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Showroom Furniture vs. Retail: What to Know When Designing Your Listing

If you love all things home decor and have never had the privilege of visiting a designer showroom, you must put it on your bucket list and do it … TODAY! It is an incomparable experience, usually reserved for interior designers, or friends or clients of IDs. 

Designer showrooms offer quality pieces you will not find in a retail store. Along with their luxurious look and feel comes the opportunity to customize most pieces to your own style and taste. Your designer or showroom representative will lavish one-on-one attention as you are given a tour of their expansive, exclusive space.

Though the thought may be daunting, don’t worry about drowning in the open sea of beautiful home decor! Your visit to the showroom with your designer can be custom-curated by them to present products in keeping with your style, color, taste, and project. Sensory overload is deftly averted with this tactic! Once you’ve had the opportunity to review their focused presentation, you can explore to your hearts’ delight!


1. Showroom Furniture Can Be Uniquely Customized

Commonly (in this uncommon experience), there are a number of customization options available to you in a designer showroom. Along with the ability to change out fabrics and materials, you can often transform features such as the legs, arms, or the back of a sofa, or even alter the size or shape of a piece for a custom fit.


2. Showroom Furniture is Higher Quality than Retail

The quality of products found in a showroom will always be superior to retail. If you aren’t acquainted with luxury furnishings, a firsthand view and enlightening touch of a designer piece will help you begin to understand what high-end goods look and feel like, and why they command the prices that they do.

You’ll also get to ask questions of well-educated staff about craftsmanship, how materials are sourced, the longevity and care of the fabric, and the options for customization.


3. Showrooms Make Installation Easy & Stress-Free

If you thought white-glove delivery by a mail-order store is amazing, a Designer Showroom will go 10 steps further by organizing the ordering, shipping, tracking, delivery, and installation if need be. And their follow-up efforts will guarantee you become a client for life!


Spending money on furnishings is expensive, any way you slice it. Making purchases on quality pieces that will stand the test of time is an investment that will serve you and your guests well for decades!

A friend of mine once quoted, “buy nice or buy twice.” I like that philosophy, and it was never truer than when applied to home decor! When you buy from a designer showroom, you get the added benefit of quality service that ensures peace of mind over your decorating and buying decisions that don't drop off after the point of sale.


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