Anybody ever order any furniture from Restoration Hardware?

[zoiks]

We're in the market for a bed and looked around for a quality made piece. We went to Restoration Hardware and really liked the beds there. Very heavy and made of solid wood. The bad part is that the prices seem really high and we're only willing to spend half of what they're asking.
Anyone know another vendor that produces quality beds? I'm interested in a bed of similar styles and quality to this (http://www.restorationhardware.com/...jsp?productId=prod80071&categoryId=cat1600008).

 

[DCal430]

We're in the market for a bed and looked around for a quality made piece. We went to Restoration Hardware and really liked the beds there. Very heavy and made of solid wood. The bad part is that the prices seem really high and we're only willing to spend half of what they're asking.
Anyone know another vendor that produces quality beds? I'm interested in a bed of similar styles and quality to this (http://www.restorationhardware.com/...jsp?productId=prod80071&categoryId=cat1600008).

Don't buy. Most of their stuff is made in Vietnam and China. Using very low paid labor. They shut down their manufacturing jobs in the US and laid of thousands of people in the past few years to move everything to Vietnam and China.

 

[MovingTarget]

I've never met any of the Rockefellers that would seriously consider shopping there. The prices are so high they passed absurdity a few miles back...

 

[zoiks]

Hmm.. I looked at Pottery Barn as well. They have good stuff but honestly the Restoration Hardware stuff is still better.
I found clubfurniture to have the same kind of bed I'm interested in for a cheaper price. I'm interested in real wood and no veneers.

 

[Hoober]

We bought most of our furniture at local furniture shops -- look around, there should be several in most major cities. Solid wood, and bonus here was it was made locally.

 

[slayer202]

god damn that's a beautiful bed

 

[zoiks]

We bought most of our furniture at local furniture shops -- look around, there should be several in most major cities. Solid wood, and bonus here was it was made locally.

I checked a lot of shops here. I guess I haven't looked at the good ones.
Macys, JCPenney have furniture that is 2 notches below restoration hardware. I looked at some shops but they have cheapie chinese furniture that typically is dark wood or cherry stained.
Lots of places have good stuff but they don't have sleigh beds like the one I'm interested in.

 

[Doppel]

Don't buy. Most of their stuff is made in Vietnam and China. Using very low paid labor. They shut down their manufacturing jobs in the US and laid of thousands of people in the past few years to move everything to Vietnam and China.

So like 99% of furniture stores. When I bought an expensive bedroom suite recently I found a place that is US manufactured (I didn't care much, honestly, but the price was right and the quality top notch), but it's a local place that uses local (within a few states) makers and it's built to order. A lot of even high end furniture places are at least partially built out of country in sweat shops.

 

[Doppel]

I checked a lot of shops here. I guess I haven't looked at the good ones.
Macys, JCPenney have furniture that is 2 notches below restoration hardware. I looked at some shops but they have cheapie chinese furniture that typically is dark wood or cherry stained.
Lots of places have good stuff but they don't have sleigh beds like the one I'm interested in.

You need to go LOCAL not local big chain. Depending on where you are you can get Amish furniture, for example, all built with solid wood (not laminated or particle board garbage like everything at Ikea, for example), and the prices may not be terrible.

The bed in the original post starts at $2k which is not terrible considering it's all hardwood and mortise and tenon, which are the best joints but also the slowest to create, which is why virtually nothing uses them anymore (there are newer techniques that may not be as strong--but still functionally perfectly adequate and much quicker to do). Even in good furniture you can find what looks like mortise and tenon but is actually some other joint with a bit of wood glued on the front to fake it. The finish on that bed does look impressive as well!

 

[zoiks]

You need to go LOCAL not local big chain. Depending on where you are you can get Amish furniture, for example, all built with solid wood (not laminated or particle board garbage like everything at Ikea, for example), and the prices may not be terrible.

The bed in the original post starts at $2k which is not terrible considering it's all hardwood and mortise and tenon, which are the best joints but also the slowest to create, which is why virtually nothing uses them anymore (there are newer techniques that may not be as strong--but still functionally perfectly adequate and much quicker to do). Even in good furniture you can find what looks like mortise and tenon but is actually some other joint with a bit of wood glued on the front to fake it. The finish on that bed does look impressive as well!

I understand about local furniture. There are a few places around here but they're just as expensive if not more for the real stuff. I was then going to have this made by someone in San Francisco but then I saw his reviews online which changed my mind.
I found this one at clubfurniture. Looks pretty good and is much cheaper ($779+99 shipping).
http://www.clubfurniture.com/quplwobefuco.html

 

[Hoober]

I understand about local furniture. There are a few places around here but they're just as expensive if not more for the real stuff. I was going to have this made by someone in San Francisco but then I saw his reviews online which changed my mind.
I found this one at clubfurniture. Looks pretty good and is much cheaper ($779+99 shipping).
http://www.clubfurniture.com/quplwobefuco.html

If you really want solid wood, you're going to have to pay for it. It's not cheap.

 

[slayer202]

I found this one at clubfurniture. Looks pretty good and is much cheaper ($779+99 shipping).
http://www.clubfurniture.com/quplwobefuco.html

you know as well as I do, the finish just isn't the same. but for the price difference, maybe you can live with it

 

[Hoober]

you know as well as I do, the finish just isn't the same. but for the price difference, maybe you can live with it

Other thing to check on that is what type of 'kiln dried lumber.' Oak, cherry, walnut are going to be pricier (and nicer) than pine.

 

[Doppel]

I understand about local furniture. There are a few places around here but they're just as expensive if not more for the real stuff. I was going to have this made by someone in San Francisco but then I saw his reviews online which changed my mind.
I found this one at clubfurniture. Looks pretty good and is much cheaper ($779+99 shipping).
http://www.clubfurniture.com/quplwobefuco.html

I'm sure you can find a decent bed for cheaper than the restoration hardware. And I've never set foot in one of their stores. You definitely pay a premium on high-end stuff for niceties. Gives you better wood, better finish, better joints, better drawers and what-not, plus if you spend enough your wife won't wake you up in four years and say hey let's go furniture shopping we need a new bedroom suite.

 

[zoiks]

Other thing to check on that is what type of 'kiln dried lumber.' Oak, cherry, walnut are going to be pricier (and nicer) than pine.

I actually called them a couple of hours ago. The guy mentioned that the bed is made by the same company that makes it for Restoration Hardware. I forgot to ask him what kind of kiln lumber although he did say that it was real wood and very heavy.

Just searched on RH. Found the marston bed which looks very similar. The dimensions do not match up on the sites though.
http://www.restorationhardware.com/...p?productId=prod1157638&categoryId=cat1600008

 

[sygyzy]

You want RH and Pottery Barn quality/look but want to pay IKEA prices?

 

[zoiks]

I'm sure you can find a decent bed for cheaper than the restoration hardware. And I've never set foot in one of their stores. You definitely pay a premium on high-end stuff for niceties. Gives you better wood, better finish, better joints, better drawers and what-not, plus if you spend enough your wife won't wake you up in four years and say hey let's go furniture shopping we need a new bedroom suite.

You know, I'd be happy with the cheapie chinese stuff that is so easily available around here. $700 for dresser, bed and side table. My wife on the other hand wants better quality stuff.

 

[zoiks]

You want RH and Pottery Barn quality/look but want to pay IKEA prices?

My budget is $1000 for a bed. They sell beds for that much at Ikea?

 

[alfa147x]

Love their stuff. Never ordered anything. Moving to 7 different places in the last 3 years is rough. Only rent furnished places ATM


That's all I have to add :\

 

[alkemyst]

$2000 seems reasonable for that bed.

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

We spent about 50k at Crate and Barrel the last couple years. They have pretty nice stuff, not cheap but not ridiculous.