local shop as well.

So not worth the trip for us at all. Maybe if you like more traditional/90s ish furniture it's worth it.

Well, if gray wash is your thing. . .

No, I was looking for US-made, solid wood pieces with clean lines. Considering mission.

Saw endless showrooms full of this crap:





And when I'd describe what we wanted, the sales people would pull out a catalog. OK....so glad we made the drive so we could just look at a catalog....

If you want a huge selection of affordable options, go to Belfort.

If you want high-quality furniture, our local stores have better options. Random Harvest, Creative Classics, Sheffield, Hardwood Artisans.

No need to drive to NC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did a trip to High Point and it's true there is a huge selection. But 95% of it was very traditional/90s and not our style at all.

We did ultimately find something we liked but it was a retailer that has a local shop as well.

So not worth the trip for us at all. Maybe if you like more traditional/90s ish furniture it's worth it.

Well, if gray wash is your thing. . .

No, I was looking for US-made, solid wood pieces with clean lines. Considering mission.

Saw endless showrooms full of this crap:





And when I'd describe what we wanted, the sales people would pull out a catalog. OK....so glad we made the drive so we could just look at a catalog....

If you want a huge selection of affordable options, go to Belfort.

If you want high-quality furniture, our local stores have better options. Random Harvest, Creative Classics, Sheffield, Hardwood Artisans.

No need to drive to NC.

Yes, this is exactly what people were buying in the 70s. And still have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is one of the weirder points of contention on DCUM, and that's saying something.

Talk about beef stew. That gets people more heated up than anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did a trip to High Point and it's true there is a huge selection. But 95% of it was very traditional/90s and not our style at all.

We did ultimately find something we liked but it was a retailer that has a local shop as well.

So not worth the trip for us at all. Maybe if you like more traditional/90s ish furniture it's worth it.

Well, if gray wash is your thing. . .

No, I was looking for US-made, solid wood pieces with clean lines. Considering mission.

Saw endless showrooms full of this crap:





And when I'd describe what we wanted, the sales people would pull out a catalog. OK....so glad we made the drive so we could just look at a catalog....

If you want a huge selection of affordable options, go to Belfort.

If you want high-quality furniture, our local stores have better options. Random Harvest, Creative Classics, Sheffield, Hardwood Artisans.

No need to drive to NC.

You were going to furniture stores. People go to High Point to go to the actual manufacturers showrooms, design studios. Most of them only sell or are open to the trades. So unless you go with your interior designer or arch you can’t just walk right in.

You did it wrong, that was your problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The rumors of great deals are vastly, vastly overstated. Yes there is a huge selection of high-end, mostly traditional stuff. But not steals, not astounding quality you can't find or order elsewhere in these days of e-commerce. I've been twice and won't go again. OP your original assessment is correct. And I live in Charlotte.

If I went, I’d be going to see showrooms full of the brands I’m interested in. I bought a waterfall bench from Highland House furniture, but I blind bought it as that brand and similar ones (like E.J. Victor) just aren’t featured anywhere near me. At those prices I want to sit on a similar piece first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did a trip to High Point and it's true there is a huge selection. But 95% of it was very traditional/90s and not our style at all.

We did ultimately find something we liked but it was a retailer that has a local shop as well.

So not worth the trip for us at all. Maybe if you like more traditional/90s ish furniture it's worth it.

Well, if gray wash is your thing. . .

No, I was looking for US-made, solid wood pieces with clean lines. Considering mission.

Saw endless showrooms full of this crap:





And when I'd describe what we wanted, the sales people would pull out a catalog. OK....so glad we made the drive so we could just look at a catalog....

If you want a huge selection of affordable options, go to Belfort.

If you want high-quality furniture, our local stores have better options. Random Harvest, Creative Classics, Sheffield, Hardwood Artisans.

No need to drive to NC.

+1

: hand goes up:
I'm good with not going to NC ever again.

[Anonymous]

Local independent store have the same stuff as NC but less of it.

And whomever posted the hideous pictures, you apparently have no clue what you are doing. Personally I think you are just making shit up.

[Anonymous]

You were going to furniture stores. People go to High Point to go to the actual manufacturers showrooms, design studios. Most of them only sell or are open to the trades. So unless you go with your interior designer or arch you can’t just walk right in.

You did it wrong, that was your problem.

I'm pretty sure any decent designer could source high-quality, custom pieces without a trip to High Point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Local independent store have the same stuff as NC but less of it.

And whomever posted the hideous pictures, you apparently have no clue what you are doing. Personally I think you are just making shit up.

95% of what we saw on display in HP was truly heinous "traditional" furniture and a total waste of time for us. We ended up buying Stickley from a local retailer. True story.

Show us some pics of what you bought in High Point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Local independent store have the same stuff as NC but less of it.

And whomever posted the hideous pictures, you apparently have no clue what you are doing. Personally I think you are just making shit up.

95% of what we saw on display in HP was truly heinous "traditional" furniture and a total waste of time for us. We ended up buying Stickley from a local retailer. True story.

Show us some pics of what you bought in High Point.

^ Oh - and the funny thing is that if we had bought in NC we'd have to pay MORE for the same furniture. We would still have had to pay taxes because the retailer had a location in VA and we would have had to pay long-distance shipping. The delivery from the local retail shop was much cheaper.

[Anonymous]

I was through a few pages of this thread, and was going to post that i assumed most everything in High Point was armoires and big, rolled arm lounge chairs. Poster above beat me to it, with some pretty awesome pictures.....

The fact that people defend it by saying that, it only makes sense if you're buying a ton of stuff at once, is another pretty major downside. I envision a lot of NOVA people going down and furnishing their whole 5000 sf mcmansion in a bunch of that stuff - which is a brutal approach. It looks like your house was staged like a hotel circa 1999.

I remember when i moved to DC in 2000, the WaPo always talked about going to NC for furniture, and this seemed nuts to me. The internet exists now, so it really is nuts.

As someone else said, if you're working with the kind of high end designer who you appraently need in order to access these places, i'd hope that high end designer could design your space without making you go to NC. If not, what are you paying them for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

You were going to furniture stores. People go to High Point to go to the actual manufacturers showrooms, design studios. Most of them only sell or are open to the trades. So unless you go with your interior designer or arch you can’t just walk right in.

You did it wrong, that was your problem.

I'm pretty sure any decent designer could source high-quality, custom pieces without a trip to High Point.

If you don’t care about seeing the furniture before ordering, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

You were going to furniture stores. People go to High Point to go to the actual manufacturers showrooms, design studios. Most of them only sell or are open to the trades. So unless you go with your interior designer or arch you can’t just walk right in.

You did it wrong, that was your problem.

I'm pretty sure any decent designer could source high-quality, custom pieces without a trip to High Point.

If you don’t care about seeing the furniture before ordering, yes.

Adding many people go to NC with their designer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was through a few pages of this thread, and was going to post that i assumed most everything in High Point was armoires and big, rolled arm lounge chairs. Poster above beat me to it, with some pretty awesome pictures.....

The fact that people defend it by saying that, it only makes sense if you're buying a ton of stuff at once, is another pretty major downside. I envision a lot of NOVA people going down and furnishing their whole 5000 sf mcmansion in a bunch of that stuff - which is a brutal approach. It looks like your house was staged like a hotel circa 1999.

I remember when i moved to DC in 2000, the WaPo always talked about going to NC for furniture, and this seemed nuts to me. The internet exists now, so it really is nuts.

As someone else said, if you're working with the kind of high end designer who you appraently need in order to access these places, i'd hope that high end designer could design your space without making you go to NC. If not, what are you paying them for?

You lack imagination, people go to nyc with designer so they can see the furniture before buying. This isn’t rocket science folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was through a few pages of this thread, and was going to post that i assumed most everything in High Point was armoires and big, rolled arm lounge chairs. Poster above beat me to it, with some pretty awesome pictures.....

The fact that people defend it by saying that, it only makes sense if you're buying a ton of stuff at once, is another pretty major downside. I envision a lot of NOVA people going down and furnishing their whole 5000 sf mcmansion in a bunch of that stuff - which is a brutal approach. It looks like your house was staged like a hotel circa 1999.

I remember when i moved to DC in 2000, the WaPo always talked about going to NC for furniture, and this seemed nuts to me. The internet exists now, so it really is nuts.

As someone else said, if you're working with the kind of high end designer who you appraently need in order to access these places, i'd hope that high end designer could design your space without making you go to NC. If not, what are you paying them for?

You lack imagination, people go to nyc with designer so they can see the furniture before buying. This isn’t rocket science folks.

That was nc before autocorrect.