Do people actually go to North Carolina for furniture?

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Yes people go. It’s a great way to access lines and brands that can traditionally only be purchased through a designer. Also the stores down there have swatches off the high end fabrics.

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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.

Very strange. I’ve visited multiple showrooms down there and came across everything from ultra modern to beach house.

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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 likely aren’t even familiar with the higher end lines people buy from NC. Have you even heard of Schumacher?

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

This is so weird, PP yes, they do! Some rich people love to go on buying trips with their designers. They go to Paris, they go to High Point, wherever. It's shopping/hobby with their employee/friend. There are parties, etc. It's just like locally going to the Washington Winter Show or the design center.

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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 likely aren’t even familiar with the higher end lines people buy from NC. Have you even heard of Schumacher?

HAVE YOU EVEN HEARD OF SCHUMACHER

omg y'all you can buy schumacher from the design center locally just to be clear



I'm going to say this so much in my head. HAVE YOU EVEN HEARD OF SCHUMACHER??


PS you can also buy schumacher fabric for close to wholesale from decoratorsbest.com

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I had to go to FarmVille for something else and poked my head into one or two of the furniture places. There was some cute stuff but do you need to go down there with a uhaul?
If I had a totally different spouse, I would think it would be fun to do that road with the longest flea market in the world. I bet you’d find some fun furniture that way.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

Well I don’t go with them, and I have NDAs that a would preclude me from sharing pictures or names. But I see the schedules, read the emails, and hear the conversations. They schedule the designers studios they want to visit and what rooms/areas they are trying to cover with each designer.

Just sharing information from my profession. Sorry if you don’t believe me. Have no reason to lie.

You can google High Point Market and get info for yourself.

This is in the DC area? How "ultra high end"?

I live in the DC area most of my customers base is not in DC. Do a lot of work in Kiawah, Vero Beach, Palm Beach, Atlanta, Sarasota, Lexington KY, Nashville, Asheville, Hilton Head, and a little bit in Montauk/Hamptons.

PP again. As far as how high end, a lot in the 7-12 range, several 15 - 30 few in the 40-80 mil bracket. Last year I work on project that was a $45 mil remodel and another one was right around $65 mil estate in FL. In DC area most expensive project I have been on was around $23 mil.

I guess I can see why those clients would go to High Point. Proximity and they likely prefer a "traditional" style. Maybe trying to fill a second home/beach house.

I can't see all that many busy DC/NYC clients heading down there to shop when there are closer options.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

This is so weird, PP yes, they do! Some rich people love to go on buying trips with their designers. They go to Paris, they go to High Point, wherever. It's shopping/hobby with their employee/friend. There are parties, etc. It's just like locally going to the Washington Winter Show or the design center.

I get the shopping trips/excursions, but I don't really see High Point as a popular destination for "many" high-end DC clients. Where would you even stay down there?

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

This is so weird, PP yes, they do! Some rich people love to go on buying trips with their designers. They go to Paris, they go to High Point, wherever. It's shopping/hobby with their employee/friend. There are parties, etc. It's just like locally going to the Washington Winter Show or the design center.

I get the shopping trips/excursions, but I don't really see High Point as a popular destination for "many" high-end DC clients. Where would you even stay down there?

High Point is a city. They have hotels. There's even more hotels in Greensboro. What do you people think NC is like? It's not the Outback.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

This is so weird, PP yes, they do! Some rich people love to go on buying trips with their designers. They go to Paris, they go to High Point, wherever. It's shopping/hobby with their employee/friend. There are parties, etc. It's just like locally going to the Washington Winter Show or the design center.

I get the shopping trips/excursions, but I don't really see High Point as a popular destination for "many" high-end DC clients. Where would you even stay down there?

I’d probably fly into RDU and stay at The Umstead, but I mean you could stay anywhere.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

This is so weird, PP yes, they do! Some rich people love to go on buying trips with their designers. They go to Paris, they go to High Point, wherever. It's shopping/hobby with their employee/friend. There are parties, etc. It's just like locally going to the Washington Winter Show or the design center.

I get the shopping trips/excursions, but I don't really see High Point as a popular destination for "many" high-end DC clients. Where would you even stay down there?

I’d probably fly into RDU and stay at The Umstead, but I mean you could stay anywhere.

Flight
1.5 hr drive to HP
Shopping
1.5 hr drive to hotel

That’s a lot of trekking around. It’d be easier to go to Paris.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

This is so weird, PP yes, they do! Some rich people love to go on buying trips with their designers. They go to Paris, they go to High Point, wherever. It's shopping/hobby with their employee/friend. There are parties, etc. It's just like locally going to the Washington Winter Show or the design center.

I get the shopping trips/excursions, but I don't really see High Point as a popular destination for "many" high-end DC clients. Where would you even stay down there?

High Point is a city. They have hotels. There's even more hotels in Greensboro. What do you people think NC is like? It's not the Outback.

I think there are a lot of Marriott Courtyard type hotels there.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

Well I don’t go with them, and I have NDAs that a would preclude me from sharing pictures or names. But I see the schedules, read the emails, and hear the conversations. They schedule the designers studios they want to visit and what rooms/areas they are trying to cover with each designer.

Just sharing information from my profession. Sorry if you don’t believe me. Have no reason to lie.

You can google High Point Market and get info for yourself.

This is in the DC area? How "ultra high end"?

I live in the DC area most of my customers base is not in DC. Do a lot of work in Kiawah, Vero Beach, Palm Beach, Atlanta, Sarasota, Lexington KY, Nashville, Asheville, Hilton Head, and a little bit in Montauk/Hamptons.

PP again. As far as how high end, a lot in the 7-12 range, several 15 - 30 few in the 40-80 mil bracket. Last year I work on project that was a $45 mil remodel and another one was right around $65 mil estate in FL. In DC area most expensive project I have been on was around $23 mil.

I guess I can see why those clients would go to High Point. Proximity and they likely prefer a "traditional" style. Maybe trying to fill a second home/beach house.

I can't see all that many busy DC/NYC clients heading down there to shop when there are closer options.

They have other styles and a lot of made to order. It isn’t a particular style that they go for, it is going to the source. Again go on the High Point Market site and go through the vendor list. For the most part it isn’t the traditional big furniture store styles people are referencing on these threads. Also a lot of the big brand, Pottery Barn, Arhaus, RH, CB have pieces for their collections made by these vendors and then sell as their house brands.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

This is so weird, PP yes, they do! Some rich people love to go on buying trips with their designers. They go to Paris, they go to High Point, wherever. It's shopping/hobby with their employee/friend. There are parties, etc. It's just like locally going to the Washington Winter Show or the design center.

I get the shopping trips/excursions, but I don't really see High Point as a popular destination for "many" high-end DC clients. Where would you even stay down there?

They aren’t staying they are flying in on charter or PP, or commercial getting a drive to the studios/factories they have appointments with and leaving.

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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.

LOL no.

I work in the ultra high end construction world, yes a lot of clients or their reps go with designers.

Sure they do.

I'm sure you can share Instagram links of ALL of the ultra high end designers in NC with their clients.

Well I don’t go with them, and I have NDAs that a would preclude me from sharing pictures or names. But I see the schedules, read the emails, and hear the conversations. They schedule the designers studios they want to visit and what rooms/areas they are trying to cover with each designer.

Just sharing information from my profession. Sorry if you don’t believe me. Have no reason to lie.

You can google High Point Market and get info for yourself.

This is in the DC area? How "ultra high end"?

I live in the DC area most of my customers base is not in DC. Do a lot of work in Kiawah, Vero Beach, Palm Beach, Atlanta, Sarasota, Lexington KY, Nashville, Asheville, Hilton Head, and a little bit in Montauk/Hamptons.

PP again. As far as how high end, a lot in the 7-12 range, several 15 - 30 few in the 40-80 mil bracket. Last year I work on project that was a $45 mil remodel and another one was right around $65 mil estate in FL. In DC area most expensive project I have been on was around $23 mil.

I guess I can see why those clients would go to High Point. Proximity and they likely prefer a "traditional" style. Maybe trying to fill a second home/beach house.

I can't see all that many busy DC/NYC clients heading down there to shop when there are closer options.

The closer options have a small percentage of the inventory. No one is forcing you to go. But pricing and inventory are much better.