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SF Good Questions: Online Furniture Retailers?

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AT:SF, I live in Salt Lake City, far from the bricks & mortar retailers listed in the shopping guide. Salt Lake is very limited when it comes to things fashion forward... so I do a lot of shopping online. Other than these online furniture retailers mentioned by AT readers, who am I missing?...

  • cb2
  • crate and barrel
  • design public
  • design within reach
  • ikea
  • pier one
  • pottery barn
  • restoration hardware
  • room and board
  • west elm
  • williams sonoma home
  • world market

    thanks!
    Kim

    PS - I should have added "affordable." I would consider R&B reasonable for the quality and design, but restoration hardware and williams sonoma overpriced to fund their marketing budgets.

    Kim,

    Wow, that's a humdinger of a question. These spring immediately to mind:

  • Circa50
  • Hive Modern
  • Inmod
  • Nova68
  • Re:modern
  • Sundance
  • 2Modern
  • Unica Home
  • Velocity Art & Design

    Anyone else?

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    Chiasso, Topdeq, Eurway, Viva Terra, Target, Overstock and Wisteria.

    posted by patrick (the other one) on 2008-02-15 18:10:41
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    Ballard Designs stuff is supposed to be well-made and they have good sales.

    Wisteria

    Good old etsy.

    posted by Valerie on 2008-02-15 18:12:00
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    i've been disappointed by DWR and by 2modern. i would recommend highbrowfurniture.com as an alternative if you're looking for ubiquitous designer items (eames, starck, nelson, noguchi, gehry, etc.). their service is great and when you factor in the free shipping, they beat most everyone's prices.

    ylighting.com (with their price match gaurantee, great service, and selection, they are really hard to beat)

    posted by menoselgato on 2008-02-15 18:19:35
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    ebay!

    posted by AlmostAD on 2008-02-15 18:20:58
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    CharlesandMarie.com

    posted by sallyTV on 2008-02-15 18:23:11
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    Craigslist
    BluDot

    And although you can't purchase from the site, there's a retailer in Salt Lake City for EQ3

    posted by bepsf on 2008-02-15 19:07:56
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    I would avoid UnicaHome. Do a quick search and you will see why. We ordered something, told it was on it's way repeatedly and a few weeks before delivery, woops, we made a mistake, it actually is not available anymore ... GO FIGURE!

    posted by bud smith on 2008-02-15 19:54:46
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    highbrowfurniture.com is fantastic. so is velocityartanddesign.com. awesome selection and even better customer service.

    posted by urboo on 2008-02-15 21:05:23
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    circa lighting, anyone? is martha stewart furniture available online?

    dune? too pricey?

    posted by avianmission on 2008-02-15 21:07:12
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    "is martha stewart furniture available online?"

    Martha Stewart furniture is made by Bernhardt and often sold through Macy's - and if you think that William Sonoma Home is expensive, this is in the same league.

    posted by bepsf on 2008-02-15 21:16:40
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    Some more possibilities - please note, I have not bought anything from any of these myself, and therefore can't vouch for them:

    http://www.realsimplefurniture.com/

    http://www.tinyliving.com/

    http://www.urbanarue.com/

    posted by Jeri Dansky on 2008-02-15 22:04:06
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    Oh, http://www.ylighting.com is another fantastic contemporary (and sometimes not!) lighting site.

    posted by sallyTV on 2008-02-15 22:52:59
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    some nice accent pieces through www.gaiam.com - I bought their meditation chair and 5' wrought iron leaf sculpture & am very happy with both purchases.

    posted by KarenH on 2008-02-15 23:11:03
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    It's hard to beat Room and Board for the quality and value proposition.

    http://www.roomandboard.com

    Restoration Hardware is completely overpriced. Williams-Sonoma Home is ridiculously overpriced.

    Crate and Barrel has a lot of the same vendors as Room and Board, and they a lot of great, classic looks that are exclusive to them.

    http://www.crateandbarrel.com

    I was in New York last week and had a chance to check out CB2, Crate and Barrel's little brother. It's definitely worth a shot for the budget minded folks. The quality is clearly inferior to Crate, but you will also be paying 33% less.

    http://www.cb2.com

    High Fashion Home is a pretty cool site. They've got a lot of unique and eclectic styles. Think Crate and Barrel with a larger selection and slightly edgier looks.

    http://www.highfashionhome.com

    posted by designsnob on 2008-02-16 00:11:24
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    Modern Dose!!!!!!! Just got my Free "S" chair with the Domino Promo!

    http://www.moderndose.com

    posted by lovelythings on 2008-02-16 01:53:08
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    gothic cabinet craft is an unpainted furniture source the martha stewart people use. they have a few pieces, such as this floor model bookcase on sale--
    ttp://www.gothiccabinetcraft.com/small-bookcase-with-high-base-floor-model-p-2482.html?cPath=138_139

    or http://www.gothiccabinetcraft.com/shelf-rack-base-14x30x42-p-2300.html?cPath=136_137

    or a parson's table http://www.gothiccabinetcraft.com/square-legs-parsons-dining-table-p-2221.html?cPath=4_111

    posted by avianmission on 2008-02-16 09:12:47
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    great sites. thanks everyone!

    posted by kimg924 on 2008-02-16 14:06:27
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    There is a really nice shop that had opened maybe a year ago on 700 East and somewhere between 1000 and 2100 south. The owner used to do design and decided to open her own shop. Mostly they did wall coverings and assorted decorative items. I think they were called Wall (could be way off on the name).

    Sorry that the details are sketchy, I passed by the store when I was visiting SLC. I was very impressed with the shop.

    posted by Rossp917 on 2008-02-16 15:13:49
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    Another plug for highbrowfurniture. I placed a very large order with them a couple of years ago when I was furnishing my place, and the service was fantastic.

    posted by Kevin Acker on 2008-02-16 22:48:17
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    I have to disagree about the comment re:2Modern. I have made several purchases from this site and all have been great experiences!

    For the price, CB2 is great! Not the best quality but I knew that going in based on what I was paying.
    My furniture items from west elm were all damaged but the service on replacement was great!

    posted by in2design on 2008-02-17 17:55:14
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    Who makes that green chair and ottoman in the photo?

    posted by matt in kc on 2008-02-18 12:03:08
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    Check out:

    www.jaysonhomeandgarden.com

    posted by GoltzGirl on 2008-02-18 12:42:17
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    jonathan adler

    posted by designerny on 2008-02-19 10:04:29
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    some furniture, lots of home decor and accessories sites listed on bussbuss haute shops:
    http://www.bussbuss.com/hauteshops/homeandgifts.php

    posted by myflatinsf on 2008-02-19 15:08:06
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    Apt NY is good and cheap.
    Go Mod http://www.gomod.com
    Not cheap but great stuff, the Magazine http://www.themagazine.info
    Europe by net http://www.europebynet.com/
    Not Neutral is fun http://www.notneutral.com
    Modern Poverty http://www.modernpoverty.com
    can find ok stuff here http://www.stacksandstacks.com/html/107209_trends-media-console.htm
    http://www.design-eu.com/
    Links http://www.reluct.com/links.html
    http://www.desiron.com/
    Plummers
    I like this site too http://furnitureseen.com/Default.aspx
    The Conran Shop

    Ok, will stop now. Phew! Good luck.

    posted by darciekd on 2008-08-20 11:47:23
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