Design Within Reach

I’ve looked at the DWR website for a long time, but hadn’t been in to see a store or any of the furniture in person before. I finally stopped by the Atlanta DWR and was very impressed! Not only did the store have the items I’ve looked at online, but the staff was incredibly helpful and informative. They were able to answer all my questions, recommended different options and even better, they helped educate me on the furniture! I’ll be back for sure and would suggest a visit to anyone who is looking for furniture pieces that will maintain design qualities for years to come.

Iconic furniture. Authentic designer pieces. You won’t find any knockoffs or replicas here.
If your goal is to replicate the set of Mad Men’s Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce office, then DWR is your one stop shop. DWR has all the Herman Miller, Knoll, and Eero Saarinen pieces from the show.
Minus one star because the prices are ridiculously exorbitant.
Design Within Reach is a misnomer; it should be renamed as Design Without Reach.

You know those famous icons of furniture design that you see in magazines and art museums and whose knock-​offs are sold in department stores and Internet sites all over the world?
Design Within Reach is where you can buy them. All of them. Unlike any other store I have visited, Design Within Reach carries original Knoll, Herman-​Miller, Cassina, Tizio, et al. Many (even high quality) stores carry one or two of these lines, and offer replicas of the classics from the other firms. Design Within Reach has them all.
They also design some of their own pieces, which are generally well conceived, beautifully made, and well priced.
The result is one store where you could furnish your whole house. While clean, modern design does unify all of their products, the variety of brands and styles covers every base. There is no signature element that screams, «Design Within Reach!»
The store itself is beautiful. You can’t miss it. It’s fun just to look at the building. You know you are in for something special when you go inside.
The staff is fabulous. They remain unobtrusively aware of your presence, but do not move to intercept, interrupt, or interfere with you in any way. If you look up at someone with a questioning expression, you will receive immediate, comprehensive assistance. I have never felt pressured to buy, or unwelcome, in any way. In fact, I received a telephone call from the salesperson a few days after a purchase to ask about the item. We ended up talking about furniture for an hour!
Design Within Reach was originally conceived as an alternative to exclusive design stores where only wealthy clients could go, by appointment, to have a professional design their interior spaces and furnish them. Many of the great classics of furniture design were available only through such services, and only on a made-​to-​order basis, placing them out of reach both physically and financially. Design Within Reach, by contrast, maintains a stock of many of its more popular items in a warehouse, which means delivery generally takes less than 10 days.
Overall, I think Design Within Reach is the best thing going in original, modern furniture. It offers the Real Thing, beautiful stores, fabulous people, good value, and fast delivery in a welcoming and fun atmosphere. Sometimes, they even have cookies and lemonade.

I’ve shopped with Design Within Reach a number of times over the past few years. The items are beautiful and the staff is always great! They are knowledgeable about not only the furniture they sell but Modern Design in general. They always have great info about local designers, art and architecture! I’ve been in that store as a customer and just to browse, they’ve all been nothing but hospitable!
The pricing is extrememly fair for Modern furniture. I don’t know what Beth W. expected… it sounds like maybe she was having a bad day! I’ve had several great experience at DWR! Love the furniture, love the staff!

Obviously people such as Beth W., who don’t seem to understand that quality pieces that last forever will cost more, don’t need to shop at places like DWR. It’s really sad when someone will trash a place because they can’t afford the things there.
As for the staff? What planet are you from? Diane and staff are AMAZING! Kimberly and Laddie have always been willing to speak to me incessantly about design even when I’m not purchasing anything. So I find this reviewers statements highly dubious and simply untrue.
Yes some of the furniture is a little «trendy», hello Kartel like plastics, cough, cough, but they mainly specialize in quality, timeless, modern pieces that you’ll keep for years and years.
So unless you’ve purchased something from DWR Atlanta, I find it incredulous that someone is capable of writing a honest and fair review of this wonderful store.
Stop by and tell Diane and crew that Lance sent you.

I finally got around to the much anticipated trip to Design Within Reach. Sadly, it was not what I had expected.
I will chalk this up to my stupidity, I should have looked at the website, then I would have known that Design Within Reach was more of a literal meaning and there is no way in hell that I would ever actually be able to afford anything here. So when they say design within reach, that actually means you can touch it in the store.
Back to the store, the staff was rude. I thought I had accidentally put on my Harry Potter invisible cloak for a while, since no one really acknowledged I was there. For all they know, I have loads of money and I was ready to spend it all on the design within my distance, but somehow they saw right through that one. But I gotta say, if I did have loads of money, I would spend it in a place where the staff is friendly, or at least notices I’m there.
On to the design, the furniture is really modern, which I love. But a lot of the things there were of this «high-​end plastic» which I think I have seen at Ikea. But the patio furniture seemed like great quality stuff.
Needless to say, I’ll be spending my gobs of money (Gobs of money within reach) elsewhere. when I have it, that is.