I'm still holding out for the local Agway to go over 75% off. They just went 30 this week. I'm optimistic this year because the weather hasn't changed yet, so (my logic says) that people wouldn't have planted bulbs in this warm weather. And...people will be too busy next weekend thinking about TG and B-Friday shopping that they won't even consider buying bulbs...course, then they'll look at the calendar after the weekend and say "Oh, it's too late now, anyway" which means they're all mine!!! MUHAHAHHAHHHH!!!!!!!!!

"I have read so many of your previous posts, and I know that you only accept the highest standard in terms of furniture quality." I need to correct this as it is simply not the case. Yes, I love high quality but I also love a bargain. While we have furniture representative of the finest IMHO that the industry offers - Henkel Harris for example - my preference is for quality furniture available at steep discounts (read: no MRP) like Hickory White. I am simply not familiar with Custom Shoppe so I cannot give you any feedback. Most swoon when they hear the phrase "custom furniture" and often the swooning is justified. It strikes me that it is expensive at $6,000 especially considering the liberal use of plywood. There was a recent discussion here about plywood so you may want to read it and google and learn more about it. Also, talk to the dealer to understand the plywood quality they use. Please do not misunderstand me, most cabinetmakers I have met are exellent craftsmen who truly love what they do. I used to be a woodworker although nothing on the order of custom furniture. Still, as MacTuck indicates, having your TV actually fit the entertainment center is very attractive. Before I would spend $6,000, I would try to understand more. Perhaps some other CS owners will chime in.

HI, I live in Taipei. I’m very upset with W.SCHILIIG ! I would not recommend any person to buy W.SCHILLIG products. Few months ago (Jan 2019), I spent about US $7000 to order one 3-seat W.SCHILLIG Intermezzo (P65) sofa at a local (a Taipei agent) department as those sofa at showcase booth are good and every sofa has a sew-in label says “Made In Germany” & “W.SCHILLIG”, so it won’t be a so-called ‘copied’ sofa. This is one of the reason I placed the order. But when I got my sofa delivered (July 2019), it smells weird and the quality is not as those I saw at the showcase booth (see photos below)! I had several discussion/meetings with local agent and brought my questions and photos to them and doubt is my sofa really “Made in Germany” or it’s a ‘copied version?? They could not provide any convincing date to me. The sofa I got does not even has any label indicating it’s “Made in Germany, No “W.SCHILLIG” either!! No one can tell where this sofa comes from! Recently, I got a letter (see below photo) from a W.SCHILLIG VP. His letter made me really disappointed and upset. He confirms me my sofa is absolutely made in Germany because W.SCHILLIG did ship one P65 sofa to the agent. That’s it?? He also says there is a label says “Made in Europe” (that’s the leather) and “Germany is a part of Europe, so no difference)!!!! I spend US $7000 for a sofa for Made in Germany, not Made in Europe ! I have no idea why Germany equal to Europe?? Because I was very upset, I sent the leather sample (see below, pls check if this is your stuff!) which I received together with the sofa to one of my country’s(Taiwan) famous test lab and do a test according to Taiwan national standard (CNS11677: Furniture Safety requirements and test hazardous substance of furniture surface). This is leather sample I sent for test From the report (see below photo), there is one item: Leaching concentration of chromium (Cr) exceeds our national standard about 10X !! (697 mg/Kg, the spec. is less than 60 mg/Km)!! The sofa I got is a bad. I asked W.SCHILLIG to check the info I provided to see if this is really their product. Well, they said yes. It’s really weird! Just don’t touch this company's product, then you won’t have the same headache I have. 1. Below is the report. The red circle on page 2 says Leaching concentration of chromium (Cr) exceeds our national standard about 10X !! (697 mg/Kg, the spec. is less than 60 mg/Km)!! 2. This is letter I got from a W.SCHILIIG VP. Let me tell you, no any consumer is able to tell where the sofa is manufactured and which company manufacture it. This is a great news for any guy who do the ‘copy’ version of furniture ! They do not claim their products are fake but ‘copy version’. I’m not sure if my sofa came from W.SCHEILLIG, but it seems your VP & CFO insist this bad thing came from you !! 3. These are some of the photos I provided to ask W.SCHILLIG folks to check if the sofa I got came from them.

Looks wonderful!!! You have to be so happy to be on the home stretch! Make sure your flooring guys are CAREFUL around all your toe kicks and don’t slop poly (or whatever they’re using) all over them….we had our floors done after our built in fridge/freezer columns were in and they slopped that stuff all over the SS toe kicks…. Needless to say they’re paying to replace them - wished they’d have just been careful in the first place!!