Recently, I observed a very excited couple spend many hours in the warehouse excitedly choosing some beautiful new furnishings. After an extended time, my curiosity got the best of me…I asked about their project and what they told me was so interesting:

It was their 20th wedding anniversary and the husband had told his wife that he wanted her to have a sum of money to go on a nice trip to celebrate. If she chose to spend the money in ANY other way, it was fine with him. It was hers to enjoy as she saw fit.

She smiled and said confidently “A trip would be great but after a week it would be over and done. If we use the money to update our home, we could both enjoy that for many years to come!”.

If you need a change, drop in and we will guide you through a feast of selection. You only go around once….you may as well enjoy your home!

I have noticed that many times people change their vehicles more often than they freshen up their sofas and personal surroundings! Did your Grandma teach you that…”A good sofa should last for 30 years!”?

If you still feel this way, perhaps you may consider that changing it up occasionally can give you a whole new lease on life! One option for keeping things flexible and still getting good mileage from a furniture frame…opt for a slipcover style.

Slipcovers are now available in all kinds of sofa and chair designs. Even the most modern frame gives the option for a slip covering. With the purchase of the initial frame, extra covers with different textures and shades give you the ability to change it up a bit…like a cotton print in the spring, denim in the summer and a deep rich velvet or chenille in the winter. Even in Southern California you can create seasons in your interior space!

Ask our brilliant design team about your many options and give your home ‘a new outfit’ a few times a year! (Help it avoid getting ‘pinched’ for wearing the wrong color….)

Now that we have finished washing the last holiday dish, removing the tree, taking down the lights and packing up the trimmings…the house may be looking a bit stark. With the kids back in school, perhaps it’s time to reevaluate your space.

*Is it fresh and inspiring or a bit tired?

*Is it as practical and functional as it could be for your busy family?

*Could it be brighter, more comfortable and just plain prettier?

Perhaps consider a visit with an Urbanism designer to work within your budget and time frame to layout a plan for this year’s home interior updates.

Another great suggestion…. How about requesting a gift for Valentine’s Day this year which is calorie-free, shared by the whole family and way longer lasting than cut flowers? An Urbanism Gift Certificate will give you a nice start on that special selection which will get the ball rolling on the ‘freshening up’ your house needs.

Happy New Year!

If you have the ‘bones’ of your dining room, guest room and living areas basically in place but could use a ’freshening up’, have you thought about how a dramatic new centerpiece accessory or a new more season appropriate slipcover, pillow bouquet or floor mirror could create the gift of variety for you and your family? With a limited budget, have you lived with the same look year after year?
Let us guide you to easy ways to ‘sparkle up’ for the holidays on a dime!

And if the furniture ‘bones’ are not yet in place, there is still time to get the basics lined up for comfortable and tasteful spaces for all your warm family holiday activities. We will work within your time and money budgets like no one else! Many of our pieces are gorgeous one of a kind, ‘take it with you now’ type furnishing jewels…you just gotta see it all!

We are so happy to invite you to our new and fresher website and showroom. As we complete our 15th year here in ‘the huts’ area of Costa Mesa, we want to thank our neighbors, especially Trader Joe’s, whose guests have seen us here next door and wandered over to have a browse. We now have thousands of dedicated Urbanism shoppers who know that if they see something they love out there in the furniture world, they likely will find it or something similar here with us, at a fraction of the retail price.

Over the years we have added accessories including lamps, pillows, rugs and mirrors. Our floor display is changing up more often now with an amazing new merchandiser managing our display area. Our buying has become much more responsive to our shoppers’ requests as the fashion of furniture is morphing faster than ever.

Urbanism has been approached by many of the major national furniture lines, so now, in addition to our unique and local small factory craftsmanship, we offer deep line ups of gorgeous and popular lifestyle collections for every area of the home. We are covering a higher number of style categories as well, due to the breadth of these amazing groupings.

Although this website displays only a small fraction of our selection, hopefully you will glean a good idea of the potential of our available offerings. You must visit us in person at our ’first and coolest’ warehouse in the heart of Orange County and learn how to maximize your furniture budget. Don’t be shy to ask our design team for assistance. If its not on the floor it is very  likely in one of our many catalogs. And of course, we can ‘bring the warehouse to you’ as well. Visit us on any day, and tell us what you want…we can help you make your home delicious….. on a shoestring. Yeah for warehouse shopping!