Don’t Put Furniture Just Away Yet!
Even though the summer has come to an end, some of the best times to use your outdoor furniture are coming up. Temps below 80 are here. Evenings are cooling down. Outdoor dining can be relaxing and a great way to connect with friends and family members. It always has seemed to me that when you eat outdoors people seem to linger a little longer after a meal.
This is a great time of the year to also find a lot of great values on outdoor furniture if your furniture is old and worn or if you just want to add some new pieces.
So kick back, relax and enjoy the outdoors. We all deserve some good fresh air after one of the hottest summers that we have seen in a long time.
Furniture Galore!
As I am sure many of you have noticed the summer inventory is making its way out of most your big stores and the fall seasonal items are on the way in. Fall is still a great time to spend outdoors and we still have lots and lots of great options for your backyard patio, deck, screen porch, and sunroom. We once again purchased much of the Telescope showroom in Chicago and we currently have two showrooms, two tents, two patios, and a parking lot loaded with end of season discounts on demo sets, closeouts, and stock sets. Some of our clearance merchandise is upwards to 65% off of regular retail pricing…and much of that is high quality domestic product from Telescope Casual. So, if you are still looking to enjoy the outdoors (while it is actually comfortable to do so) make sure you stop in and see our inventory. I’m sure we can find you a great set at a great value. – Craig
Early Birds, Procastinators & Great Furniture Deals
They say that the early bird gets the worm, but sometimes the procrastinator gets rewarded as well. I know, for us planners, this doesn’t always seem fair. What does this have to do with Eastgate Pools & Spas? Plenty!
Recently, we received a phone call from Telescope Casual, a 100+ year-old American casual furniture manufacturer. They were preparing to update their Chicago Merchandise Mart Showroom with 2011 product. The Chicago area dealer that was supposed to buy the showroom full of 2010 product backed out at the last minute and Telescope needed a another dealer to step up to the plate. Having purchased the showroom numerous times in the past, Eastgate Pools was familiar with the logistics involved, and we made Telescope an offer. The offer was accepted and last Wednesday a group of us made the trip to Chicago to prepare the showroom for its move to Cincinnati. By Thursday afternoon, several 53’ truckloads of Telescope Casual furniture were on their way back to our store.
So, how does this all fit together? For those customers that were planning on buying new outdoor furniture this spring and haven’t gotten around to it yet, you can purchase quality Telescope Casual furniture at greatly reduced prices. We bought right and we are passing on the savings. So don’t worry that spring has become summer. Your procrastinating has paid off! Sounds like you should reward your good fortune and excellent planning with a relaxing afternoon enjoying some new Telescope patio furniture.
Come On In And Take The Ultimate Furniture Test
- Come to Eastgate Pools & Spas.
- Find a set of casual furniture that you think you like.
- Sit in it and relax. No, I mean get real comfortable, not just a little. Put your feet up if you like.
- Close both eyes and go to your Happy Place, kind of like Happy Gilmore did in the movie.
- If you did all this and possible feel asleep, I think you’ve found the right set.
- Buy it and repeat at your home.
–Max
How About Those Reds!!!
1st place in June!! Somebody wake me up from this dream!! Is the 1990 team all over again?? Only time will tell and we do have plenty of games left to find out if they are for real. Since we do have so many games left, why not stop in a purchase that casual furniture set that you can enjoy as you listen to Marty and the Cowboy call another Reds win!! Stop in today, we have 2 showrooms and 2 tents full of furniture waiting to be had!!
Weekend Balloon Sale!
Looking for a new set of Casual Furniture for an upcoming Graduation Party or family get together? Stop in this weekend for our balloon sale. You can save up to 35%! (Look for the RED Balloons.) Green balloons get you 20% off and Blue 25% off.
Test Drive Casual Furniture
Come on in and take the ultimate casual furniture test…
- Come to Eastgate Pools & Spas.
- Find a set of casual furniture that you think you like.
- Sit in it and relax. No, I mean get real comfortable, not just a little. Put your feet up if you like.
- Close both eyes and go to your Happy Place, kind of like Happy Gilmore did in the movie.
- If you did all this and possible feel asleep, I think you’ve found the right set.
Buy it and repeat at your home.
Help Us Clear Out Our Warehouse
We have a good selection of 2009 casual furniture sets and we need to make room for new product. Between demos, closeouts, and sets from a $1.2 million dollar liquidation of a Louisville area casual furniture retailer, we can save you a lot of money. For less than what you would spend at a big-box store, you can get the good stuff from us. You don’t have to settle for inferior furniture so stop in and pick out a quality set. –Max
Think Spring
I know Spring is right around the corner. At least I keep telling
myself this every time the Weather Channel mentions the chance of more
snow.
I’ve decided to “think Spring” and start planning on what new patio
furniture will replace what I have now.
I will start seeing many of the new styles and colors coming to the
floor within the next couple of weeks. Just in case I don’t see the
one that is just right for me, I also have the option of choosing
from several outstanding manufacturers. Each of them have several
styles and lots of different fabric selections and best of all I will
have plenty of time to order and have my new furniture at my home in
time for the warmer weather.
My children also are really excited about my new purchase because
they will inherit my 10 year old Telescope furniture It is still in
great condition after all that time. Turns out it is a win-win
situation.
SHOWROOM SWITCHOVER
If you haven’t been into the store for a few weeks, well, things will look a little different if you stop and visit with us. We recently completed our fall showroom switchover. One of the best things about the new showroom and warehouse that we built a couple of years ago is that it gives us the ability to display lots of game tables and lots of casual furniture year round. Before we had this second showroom, we couldn’t fully display either product line year round. After the showroom switchover, all of our great game tables, including table tennis, air hockey, foosball, poker and bumper pool can be found on display in our main showroom. The new showroom right across the parking lot is loaded with our huge assortment of outdoor casual furniture. It sure is nice to be able to show our visitors lots of great game table and casual furniture choices no matter the time of year! So, if this upcoming winter you start to get a little of that cabin fever, remember you can always stop by and visit with us and start planning for the warmer days ahead.
Freezing Weather And Casual Furniture
Fall is officially here, and though we will certainly have many beautiful autumn days to be outdoors, it is a good time to remind everyone that winter’s freezing temperatures can ruin your outdoor furniture. Today, I would like to remind everyone that each piece of furniture should be checked before we get any freezing weather to make sure that no water is trapped inside the frame. If you can feel or hear water inside the frame, it needs to be removed in order to prevent frame and finish damage. Once the water is out, make sure you either cover the furniture with a good quality furniture cover or store it in an area where it will not take on additional water. If you have questions on getting your outdoor furniture ready for winter or need help on finding the right size cover for your set, just let us know.
Quality ALWAYS Has A Value
I’ll relay a story told by one of our customers last week.
They recently built a new deck on the back of their house and used some of the very nice (and expensive) synthetic deck material. BIG deck, all the amenities, and a price tag to go with it-over $8500. Well, it must have shot the budget because they went to one of the big box stores to get their outdoor furniture. It seems they were a little less than us. The furniture looked nice and they were happy-until the first big rainfall. You probably remember the rain this spring. It seemed like it was every day for about two weeks. Well, it finally quit and the sun came out. One morning they noticed a few brown spots around some of the chairs. Turns out it was rust from inside the legs. These inexpensive chairs were made from a poor quality of steel and must have had virtually no protective coatings on them. When they moved the chairs, nasty brown water virtually poured from the chairs. Their inexpensive steel chairs were now in the process of rusting out after only a few weeks and their deck had stains on them that they are still trying to get off.
$8500 deck. $500 set of cheap steel furniture. A permanent reminder of a temporary savings.
We would be happy to guide you through the easy process of avoiding this. — Max
Preparing Your Outdoor Furniture For Spring
The calendar says it is spring, and hopefully Mother Nature gets the message soon and doesn’t allow winter to return for a long time! For many of us, spring means getting our casual furniture sets uncovered or out of the shed, garage or basement. Depending on how it was stored, and how motivated we were last fall, it probably could use a good cleaning. In this blog, I am going to talk about cleaning sling furniture, as I have sling furniture at home, and it is far and away the most common type of furniture.
Sling furniture is so easy to clean, especially with the right cleaner. At the start of each season, I move my chairs and chaise lounges out to a sunny area and spray them down with the garden hose. While they are still wet, I use my special weapon on them, which is Feron’s 1 For All Cleaner, which is also known as Feronclean. (I used to use just soap and water until I noticed that the thin white stripes in the sling material had become thin gray stripes over the years. Soap and water wasn’t doing the job as well as I had thought.) I let the Feronclean sit for several minutes, and then I lightly scrub the sling with a soft bristled scrub brush. With a rinse and a wipe down to dry, the job is finished and my white stripes are white again.
I learned from experience how well Feronclean works, and in the years that Eastgate Pools has carried this product, we have heard many stories similar to mine about how well it works. Of all of the products in our furniture accessory department, Feronclean is the one that is most requested by name. (Legal stuff: read product label before using)
