Company Review - Room and Board

Room and Board furniture is for the consumer who wants well designed, quality furnishings with a modern, yet timeless sensibility. In over twenty five years that the company has been around, it has steadily earned a reputation for doing just that. Their furniture is certainly reasonably priced and lives up to the promise of quality and durability.

Room and Board carries a complete line of home furnishings with products for all the living spaces in your home, including outdoor spaces, as well as a wide range of accessories.

Furniture design at Room and Board draws its inspiration from a range of design movements mostly from the twentieth century, but spans time and geographical boundaries in drawing inspiration from Shaker and Asian tradtions as well.

If Mid-Century Modern is your style you can select from iconic Mid-Century Modern pieces such as Eames Compact Sofa by Herman Miller, priced at around $3,299, or pieces that have been inspired by that period such as the stylish 1950s inspired Anson sofa, which sells for around $1,799.

You can find Danish Modern greats such as Hans Wegner. His Wing Chair can be found there for about $4,755 among his other classics.

Take a look at the Mondo collection, if you like Asian inspired design with its its zen sensibility. This collection is made using traditional Chinese joinery techniques.

The Anders bed, is inspired by the work of George Nakashima, an American Craft Movement designer. The bed has mortise and tenon joinery and the oil and wax finish plays up the grain of the wood. TheLinear office armoire is an Arts and Crafts inspired functional and versatile piece of furniture.

A Shaker design influence is present in the clean lines of such groups as the Hancock collection.

Furnish your home exclusively in one style, or mix and match pieces for your own special look as Room and Board offers a wide enough range to do that.

Room and Board also lets you customize your selections. You would have to wait an extra six weeks or maybe more, but the wait can be worth it.

Room and Board offers multiple choices in lighting. Buy pendant lamps in a variety of styles, available from around $149 and up. Want something iconic in lighting? How about George Nelson's pendant lamps which can cost from $269 to $1,395 depending on your choice.

There are plenty of other lighting choices such as floor lamps, table lamps, task lighting, and sconces.

In addition to lighting, you can choose from their rugs, accent tables, pillows and throws to accessorize your entire home. As in all their other offerings, you get a wide range of good design and prices. You can buy an iconic table like the Eileen Gray End Table for about $329, or something like the Drum Stool which was inspired by an antique Chinese stool and is priced around $449.

As if the ability to furnish your entire house from Room and Board wasn't enough, you also have the option of choosing from stylish outdoor selections for seating, dining tables and cocktail tables as well.

Room and Board mostly partners with American manufacturers, so that most of the furniture is made domestically. This creates a smaller carbon footprint and makes it possible to keep prices low. Both traditional handcrafting and modern techniques are used to manufacture the furniture.

They also partner with international artisans who provide an added depth to the available choices.

There are three ways to buy from room and Board:

• You can buy online by visiting their site.
• Visit one of their stores. It's a great experience as their staff is always knowledgeable and helpful. The huge showrooms offer plenty of design ideas.
• Buy over the phone.
  Phone number: 800.301.9720
  Hours: Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Central)
  Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Central)
  Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Central)