I'm not one for modern furniture design. My aesthetic heart definitely belongs to eras bygone. Plus second-hand, antique consignment and thrifting are a #1 hobby of mine; a hobby for which my neighborhood of Midcity is lacking no options. Basically, I don't find myself much in the need of new furniture wares or caring to invest even a minute of time in places like Rooms To Go and Ikea (...gross).
But I decided that the sofa I wanted when I moved into my new place was going to be a brand spanking new one, having been scarred by the prior upholstery nightmares of used sofas. I found a style that I loved and promptly applied my thrift shop knowhow towards the pursuit of the best deal I could get on NEW furniture. If you're curious, yes, I am a 90-year-old woman in a 28-year-old's body. And yes, the sofa I fell in love with is by Ashley.
Now, I know I could have ordered it online, but a) I support local business every chance I get, and b) if you live in New Orleans then you *know* you don't leave deliveries on the porch. "Curbside Delivery" is a fancy way of saying "shipping". It *does not* mean they bring it in and assemble - it means they dump it in front of what they guess is your house and eff the eff off, good luck. So after months of Google-sleuthing, looking for a local store carrying this particular sofa at an internet-competitive price, I stumbled across Let's Do.
I am so glad I found Let's Do, and I really want to make more people aware of them. I have had nothing but attentive and excellent service from Candice and the rest of the staff here. Knowing they were a thrift outlet before makes me sad I've only just found them. If you are looking for currently manufactured furniture, then I would check their online inventory. Or give them a call, Candy has never once had a problem spending time on the phone answering my questions.
They seem to carry most brands and styles I can find at larger chains or even other local retailers (like Comeaux or Compass). They weren't the only store carrying the sofa I wanted, but they had a match price (actually a bit lower than some others, and on par with the absolute lowest price I had found) with average delivery fee (nothing exorbitant but delivery is about the same everywhere). Being a not poor not rich 20-something, with maybe slightly finer taste in furniture than my station allows, here's what really grabbed my attention:
The lay-a-way plan is absopositivelutely UNBEATABLE. $20.00 down to purchase any piece (there may be exceptions, but none that I encountered) and no set monthly amount. As a buyer I feel you should take responsibility to make adequate payments and not abuse the system, but it took me 7 months to pay my sofa off and sometimes what I could pay varied by month, Never once did I feel like anything but a valued customer. Unfortunately, it did turn out that the sofa I originally wanted was no longer being manufactured, and this IS a significant risk in furniture lay-a-way. Candy happily worked with me to try and find a substitute in a style that I equally liked (and offered to promptly refund my money in full, if we couldn't). I didn't need a refund; we found the same style in a different upholstery.
If I was more into modern furniture, they'd have *such* a repeat customer on their hands. As it stands, for anything I may require down the line in the realm of new furniture Let's Do is without a doubt going to be my first pick. read more
