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RocPin
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
Posted by NewlyMrs
knock on wood I love my Bernhardt Furniture bedroom set and will probably buy a dining room set by them too.
The furniture is so heavy, I can barely move the nightstand by myself.
ITA!!
I have a Bernhardt dining room set and I love the quality of it. Extremely heavy.
My aunt is the executive buyer of a large furniture company down here in VA and she said even though they are pricey, they are worth every penny.
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Sassyz75
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
Posted by CrisiDrue
I got my dining room table and chairs at Raymour & Flanigan and they're all solid mahogany.
hate to burst your bubble, but that's a mahogany finish, not solid mahogany...
no way R&F could sell solid mahogany at that price.. mahogany lumber wholesales at almost $3k/thousand feet!!!!
it's probably hardwood of some kind with a mahogany finish.
it's very confusing how furniture companies market their goods- a lot of times people think they're getting solid mahogany or cherry, but it's a finish.
That's why people think cherry means a "cherry" color- not true. Cherry wood does have a red tint to it, but in its natural state is no where near the color people THINK cherry is supposed to be. That's a finish.
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Stefanie
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
The tables out there are nothing like our parent's dining room table. Solid wood and weighs a TON!
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CMG920
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
You should try Gothic Cabinet. They have very nice wood furniture that you can customize with stains, finishes etc and I find that the prices are reasonable.
http://www.gothiccabinetcraft.com/
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jellybean78
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
Have you tried going to the Amish Country? I know they have stores that have reall wood furniture. I hate the fake wood out there...it's crap
I don't think that people buy furniture to last anymore...they just buy because it's in style and figure they will get rid of it in a few years and get the newer style. Soooo different from our parents and grandparents generations..
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skew
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
Posted by CrisiDrue
I got my dining room table and chairs at Raymour & Flanigan and they're all solid mahogany.
like the other lower priced ranged stores (JCP, pottery barn, C&B peter andrews, broyhill, ashley) R&F DOES NOT sell solid wood pieces. if that is what you were told, then you need to RUN to the store and DEMAND a refund.
even the mid range priced stores (EA, RH, DH, thomasville, bernhardt) does not offer sold wood pieces.
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
ITA with this!! and I am pretty sure that it's only been this way for the last 10-15 yrs.
solid wood furniture used to be readily available. I guess mfg's changed that to save $ 
eta: not sure what your budget is like, but Bloomingdales in Roosevelt Field has a furniture store.  gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS!!!! the quality is amazing and every single piece I looked at there had dove-tailed drawers. I always check for that 
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SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Is anyone else completely disgusted by the "quality" of the wood furniture
well I just checked bloomingdales.com furtniture site and several pieces said "solid ash wood", "solid cherry".
several collections I looked at were made in Italy and France - with prices to match  but so 
bedroom set
dinning set
this dinning set better be solid cherry at this price!
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