Unfinished Furniture Mart

«I’m surprised this store has lasted as long as it has… «Yep, so am I Michelle. I worked there about 10 years ago and much of it was dated even then. Not surprised you did not get a good feeling while there. Horrible place to work and I still can’t believe I put up with the hateful management there as long as I did. I was never so glad to move on.
I love painting furniture, but I had an unrealistic view of what it would be like to actually work there. The products are good quality, mostly solid wood, but you have to LOVE painting/​staining your furniture. Their very affordable Parawood line is not very good quality, but if you’re just setting up house then its a decent option. If you do want to purchase from them, be sure to go on a holiday (July 4, Memorial Day weekend, etc.) They have great sales then. The best sale time of all is year end, and that can probably be said of many retailers.

I’m surprised this store has lasted as long as it has… it’s got an interesting premise (sell furniture that is not finished, and then charge people to finish it however they want…) but for me it falls down in several ways:
1. The furniture prices aren’t cheap before the finishing, and once you add that in, they are really much higher than if you just went and bought it someplace else.
2. The furniture isn’t very modern in style, so you really have to have a very classic taste. Most of the items I saw looked like they were made several decades ago.
3. There is some finished furniture on the showroom floor, which makes it hard to look around and see some finished and some unfinished… I kept being drawn only to the finished stuff.
4. The store itself isn’t incredibly welcoming, and I think because I was just browsing I didn’t really get a great vibe. If I knew what I wanted, I might have had better luck or felt more at home.
It does look like it’s good quality, but really I would prefer to shop elsewhere, and buy furniture that is already finished.