Advanced Interior Designs

Advanced Interior Designs is incredible. Lily is an exceptional sales representative and provides stellar customer service. Do not hesitate to order from this wonderful company. I live in Clearwater, Florida and received my order in a few days without incident. Superior quality and value.

Update from my last review;
I made a third purchase from them and couldn’t be happier! The customer service was beyond. The owner even came out to make sure the chairs were properly put into my car. Such a nice guy. Happy I gave him my business! The chairs are gorgeous in my dining room. Excellent quality for a repro. Saw the exact same chair at HD Buttercup in Culver City for almost triple what I paid! Needless to say I’m a happy customer. I attached a pictures.

Interior design is my passion. Several years ago I stumbled unto Advanced Interior Designs online store and ever since I’ve been collecting great pieces of furniture. Their selection is mind-​blowing, much wider than DWR. No one makes better-​designed, high quality furniture at affordable prices than AID. The packaging, and assemblage are of superior quality, and I’ve never had an issue with deliveries to New York or Los Angeles. Thanks to Robert for his great service and attention to detail, and KUDOS to AID for making beautiful pieces of furniture accessible and hassle-​free.

Great quality products at attractive prices. The whole team (George, Lily, Robert .) are very friendly and helpful. I would buy furniture from them again.

I have worked with George 3 times now. Every purchase worked out great, including «special orders.» Extremely competitive pricing. Highly recommended.

I was looking online for quite some time for a specific item. I decided to email Advanced Interior Designs to see if they could assist me. Lily answered my email, and was so helpful locating the glides I needed. She was responsive, professional, and courteous. It was a pleasure to have been able to work with her.

New business — new office chair! My new ribbed back, adjustable office chair was purchased from their San Francisco showroom.
They have a large warehouse in Los Angeles where my order was shipped from, and arrived in 2 days in a great condition.
George, the store manager was very helpful and knowledgeable about the product, also while I was waiting for him to process my invoice,
I tested most of the office chairs and bar stools on the showroom floor — they have great quality products at competitive prices. I’ll definitely go back to their showroom for more furniture.
Order with confidence from Advanced Interior Designs !

I am giving this review NOT JUST FOR THE FURNITURE… BUT… for the group of extraordinary people working for this company in Los Angeles… and especially for Jasmine and Lily.
I am an interior designer who just started a staging business. (For verification purposes. its called Modiano Design on Unilocal)…and by all means my small purchases probably mean nothing to the amount of sales they must be making per month… but every time I walk in their warehouse/​office, I feel like the most important person on earth.
The furniture is awesome, looks great and fits in my client’s style, and there is always great open box and off the floor deals !!
These ladies are always friendly and answer my «sometimes crazy» questions.
I will be keep coming back here, but not just because of the furniture but also the great costumer service and the attention I receive every time !
Please note that EVERYONE else in that office has been awesome, and even though I did not get to know all names… I don’t know where they find this awesome staff.
Their prices are comparable to others… but if you are looking for a bargain, go for the floor models and open boxes. and you can find some amazing deals.

Caution — dishonest business. I ordered a sofa then changed my mind and called to cancel the same day. They rudely told me that the item was already shipped from a warehouse and there is nothing they can do. When I asked them for tracking info they told me they didn’t have it. I got tracking info after two or three days when the sofa was actually shipped. I regret dealing with them.

There is a very small display of furniture, most sales are online, if you know what you want no need to shop around.
Very helpful guy at the place George. Ordered my bench, at a very good price and picked it up myself. George carried it to my car. Will be back in the near future.

Great experience! They were thorough and extremely helpful in finding me the right furniture for my home office. Its been nearly a month since I bought the chairs and bar stools and everything is holding up and looks great!

Quick word of warning, we went to the website and decided it would be worth a trip not the smoke to try out some of the furniture.
Roughly 80miles each way so we were excited.
Anyhow it turns out the store is more a hole in the wall distribution center than a showroom which was really disappointing.
I would say it’s not their fault but mine for assuming it would be more of a showroom so this review is solely to prepare anyone in case you are heading there.

As a new business it is important to have proper support. From advanced interior designs that is exactly what I got. Jasmine helped me pick out these white Barcelonas that have proved very functional and aesthetically beautiful as well. There are many sites out there that offer this product but I have to say dealing with them has been shady at best. What I got from AID if professionalism, a superior product, and prompt delivery. Will definitely use them as that business grows. Thank you.

You could buy the Eames Aluminum Management Chair at $ 1,890 at Design Within Reach.
Or, you could buy the EXACT SAME CHAIR at Advanced Interior Designs for $ 1,500+ less.
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True, at Advanced Interior Designs you «only» have the choice of red, white, black, brown or lime green in this particular chair (low back, with pneumatic adjustment, in top grain leather) rather than DWR where you can buy it in powder blue or brick red and about 25 other colors.
But if you’re like me and embrace both good design and classic color and cringe at paying another $ 1,500+ then go to Advanced Interior Designs.
Next, I’m going to buy a desk and I have one already picked out.
Located in a small storefront just past McAllister on Gough (if you pass the alley Ash Street you’ve gone too far) blink and you’ll miss it.
Ask for George.

Finally, a company that gets it! I’ve been furniture shopping online for several years now, and having had my share of on and off good/​bad experiences, I’ve finally found a diamond in the rough. Advanced Interior Designs really understood my needs — they make buying furniture as painless as possible.
Quality products, reasonable prices, and most importantly ON TIME! This is already the third time that I’ve ordered from them — twice online and once over the phone. Great customer service, very quick in responding to me and my emails. I’m no longer shopping around. AID is the place for me.

Meh. If you want to view an item they have online (and it’s not in the small, messy warehouse like showroom they have), then you have to order it in full.
That means, if you realize the cheap knock-​off you’ve bought looks even MORE cheap than what you thought from the online photo, it will cost you 15% in restocking fees to return it.
No thanks. Might as well buy on Amazon.

I stumbled across an AID advertisement in Craigslist for AG Management Chairs while searching for some conference room chairs for my office. The price point fit our needs, but being in Atlanta, I wasn’t able to visit the store and check them out first hand.
A few weeks later, I got to experience the exact AID chairs I was eyeing while visiting a designer’s conference room. They looked and felt great, and the designer said they’d been happy with them. That gave me the confidence to pull the trigger, and I’ve been very pleased with our order.
The quality is well above IKEA and well below the original Eames design that inspired them (at less than ¹⁄₅^th the price).
We’ll likely order another four chairs and I’d be very comfortable ordering other furniture from AID.
A note about shipping and delivery: Our four chairs arrived as expected three days after I placed the order. The boxes looked like they’d been tossed out of an airplane from 40,000 feet. AID forewarned us in the purchase confirmation email to not open damaged boxes without first informing the delivery company, so before we accepted the order, someone in the office took pictures of the unopened boxes and the delivery man made note of the damage. Despite the condition of the boxes, the chairs were completely unscathed. They took some effort assembling, but everyone in the office is super pleased with the final result.

I had a couple issues with some chairs I bought but Jasmine sorted out the problem, and then some. Really good customer service! great in fact! Jasmine may be the nicest person I’ve ever encountered in a retail environment, on or off-​line. She probably cares more about costumer satisfaction than any other small business owner I’ve had the pleasure to meet. BLOWN away by their service. I wholeheartedly recommend them for two reasons
1) They truly care about us, as customers. Seriously, I couldn’t possibly be made to feel more special, and that my small transaction was of up-​most importance to their company.
2) Superb Products– any defect is dealt with both rapidly and smoothly-​trust me on this one, amazing.
As one Unilocaler said, at less than half the cost of DWR, why go anywhere else? Case in point: yesterday, as I was walking down Fillmore, past DWR, I saw the Saarinen tulip table offered for about $ 5,000. Advanced Interior Designs has a beautiful replica for much less than half of that! Honestly, If you love beautiful design but find it difficult to part with thousands of dollars, I suggest you check out Advanced.
As other Unilocalers have written, I too will certainly be a return costumer!
Once again, thank you Jasmine and your team!

I am a repeat customer of Advanced Interior Designs’, living in Portland, Oregon. I’ve come to expect that when looking for quality products, good customer service AND an affordable price, you need to pick two. Well I am now a firm believer that you CAN have your cake and eat it too.
My first order from Rafayel and the AID team was a pair of Alphaville made, Exposition chairs. I was made weary by the great price being quoted by a company I had only known of through the internet, and thus subjected Rafayel (from AID) to several calls with grilling questions about the product, his company and their policies before reluctantly pulling the trigger on my purchase.
His followup and communication was outstanding throughout, and following the purchase process. When the chairs arrived a few days later I was skeptical as I opened the boxes, then exceedingly pleased once I caught the first glimpse of my new chairs. Everything he assured me about build and quality rang true.
Days later I found a small issue with one of the chairs (not an issue related to overall quality — which again I will state is at least on par with the $ 7,500 Knoll version). It was a reasonably simple and inexpensive fix that I was able to address myself. I brought it up with Rafayel anyway, and he offered several, very reasonable solutions to resolve the issue. Ultimately I opted to accept a generous partial refund for my troubles. Months later I still find myself pausing as I walk past the living room to gaze at the gorgeous chairs.
To qualify my statements about the quality of these chairs, I should mention that both an interior designer friend (who used to work for Knoll) and a leading Portland area upholsterer (who was at my house working on an unrelated piece of furniture) — both of whom are intimately familiar with the authentic Knoll Barcelona — expressed utter shock over the quality and beauty of these Exposition chairs.
I have since ordered other products from Advanced Interior Designs, including the Alphaville made Tribeca table (Noguchi), and an Alphaville made molded plywood LCW. Again, the prices were more than reasonable and the quality is right on par with their authentic, name brand cousins.
Rafayel and his AID team are buttoned up, friendly, responsive, and keenly focused on their mission to provide great products and customer service at accessible prices. Despite the saturation of local stores and business selling mid-​mod and modern furniture here in Portland, I look forward to working with AID as my exclusive resource for all of my furniture needs for many years to come.
I am a happy customer.

(My experiences pertain to their Plywood Eames replica chairs specifically)
The furniture is fine, but not as close in quality to the originals as they imply. If you’re the kind of person who cares about the details, I’d suggest thinking twice about getting something here. It’s definitely a good value, but don’t expect to get an equal quality product at a much cheaper price.
My experience definitely wasn’t as good as those described here on Unilocal,so perhaps it was atypical and I got unlucky?
My chairs came in boxes that were battered to the point that someone along the way had to tape cardboard back onto one of them and left a hole in the other one. The chairs were okay, but had some minor dents in them that I would not expect in a new product. The screws were on crooked and tight enough to cause the finish to crack and peel.
All of these are cosmetic details, but I was expecting better so I’m returning the chairs.
The service is a mixed bag. When you get to talk to someone they are friendly and helpful enough. In my case, they were helpful in accommodating my desire to return the chairs and waved the 20% restocking fee. However, it can sometimes be hard to get responses to emails and calls. Finally, the guy who was supposed to pick up the chairs decided to sit outside my place and not ring the doorbell. He left a voicemail which I got later (bad reception). When I called him he said he didn’t want to ring the doorbell because he didn’t want to wake anyone up (at 10am). I guess I should have kept my phone close by, but is it really too much to expect a delivery guy to ring the doorbell?
Final note: Upon posting this review, I received an unpleasant call from the owner insisting that my review was unfair. I re-​read it and feel that it is an accurate description of my experience. I understand other people have had better experiences, but in my case it didn’t go so smoothly and I feel that it is important to share my experience.