If you live in the L.A. area, you need to know about “Hotel Surplus” in Van Nuys.
I had heard of this place a while back, and finally made my way over a few months ago. What a find! Here’s the scoop, as I understand it… When hotels remodel (or shut down), Hotel Surplus buys their wares – furniture, art, lighting, mirrors, dishes, etc. – and sells it all at super-duper reduced prices. (I’ve seen sofas for as low as $125.) Some items come from, well, dumpy joints. But not everything. I’ve seen pieces from The Beverly Hills Peninsula, and not one was cheap! So yes, prices run the gamut.
And if used goods aren’t your keg of beer, know this: they have brand-spanking new stuff, too! Let’s say a furniture manufacturer cranks out a new line of sofas. Only the dye lot for the fabric didn’t turn out to be the exact shade of green they’d been going for. Hotel Surplus will buy up that line and discount it heavily. And I do mean major, y’all.
Mister and I have gotten a couple of new things there, and I just went back to find some old lamps. I was successful, and will be updating those pieces very, very soon. When I need something, this place is now on my go-to circuit. I’m so happy I finally checked it out.
If you’re local, you should stop by. It’s so worth it!