BARGAINS : HAMMER DOWN PRICES AT WROUGHT-IRON OUTLET.Byline: Trisha King and Deborah Newmark If price is the only thing standing between you and a quality piece of wrought-iron furniture, you'll be pleased to learn about Old World Ironmongers Factory Outlet. Wrought-iron end tables featured in high-end furniture stores normally start in the neighborhood of $500. The starting price starting price n (COMM) → precio inicial starting price n → prix initial starting price start n (at auction here is $201, and coffee tables start at $250 ($750 or more retail). Most of the inventory is made with solid, extremely heavy hand-forged iron. Instead of being painted or coated, the iron has a finish, mostly black or brown, which ages naturally. Careful attention to detail can be seen in large armchairs made to look as though they are leather, including straps and buckles This article is about the comic strip. For the fastener, see Buckle Buckles is a comic strip by David Gilbert about the misadventures of a naïve dog. Buckles debuted on March 25, 1996. . The chair runs $350, and the matching coffee table is $250 (retail, $1,200). We fell hard for an intricately designed, queen-size canopy bed A canopy bed is a decorative bed somewhat similar to a four poster bed. A typical canopy bed usually features posts at each of the four corners extending four feet high or more above the mattress. with a crown of sorts centered in the middle of the canopy for $950. The only bed we could find for a price comparison was an unadorned, wrought-iron canopy bed for $1,999 at another furniture store. Most furniture is sold without cushions or glass. Glass can be special-ordered at cost. There are items with old wood tops and shelves, like an entry or sofa table topped with wood 3 inches thick, for $720 (retail, $1,200 to $1,400). If you like the top of one item and the bottom of another, they'll have it made at no extra charge. You can also take a picture or sketch in for custom order and you'll still save up to 50 percent off retail prices. Special orders take six to eight weeks. Other items include baker's racks A baker's rack is a type of furniture with shelves, typically made of wrought iron or some other metal. Traditionally the wire shelves served to help cool a baker's goods such as hot pies. , room dividers, candlesticks and unwired Unwired is an Australian public company dedicated to building a nationwide, fixed wireless telecommunications network offering carrier grade Internet services. They currently provide coverage in Sydney and Melbourne. lamps (wiring runs $5 or $10). Inventory changes quarterly with new and prototype items for every room of a home. Old World Ironmongers Factory Outlet is at 13282 Paxton St., Pacoima; (818) 897-8233. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; other hours available by appointment. MasterCard and Visa are accepted. All sales are final. Delivery is available for a charge. Inside info Instead of buying new silver pieces, have your old ones polished, restored or repaired at Avi Traditional Silversmithing. For prices starting at $12, they will polish your sugar bowl and make it look new. There is a minimum charge of $25, so check your cabinets and bring more than one small item if possible. Avi can also duplicate DUPLICATE. The double of anything. 2. It is usually applied to agreements, letters, receipts, and the like, when two originals are made of either of them. Each copy has the same effect. or create new silver pieces for you. Avi Traditional Silversmithing is at 11131 Vanowen St., Unit C, North Hollywood; (818) 506-4478. Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment only on Sunday. If it's party time, you should head over to Party House Liquor liquor /li·quor/ (lik´er) (li´kwor) pl. liquors, liquo´res [L.] 1. a liquid, especially an aqueous solution containing a medicinal substance. 2. & Wine Mart, where you can pick up a bottle of Dom Perignon Dom Perignon renowned vintage French champagne. [Western Cult.: Misc.] See : Luxury for $62.99 (retail $80), limit one per person, or a bottle of Santa Margarita Santa Margarita ("Saint Margaret") may refer to:
n. A container designed for storing cigars or other tobacco products at a constant level of humidity. [From humid (on the model of cuspidor).] (Tarzana and West Hills locations only), with more than 60 varieties of cigars. Party House Liquor & Wine Mart locations are 18839 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, (818) 342-0355; 13302 Moorpark St., Sherman Oaks, (818) 981-3371; 29160 Roadside Drive, Agoura, (818) 889-0882; and 23703 Vanowen St., West Hills, (818) 999-9463. Hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. MEMO: Trisha King and Deborah Newmark are co-authors of a book about bargain shopping. Bargains appears Saturdays. Please send suggestions of stores for possible future columns to Bargains, Daily News Features Department, P.O. Box 4200, Woodland Hills, Calif. 91365-4200. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Most of the inventory at Old World Ironmongers Facto ry Outlet is made with heavy, hand-forged iron, with a finish that ages naturally. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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