LIVING SPACES GRAND OPENING!
Without thought or regard to this event, I went about my business of getting gas at Costco. It was around 8:30 PM. As I was leaving the station, the brightly lit Living Spaces furniture store (with the cool signage font!) popped into view. The property/building was impressive. Despite not needing another stick of furniture, swapping out an accessory decor element is never off the table. Besides, I reasoned, seeing the massive building was on the list, so why not pop over and get that box checked?
Unbeknownst to me, this WAS their GRAND OPENING DAY. They had spared no expensive in launching this behemoth right and I was about to stumble into it!
The entry had like 15 staff welcoming people, handing out something and directing them to the NUMEROUS fully catered tables of hors d'oeuvres, desserts, beverages, and adult beverage tables... how did they know that I could be hungry? Admittedly, that doesn't take much.
There was LOTS of elbow room and tray after tray after pile of food kept appearing! "Thumbs Up Catering" staff were walking the showroom offering up whatever it was they were bringing out...and it was varied, remarkable offerings! The tables of savory hors d'oeuvres were on BOTH sides of the store. Some of the offerings were, various types of sausages, bruschetta, chicken sliders, chicken Cordon Bleu and ham and cheese puffs, seven types of cheeses, candied pecans, bacon wrapped artichoke bites, beef Wellington bites and MORE!
As is my habit, I skipped any sweet/drink offerings and focused on the mains! I lift regularly and me 'pecs' were hangry!
The entire store was bumping with some awesome dance music and there were a few carnival-like stations. One station that was dedicated to balloon animals, which was kind of fun to watch.
Alrighty, onto the store itself and its contents. The furniture has definitely got a modern vibe. Some of it was beautiful and as you can imagine, it's extensive. I looked at the price of some of the furniture displays and thought it was very reasonable... I'd certainly spent more elsewhere... I'm sure there are various tiers of quality, so gauge carefully. There's a large section of outdoor furniture.... Living room, office, bedroom, etc. Interestingly enough there's also a very large kids play area behind glass... That's got to be a LOT of fun for them and being able to shut that door and see your kid screaming and enjoying themselves behind glass (that blocks the noise) a plus!
There's a huge drink/Coffee area and I'm not sure if they also make food? Apparently, IF you're buying furniture that day, up to $50.00 of your money spent at that drink/food bar gets deducted from your furniture purchase. A cool policy that is fun, enhances the experience and is SMART!
Some may recall that I have a 1953 large ranch style, mid-century modern home in old fig garden that I'm remodeling/enhancing. And I'm having FUN with it. I'd long ago named the property "Moon Base Alpha." Yes, you read that right! It's mostly voice controlled and I've Inc. the latest devices and Tech.... There's definitely some monochromatic's and I felt super fortunate to come across this cool dinosaur casting that will go somewhere... it's a fairly large piece, substantial, and it was only $35! It's really the accessories that I was more interested in and there's a couple more that I'll be going back for...
The oversaturation of furniture stores in Fresno is funny and a bit sad. Most of the stores don't even have cars out in front of them.... Completely empty show rooms and one wonders how they can keep the lights on. And then came Living Spaces, who is clearly here for the long run... the investment in the property is impressive. This will clearly cut into the competition and it will be interesting to see how the service side translates into satisfaction.
The experience at the store was fantastic... As is usual, I enjoyed mingling with complete strangers and having a ball... if one is interested, they actually do have an interior designer on staff... one who actually has a degree!
Visiting the showroom unexpectedly last night was kind of like winning the jackpot. It was a blast hanging out and chatting with people and I scored a cool accessory. And while 'Georgia' might be on other people's minds, the BEEF WELLINGTON was on mine! It did not disappoint!
IF the problem with western man is that he can't be content in an empty room, you can lean into that quality here!
-G read more