We have a maple Scandinavian dining room set my parents gave us as a wedding present. When the kids…read morewere little years back, the original seat fabric got all stained and nasty with milk, etc. We went to an undisclosed interior design place and replaced the fabric with marine grade vinyl and thick padding. The result was horrendous. The vinyl was tucked, unprofessionally with big seams/creases at the corners, like a do it yourself job. We didn't care at the time - as long as it held up for the next 10 years, we were good. Come 2020 and that vinyl is getting annoying. Our butts stick to them, the chairs noticeably look bad relative to the rest of our furnishing, and most importantly, the kids aren't leaving have half their food on the seats. Santa Barbara Design Center has been here for a while and I stopped in randomly on the way to Home Improvement. I was introduced to Michael, a knowledgeable and personable chap. I showed him an online picture of the original chair, and that I wanted to restore the seat to its original, sleek, sculptural and refined splendor. He said no problem, provided a couple of premium quality fabric books, and we were on our way. We picked out the fabric and brought the chairs in. Michael commented "my god, who did this work?" 50% down and ten days later, chairs were done, with a message "come down and make sure you are happy." My wife and I looked, were pleased - Michael responded with "here's something that bothers me, I want you to see..." He flipped the chair over and on the bottom, the seat fabric was stapled just outside of the underside frame. You wouldn't see it normally, but from a distance or looking down from the side, you might. Immediately we thought the same thing, yeah, that's not ideal. He said it shouldn't be done like this, let me redo it for you, no charge. His upholsterer redid it, and boy those 8 chairs look great, almost better than the original! The seats came out sleek and wonderfully curved over the underlying pad. The fabric is comfortable, soft and elegant - couldn't be happier. The interior of SBDC fills a warehouse space and contains just about everything; furniture, rugs, lamps, etc. The staff were COVID compliant, and Michael was a dream to work with. He has an excellent eye for detail, is easy to work with, and is an honest broker; I wish we had more projects for him!

Just picked up my silk rug from Santa Barbara Desing center, brought it in after spilling red wine…read moreon it, Michael and his staff were very helpful and did a wonderful job cleaning it lookes like New . This it a beautiful store ,and if you want a hand made rug this is the place he has hundreds of rugs to choose from Very Large to small , just go to look at his inventory of unique beautiful furnishings you will be glad you did Barry

They have a good selection of carpets as well as hardwood flooring and they sell mattresses as…read morewell. We were impressed with the service and attention we received during our visits. The salesperson we worked with, Bruce, was helpful, informative and friendly and did not pressure at all. I feel like the prices were reasonable (even with some upgrades we wanted to reduce sound between levels). We were very happy with the service of all the sales team we interacted with and their efforts to coordinate our installation in a short time. The installation crew was great as well. They were on time, professional and fast with their installation. It looks great! I will happily be back when we need any carpet in the future. They also have a nice selection of unique area carpets. The kids absolutely love the plush purple carpet we got for their room!

We recently used Carpeteria to put new carpet in our bedroom. The knowledgeable staff helped us…read moreselect high quality carpet at a great price and the process was super easy. I highly recommend Carpeteria!

The quality and selection of rugs is so fun, antiques and moden in so many sizes and colors…read more Michael's charisma shines in his telling of every rug, and its story. My family has bought rugs, gotten rugs cleaned, and received several helpful appraisals in the 25 years we have worked with Rugs and More to understand and care for our rugs. Thank you.

They call themselves the Santa Barbara Design Center and they think the are comparable to the Los…read moreAngeles Design Center. In realty there is no comparison! The Los Angeles Design Center is comprised of many high end stores who sell top of the line designer products. In fact you have to be an Interior Designer to purchase anything there The Santa Barbara Design Center owner is not customer oriented. Six years ago we had their designer come out to our house and she picked out a sofa and pillows for us. She miscalculated which side the size of the room and also cutom made over sized pillows - which to this day we cannot use to sit comfortably! We recently went to the store only to find out from the owner that our sofa and pillows were worthless! We wanted to have our old family room sofa reupholstered but only to find out that it would cost as much as if you were to buy a new one. The biggest disappointment was when he bragged about changing our over sized pillows ,that their designer made for us, for the right size for $100. When my husband went to drop them off he increased the price by another $100 to the inserts! This was totally misleading! So now we were looking at $200/ pillow to correct their designer's mistake. Bottom line is that we have a very high end home in Santa Barbara and the pillows on our living room sofa are $1,500 each. The reason I am writing this review is to let people know that they should not be fooled by this furniture place

We just purchased two more rugs from Abram Imports. Our previous rug is wearing beautifully and…read moretheir rugs are great quality. Their service is excellent too!

What a beautiful selection of rugs! Abram is wonderful and so helpful. I loved how much time he…read moretook with me to answer all my questions about the rugs. I will definitely come back to shop their exquisite selection of rugs.

Hidden treasure on Gutierrez Street…read more There's a mixture of furniture and art. This is a woman owned business. If you're lucky, the sweet doggy, see my photos, will also be there to greet you. I love to support mother daughter businesses as well. Did you know March is women's business focus?! Every week there can be different items. If you're looking for something in particular, let them know as well.

I LOVE this shop and always find something fun to bring home! From their friendly greetings to…read moretheir sweet dog Auggie, it's always a joy visiting The Art of Consignment.

Beautiful authentic rugs from around the world. Endless patterns from rich and colorful to neutral…read moreand minimalistic. They also had vintage antique bowls, ottomans, and other pieces. The owner is the kindest man who has been here for 30 years. The product is beautiful and authentic. Highly reccomend. It's RIGHHT across from Hotel Santa Barbara. Best vintage rug store and AMAZING prices. His prices are highly competitive

Tribal Rugs (or similar incarnations) have been around on State St. in Santa Barbara ever since I…read morevisit, for a couple of decades. For me, it is part of the landscape. They sell nice rugs, but also other home decor, sometimes clothes, cool jewelry. They also have items on sale in front of the store. You might find a cool gem. Prices vary, customer service is decent, although last time I was browsing, one of the employees was blowing away leaves with a machine, which made it annoying to browse and shop. A store with character and imported goods!