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- From: emolinar@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Elizabeth Molinaro)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Cherry Furniture Recommendation?
- Message-ID: <1336@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: 21 Aug 92 20:19:34 GMT
- References: <92232.105049RJM@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Reply-To: emolinar@stake.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Elizabeth Molinaro)
- Organization: Stakeholder Relations, NCR Corp in Dayton,OH
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- In article <92232.105049RJM@psuvm.psu.edu> RJM@psuvm.psu.edu (Ray Masters)
- writes:
- >Last February my wife and I ordered a not-inexpensive cherry bedroom set
- >(bed + 3 case pieces) in a Shaker style. After a 5-month wait, we were
- >extremely disappointed with the workmanship and quality. Warped, cupped,
- >out-of-square, drawers-wont-close, faked details (non-functional dovetails,
- >but the photos looked good!), etc., etc. We returned the furniture and
- >got our money back. We're still interested in solid cherry, Shaker-style,
- >but are somewhat apprehensive about a manufacturer since this last exper-
- >ience was supposedly with a "quality" manufacturer. Can anyone offer any
- >recommendations?
-
-
-
- I do not know where you are from. However, for really
- tremendous, hand-made furniture that can be MAIL ordered
- go find a "house-something" (anything) magazine and look
- for a Thos. Moser ad.
-
- Then spend $10.00 for the catalog. Or go to one of their
- showrooms (Philly, Alexandria VA, & I forget, Maine).
-
- REALLY beautiful. VERY expensive. Worth it? Yep. If you
- don't have cats!!! (And/or you're not military and moving
- all the time.)
-
- OR check out some of your local "cabinet makers" in the
- Yellow Pages. Here in Dayton we have two or three local
- people, and others--one well known nation-wide--just a
- half hour away or so. These local people may be slightly
- more expensive than something from Ethan Allen et al, but
- it's HAND made. Art. Well worth it, to me.
-
- Let's pay these people what they're worth: and keep them
- in business!
-
- Just MHO. Elizabeth
-