where to buy modern high quality furniture without the ridiculous prices

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<p>I like the Cantoni look, but paying 6k for a bed is ridiculous.</p>

<p>I like Z gallery style and quality as well. </p>

<p>Plummers seems to have cool looking stuff, but seems to be very cheap and flimsy quality. </p>

<p>Looking for modern "cool" furniture. </p>

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<p>Any suggestions??</p>
 
There is a cool knock off furniture place in Costa Mesa named Urbanism. We are partial to Pottery Barn stuff and we got a bunch of furniture just like the PB stuff from Urbanism for perhaps 50-60% of the price.
 
<a href="http://www.shopthemarketplace.com/Search/Interior_Surroundings.aspx">Interior Surroundings</a> - Tustin Marketplace. I haven't bought anything there so I can't personally attest to quality, but from what I've seen they have some great-looking modern furniture.
 
The Metropolix site had a few customer complaints in the comment section. If you shop there, I'd suggest letting the manager know you intend on blogging about the service, quality and delivery time on IHB ! ;)
 
My house is full of Plummer's and we don't have quality problems. IKEA, yeah, I've had problems. You do have to assemble some stuff but it's generally not hard.
 
<p>Modern high quality to me is clean line, honest in its structural integrity, heavy and durable, and hidden connection and its joinery.</p>

<p>Most furnishing of this period were designed from 1920's to late 50's. Designers were mostly architects like Mies, Corbusier, Eileen Gray and Charles Eames. Very few consumers could afford these furnitures. Corporate companies with large budget began to incorporate them into their office lobby. The need to have them mass produced and maintaining a very high quality control required companies with manufacturing knowledge. The birth of Herman Miller, Knoll, and Steelcase were the original patent holders of these classic modern designs. Herman Miller continue to explore new ideas and update its line of products since the 50's. Aeron office chair is one of its current success. During the 60's the injected molded plastic allowed designers to explore more organic forms with compound curve surfaces that were the limitation of wood lamination techniques. The last 20 years there have been a lot of knock-offs based on the original drawings but much inferior materials were employed in the frames as well as the leather and fabric. The aesthetic were identical except for the longevity of the products.</p>

<p>Design Within Reach sells all knock-off items but still pricey for a fake. </p>

<p>Contemporary furnishing is different from Modern. Contemporary furniture employs a much in-expensive and less labor intensive techniques. Most furniture were wood frame to achieve the simple forms and using fabric, staples and foam to disguise the structure while Modern pieces emphasize the structure with hidden connections.</p>
 
My gf owns an independent furniture store with a 20ksqft showroom and competes directly with stores like wickes, levitz, lazboy, etc. They have all of the name brands like broyhill, stanley, ashley, etc. The store isn't in OC but is well worth the drive if you are planning a larger purchase... pm me if you are interested. She isn't a paid advertiser of the forum so i don't think its appropriate to post a plug. Knowing that most of the OC furnitures stores aside from ikea are ripoffs, I can help if sufficient people are interested :)
 
You can try <a href="http://www.bestpricedfurniture.com/">contemporary furniture</a> or <a href="http://www.fixturesandfurnitures.com/">home accents furniture</a>. I have tried both of them and they have quite a large variety and good quality too.
 
Have you ever taken a look around <a href="http://www.orbitin.com/mod-shopping.html">Palm Springs?</a> There are always some eye-catching things and many shops on North Palm Canyon Dr.
 
Have you ever though about custom furnature? I mainly purchase old furnature (stickly/arts and crafts stuff). and it can get expensive, but it just depends upon what you want.



-bix
 
[quote author="Astute Observer" date=1222744743]I buy furnitures and resurface or restructure them to fit my taste. Very labor intensive, and my wife thinks it is a complete waste of time.</blockquote>
Good for you, AO. I like to use old furniture and garage-sale finds to create distressed pieces of furniture as I enjoy the "found-object" look. It is nice being able to create exactly what you want and also make use of something instead of throwing it into a landfill (and not have to waste money on something new.) I am sure what I do is not as labor-intensive as getting a perfect finish like you might do but nevertheless, my husband thinks it's a waste of time too.
 
Haha - yeah the first time I rehabbed some furniture it was a hutch & buffet set and needed some serious work... after everything was said and done I think I spent $200 on materials from Lowe's (little did I know topcoat is around $40 per can!) LOL. Live and learn. Now I have a better eye for what will be worth my time and what won't and also cut corners on some things where it wouldn't matter as much. hehe.
 
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