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

The electricity was not working for the washer and the dryer. I tried flipping the switches on the…read morepanel and it didnt work. I called several electricians, not one of them could help me until next week! When I called Marmelejo he personally arrived in a few minutes. He flippeed a switch in the box and it all turned on. Silly me, ... he charged me nothing and went on his way. What service!

They were fantastic! Extremely friendly and professional, they were able to fix my outlets the very…read moresame day they came out to provide an estimate. I really appreciated that they offered several pricing options, which made it easy to choose what worked best for me. The event sent me pictures. Overall, a smooth and stress-free experience--I would definitely highly recommend them!

I have used Laughlin twice now and will only use them as my go to electrician. They responded to…read moremy service request quickly and had an amazingly professional experience. Cody was able to troubleshoot the issue and got the problem solved quickly and with a clear explanation of the problem. I recommend them without any reservations!

Called twice and left messages for a work quote, but no one ever called back to even tell me they…read morewe're not interested.

Justin saved my bacon. My dryer wouldn't heat up so I had a "reputable" well known appliance repair…read morecompany come out to look at it. He said I needed an electrician. Justin saved the day. Not only did he get my dryer going but replaced the arced switches in my fuse box. He installed new GFS in my kitchen (recommended by the inspection). But the nicest part was that the prior repairman left a wire unattached so my dryer didn't start up. Justin took off the panel and fixed my dryer too. Nice guy. Reasonable rates. Very ethical. Call him.