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Lacks Home Furnishings

August 4th, 2010

Shopping for new bedroom furniture set is not the easiest or cheapest thing to shop for. As I shopped around one of the first places that I went to was Lacks Home Furnishings. Once I walked into the store I was bombarded by saleswomen, like a lioness after her prey. I may have taken three steps into the store until I noticed women half way running up to me. Once I told the sales woman that I was looking for a nice bedroom set I had explained to her that I like dark furniture and am partial towards the more modern look, she was able to right away show me the perfect set. Lacks really had a great selection of full bedroom sets that met the style that I was looking for, but that seemed to be the most popular style in the store.

Most furniture was pretty expensive, but all home furnishing is expensive pretty much any where that you go. It seems like I am always seeing commercials for sales going on at Lacks. They also have a no-interest for 18 months summer sale going on with a minimum of $1800.  Many times they have really good sales if you are buying whole room sales. I do not know why anyone would pay full prices for a furniture set at Lacks, if you wait a couple months than you probably could get what you want for a much lower price.

Lacks has some beautiful furniture for dinning room, living room, and bedroom. They also sell Whirlpool appliances for your kitchen, and Whirlpool, Amana, and Maytag washer and dryers. I do not really recommend buying electronics from Lacks. They have the LG brand televisions and sound systems. The salesmen seem like they know a lot about bedroom furniture, dinning room tables, and living room sets; but when it came to electronics they really did not know what the best choices were.

Most of the furnishings at Lacks are high quality and extremely well made. If you are looking at their lower priced items or their marked down items I recommend that you should double check drawers and cabinet doors to make sure that they work properly and will not fall off. The cheapest bedroom set that I looked at appeared nice but the dresser drawers would get stuck and easily fall out. I was pretty disappointed in the quality of the furniture and I felt like it was one of the sets that was way over priced.

No matter what room you are remodeling in your house you can find beautiful furniture that will mirror your taste and personality. They even have the southern style furniture with the over-done Texan Star carved in the foot board and dresser. You can also find the newest lines of mattresses that is best for your comfort. Salesmen and women are more than ready to help you re-furnish your house.

The Woodshed in Tyler

February 4th, 2010

The Wood Shed

3601 S. Broadway
Tyler 75701
903 561 8231

Open: Mon-Fri 10am – 5.30pm
Sat 10am – 3pm

The Woodshed in Tyler Texas sells unfinished and finished real wood furniture plus custom made pieces which can be stained to order. They specialize in matching items with furniture you already own and in providing corner furniture or pieces that you need to fit your home in a special way. They boast in having every type of furniture for every room of the home.

We came across the Woodshed after admiring a beautiful solid wood dining room table belonging to friends. They told us that they had stained and finished it themselves and paid less doing it that way. We were intrigued and went to visit the store ourselves. The furniture at the Woodshed instantly impressed us. We were keen to purchase bedroom furniture to match our bed but could only afford to buy them one piece at a time over a period of 6 months. The staff at the Woodshed matched the color for us and kept the mixture on record so that when we went to re-order they could stain the remaining items the same color. We had them stain and finish each piece for us as I was concerned that I wouldn’t do such a good job as the ‘experts’ We have been delighted with the set.

At a later date we chose a bookshelf and TV cabinet with shaped glass doors. There were so many designs to chose from it was almost overwhelming but we found just what we wanted in the end. The price was pretty reasonable – comparable to Ashley Furniture, but paying for them to be stained was an extra expense. We were still very pleased to have solid custom furniture at an affordable price. One of the doors of the TV cabinet has since slipped a little in its hinges but I think that on the whole, the furniture will last well and probably outlive us.

I liked the personal attention we received at the Woodshed and the unhurried advice from the staff. They seemed to empathize with my indecision and were very helpful. Our children were happy going to the store because they have a lego table and dolls house for kids to play with. Customer care is important here. One negative point is that they don’t deliver. They do know a ‘man with a van’ who apparently provides a reliable service for a fee but we chose instead to borrow a truck and carefully transport it ourselves. Luckily it arrived undamaged and now has pride of place in our home.

If you are looking for wooden furniture in Tyler Texas I would definitely check out the Woodshed. They do have some beautiful things and it is great to be able to customize items to suit your existing home décor.