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Wooden Duck The
Category:
Furniture
1823 Eastshore Highway
Berkeley,
California 94710
(510) 848-3575
The store has a great selection of stock items but the factory is the place to go for big rustic...
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The store has a great selection of stock items but the factory is the place to go for big rustic communal tables. They cut the wood, make the tables and finish them right there in their Eastshore location. They made us a great 14ft table after we saw a great table they made for the restaurant NOPA in San Francisco. We love it. All the guys were great. I don't know of any other company that custom makes tables that big.
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I was skeptical when my wife suggested looking at European Sleep Works for our bed. It was...
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I was skeptical when my wife suggested looking at European Sleep Works for our bed. It was recommended by a family friend, and we were in the area, so we decided to give it a go. We were pleasantly suprised. The people there aren't so much sales people as sleep people. They don't try to sell you a bed while you're there, they try to fit you to a bed that you can be comfortable in, and if you want, you can buy it, but there's absolutely no pressure. We got to kick off our shoes and try 3 or 4 beds while they asked us what positions we sleep in and gave us recommendations. We weren't planning on buying a bed from European Sleepworks, but we came back after trying out some other beds at other place and ended up getting our bed from them. We couldn't be happier - my wife who likes traveling, misses our bed when we're away from home.
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Magic Gardens has the largest selection of new and unusual plants that I've found around. The...
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Magic Gardens has the largest selection of new and unusual plants that I've found around. The grounds are wide enough to feel as though you're not bumping into someone all the time. Great selection of Antique Roses. Owners and employees all seem very knowledgeable and are always helpful. Prices are not any more or less than any other reputable nursery.
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Famous Foam Factory
Category:
Foam & Sponge Rubber
2397 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley,
California 94702
(510) 841-9001
I loathe this place. In a city full of vintage, consignment, and just plain used stores that are...
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I loathe this place. In a city full of vintage, consignment, and just plain used stores that are brimming with great cheap long-lasting furniture, why do we need the FFF? Recently, I was walking by, scouring places for a good coffee table or nightstand, and though I'd look in. I assumed cheap mass-market pressboard stuff dyed to look like real wood would BE cheap. No - it was all way out of my league and looked ready to fall apart. Boo!
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I needed foam to fill the underside cavity of a sofa (plywood would be attached to sofa bottom to...
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I needed foam to fill the underside cavity of a sofa (plywood would be attached to sofa bottom to hold & provide support for the foam). The salesman offered ideas & options for the foam type & price. He cut the foam to my measurements & the job turned-out well. Thank you for offering the 20% off sale.
Pros: Easy street parking, knowledgeable staff, straight forward
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Pottery barn like furniture! They have very reasonable prices for the quality they have. !! Sofas...
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Pottery barn like furniture! They have very reasonable prices for the quality they have. !! Sofas are customisable into sectionals at a very reasonable cost.
Pros: Very good quality furniture
Cons: Some special order sofas can take 4-6 weeks
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Fantastic quality materials. Rather nice staff.
Do you think the slats are individually...
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Fantastic quality materials. Rather nice staff.
Do you think the slats are individually configured and set up to suit the actual customer's anatomy? No, apparently it's about the same for men, and slightly different for women. I got my partner's setup by error and he mine - causing me a painful spinal subluxation from just the first night on the mattress. No one told us when we bought an eastern King that we could have one side softer and one side harder, so we compromised with an overal mattress too hard for me. After fixing the slat problem somewhat, I still woke up about 10 times a night once the springs were changed to the softer version. We were told that these tough German springs took at least 30 days of contact with your tender spine to loosen them up to where they were comfortable. (Why can't the factory break them in?) READ all the fine print in every bit of the paperwork before you buy! If you want a refund in the 60 day trial period you must take action to get satisfaction - that means you probably order a different set of coils and also try them for 30 days. But the second set took 3 weeks to arrive at the warehouse where we had to pick them up 2 hrs from home! Not having time to break in both sets (including the long delay), we were very lucky to get out money back when requested before the 60 days were up. We paid $3400 for one pillow, one mattress cover and the king bed. Allowing for the pillow and cover which weren't returnable, they still deducted $550 when they gave us our refund. Overall, for a sensitive person who likes a cushioned sleep, this sleep experience was brutal. We subsequently hired a local company to make us a quality bed with normal springs and no slats and it felt good from the very first night's sleep.
It's a very high quality product and it probably works well for some people, but if we had known what size financial risk it
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Urban Ore is the kind of place you'll want to return to again and again. I'm a fan of wandering...
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Urban Ore is the kind of place you'll want to return to again and again. I'm a fan of wandering the furniture section for inexpensive pre-loved pieces to paint. The costs are lower than new by allowing me to recycle and reuse. Double bonus: being both thrifty and helpful to the environment!
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I completely disagree with the first reviewer -- some of us do not want or need a 43 lb of soap...
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I completely disagree with the first reviewer -- some of us do not want or need a 43 lb of soap supplies -- I don't go here for bulk soap supplies -- I go to try new things and never leave dissapointed. There collection is well edited and tasteful. The merchandise is lovely and the service is great. I've never had a negative experience here.
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Crate & Barrel
Category:
Home Décor
1785 4th Street
Berkeley,
California 94710
This outlet store is a great place to find great prices on last season's stuff. What's nice about...
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This outlet store is a great place to find great prices on last season's stuff. What's nice about this outlet store is that most of the stuff they sell really is things that were in their normal store a couple of months ago. The prices are very reasonable. The store is more touch-and-go with furniture though, as it totally depends on what people have returned recently from their regular store. You have to go often since furniture gets turned around pretty quickly, but I have seen some nice stuff there (but also some stuff that was pretty badly damaged and what I would consider beyond repair).
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