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MSchad
01-05-2019, 12:01 PM
Looking for a few items like sofa sleeper and lanai furniture. Suggestions on where to shop? At home we shopped at locally owned or Ashley’s.
Thanks in advance.

retiredguy123
01-05-2019, 12:10 PM
Babettes, Whites, or City Furniture. But, many posters will nix City Furniture. I like it because many items you can pick up at the store. You will often see lanai furniture for sale on this web site.

Toymeister
01-05-2019, 12:57 PM
Costco. They deliver and set up in your home. Quality beyond approach. You order online. Many more choices than in store, when they have furniture in store.

Brawnwy123
01-05-2019, 02:09 PM
Looking for a few items like sofa sleeper and lanai furniture. Suggestions on where to shop? At home we shopped at locally owned or Ashley’s.
Thanks in advance.

:bigbow:
Suggestion: Babbetts or others,,,,,OUTSIDE THE VILLAGES.

vintageogauge
01-05-2019, 02:56 PM
We used Babette's and were very pleased. They now have a store open in Paddock Square, their main store is on 441 in Leesburg.

raynan
01-05-2019, 04:31 PM
We furnished through Babette's and Sam's Club online. Sam's has a lot online that are not at club.

MSchad
01-05-2019, 09:44 PM
Thank you all. Will definitely check these stores out.

Nucky
01-05-2019, 09:55 PM
We have used Babettes, City Furniture and Bargains and Treasures. B & T'S just snagged a Leather Chair with an Ottoman that with delivery was $180 and it is brand new. New for the same thing at Babette's was about $1400. You would never know it was previously owned.

We used Ashley in New Jersey and loved them. Have Fun.

tophcfa
01-05-2019, 10:34 PM
Do yourself a favor and avoid City Furniture like the plague. Nothing but bad comes out of that place. We found that if you are willing to be patient and shop at the used furniture stores and visit estate sales you can get great deals. There is so much turnover in a 55 plus community that very nice used furniture comes on the market almost daily for a fraction of the price of new stuff. We have some of the best furniture that we have ever owned, all bought used, but you would never notice that it was used. Check it out. The only bad furniture in our Villages home, which we wish we never bought, came new and has already broken, from City Furniture.

thelegges
01-06-2019, 05:09 AM
Lanai furniture Palm Casual. I looked for a year at every furniture store from here to Ocala. They have been great to work with.

I have bought from every furniture store, and only Southern Lifestyle was the only store I did not have some type of problem. Of course all of us seasoned buyers know no store could ever replace Southern Lifestyle.
It has been missed by many

mneumann02
02-07-2019, 04:20 PM
Do not buy from City Furniture. I bought $15,000 worth of furniture from them. I asked for a reasonable accommodation when I had a problem. They just brushed me off. Store General Manager Riedy said all he could do was give me 10% off a new item and I was referred to Customer Service. Customer Service said the store manager can do what they want and I should talk to him again.

Joeg180
02-07-2019, 04:33 PM
We furnished our house through Family Furniture and our lanai through Palm Casual. We tried to use City Furniture for bookcases and a small table. They sold us the bookcases (2) and table, then just before delivery we were told that they only had one bookcase. They allegedly were looking but never contacted us until the delivery day. My better half asked if they would be delivering 2 bookcases and a table, she was told no, so she said forget it.

thetruth
02-07-2019, 05:57 PM
We bought our breakfast table from City Furniture a typical not greatest quality glass top, steel tubing kind of thing. Price was reasonable, service was reasonable, sales person was reasonable.

We bought our mattress from Sears in Ocala about four years ago.
I have no idea if they are even still opened. It was a great experience. Price is/was good when they are on sale. They had many mattresses on display so you could try them out. The one we chose the wife said was ?????? Sears took it back and sold us another harder/ softer I don't know or care much one. The charge was ONLY $15. If, you don't know you cannot legally sell a used mattress so it was a complete loss for either sears or the people who sell to Sears.

I like WOOD. It has to be REAL WOOD not typical press-board covered with paper thin veneer. Some other Villager has posted a complaint about the Amish Furniture Place off 301 in Wildwood. I know what I want, I know QUALITY. They sell semi custom furniture. You can see the standard on the floor and order it bigger, smaller in different REAL WOODS and stained the color you want We have bought from them 4 times, A dining room set, an entertainment center, a buffet, a small dresser and each time we were well pleased. PRICE? There is a vast difference between cheap and VALUE. They are not going to be the cheapest. They do offer THE GREATEST VALUE for what you pay.

Used furniture-we've bought some stuff used from Villagers and from Furniture Barn in Fruitland Park. NOT US but I've heard of people buying used furniture and bringing TERMITES, ROACHES etc into their homes.

fw102807
02-07-2019, 06:11 PM
Some other Villager has posted a complaint about the Amish Furniture Place off 301 in Wildwood.



I have been waiting for 8 months for them to make good on a desk I bought and paid for 8 months ago. I have opened a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I'm thinking it's a valid complaint.

rivaridger1
02-07-2019, 06:27 PM
Amish from the American Midwest or modern décor from the forests of Indonesia? Hardwood from New England, or whatever it is they make in China ?
It used to be if you bought from the furniture triangle in the Carolinas and Georgia you might not get the highest quality furniture, but it would show up in a reasonable time frame and the furniture repair person could deal with the defects. Truer then ever these days, buyer beware !

Jerseyjd
02-07-2019, 06:46 PM
We just ordered lanai furniture from Costco.com as it is currently on sale. Quality and price are typically top notch. Return policy cannot be beat.

queasy27
02-07-2019, 10:48 PM
Walmart (https://www.walmart.com/cp/patio-furniture/91416?search_redirect=true&redirect_query=patio%20furniture) has a large selection of outdoor/lanai furniture online, with select pieces in store. Same for Lowe's and Home Depot. I've been very pleased with my patio set from Walmart.

I haven't been there, but Coral's Casual Patio (http://www.coralscasualpatio.com/) is in the Best Buy plaza.

You can hardly move in Florida without tripping over someone eager to sell you patio furniture! :icon_wink:

Garywt
02-08-2019, 01:16 AM
We have been picking things on line from City Furniture and visited the store near Spanish Springs last week. We liked what we saw. We visited Babette’s, Whites and almost Perfect Furniture as well and found those all very pricy compared to City. I just noticed that City and Ashley are connected somehow.

So we are looking to get a bedroom set, living room, dining room, bar stools and a den sleeper for about $6,000. Really do not want to spend more than that.

asianthree
02-08-2019, 04:02 AM
Our Patio furniture came from palm casual. Sales persons are great to work with, free delivery. if you are not a fan of your choice before 30 days you can return and choose a better fit.
Corals Casual prices are higher than others, but found something that worked in a small area. Was not a fan of delivery guys, and have not used them for any warranty work.

Our furniture came from the most beloved Southern Lifestyle. But in the last 8 years we have bought from City, (great sales person that now works at Babette’s) with no problems.
Ashley, pretty bedroom set, but within a year started having problems with drawers, and finish looked worn, even though it was an unused room.
Whites was easy to work with, but back orders was a down fall.
Costco great furniture, and great delivery.