05/18/13 - For those of you that have visited our Warren Store, you know that our store is a chaotic place where customers, our workers and furniture are constantly moving into and out of our buildings. It's not the kind of place that you would ordinarily think of as a great place to meet close friends, relax and maybe have a few drinks.... But... then again.... We ARE a "Unique" place... This photo was taken on a busy Saturday afternoon when a group of girls had suddenly arrived from Toledo and asked if they could use an area of our upstairs showroom to hang out, party, shop and basically celebrate the upcoming wedding of their close friend. We quickly moved some furniture around and made sure they were comfortable. In the middle of all this, we had a fairly large group of customers browsing, some Hollywood set decorators choosing furniture for a TV show and the never-ending crazy hustle and bustle of furniture being moved into and out of the store. Somehow, everything seemed to work out well gauging from the smiles and good cheer. Fred and all of us at Fred's Unique Furniture want to pay tribute and give thanks to the adventurous spirit of these fine ladies in choosing our store to be host to an important and what turned out to be a fun-filled event. We sincerely appreciate you for letting us be a part of it. The red carpet will always be here for any of you.
04/03/13 - As many of you know, Fred's Furniture is not a typical store. Sure, you'll get amazing liquidation prices and a tremendous and eclectic variety of furniture, collectibles, accent pieces and more to choose from, but you'll have to navigate through crowded isles and the never-ending chaos that is our daily business. This photo shows just a portion of our upstairs showroom at the Warren store. When we constructed this 7,000 sq. ft. upstairs addition 2 years ago, we thought there would be enough room to handle the overflow, but we were wrong. As our business has continued to grow, more and more people are calling us to sell their used furniture and Fred continues to buy it. This Spring, major construction will begin on a brand new 24,000 sq. ft.warehouse to be built on the property just next door to our main building in Warren. This large structure will give us the opportunity to expand and spread out. We're going to put a lot of the items appearing on our website into this new building and we'll be able to display them better than we possibly can at the moment. In the meantime, if you enjoy shopping with a sense of adventure and fun, our existing building can't be beat. Stop by and see what's going on. We'll be here to help.
01/22/13 - We thought you might enjoy this true story about something interesting that happened this week. As many of you are aware, most Hollywood movie production companies shooting in the area regularly visit our Warren and Livernois Stores for props and stage settings. Last week, two young guys came into the Warren Store looking for a few grandfather and mantle clocks for a one day video shoot. As they made their way thru the store, they began picking out more and more items and we learned they were doing a music video shoot at the Masonic Termple in Detroit. After adding about 20 more high end items and arranging the rental fee with delivery, we later learned that the music video was for the group Insane Clown Posse. Whille none of us here were fans, we had heard about them and became a bit apprehensive. But Fred had a good feeling about the two guys (Rob and Scott) that were responsible for the production and we went ahead with the arrangement. The furniture rental for the production was for one day, so when our guys went to pick it up we were very impressed that all the items were accounted for and were in the same condition as they were when they left the store. In fact, this was one of the most professional and responsible production teams we have ever worked with. So thanks again to Rob from Psychopathic Productions and Scott from Creature Division FX for their professionalism and responsible handling of this project.
