By: Fabiola Grosshan
Submitted: 2010-06-23 03:21:09 | Word Count: 446
If you’re looking to buy a new couch or mattress, or a new set of cabinets or office chairs in San Diego, you have plenty of local options to choose from. The following are just five of the top local furniture stores in San Diego to get you started.
1. Real Deal Furniture & Mattresses
Real Deal Furniture, located in Kearny Mesa, is a relatively new store (opened in 2004) that is nonetheless one of the best reviewed local furniture retailers in San Diego. Owned by a U.S. Military Veteran, the store offers discounts to members of the armed forces as well as no-sales-tax deal to customers who’ve found them on Yelp. Real Deal has a good selection of home furniture and decent prices, but its most distinctive feature is its friendly salespeople, who create a comfortable, positive, no-pressure atmosphere for customers.
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2. Crate & Barrel
Crate & Barrel’s location in quaint La Jolla is a great place for buying living room furniture and decorative accent pieces. You’ll find lots of beautiful hand blown glass vases, wooden tables, carpets and other exotic furniture pieces to give your home some added spice.
3. Z Gallerie
The Z Gallerie, located in the heart of the Historic Gaslamp District, is an ideal place to find modern living room accessories and wall units in San Diego. Z Gallerie was established in 1979, and it bills itself as a “lifestyle retailer”, offering a vast variety of high quality merchandise that includes home furniture as well as artwork, lighting fixtures and other decorative items.
4. Pat’s Corner
Pat’s Corner is North Park is one of the most loved used and antique furniture stores in San Diego. If you’re looking for a truly unique coffee table or armoire that won’t cost you an arm and a leg, Pat’s Corner is the place to go. The people there are friendly and helpful and always open to making a deal. So if you’re a bargain hunter looking for a distinctive piece of home furniture or decorative fixture, Pat’s is a good place to visit.
5. Ariel’s
Ariel’s Refinishing & Upholstery is a Carlsbad furniture store that offers a variety of repair services as well, including antique furniture restoration, furniture refinishing and water damage and moving damage repair. Ariel’s provides customers with free pickup and delivery. It’s a handy store to know about if you’ve found a good deal on a used furniture piece that needs a little bit of repair to be just perfect.
