TESTIMONIALS



----- Original Message -----
From: Lynne
To: dave@noriegamail.com
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Stickley Update
Dear Dave,

The office furniture is fabulous and goes perfectly with the rug. The room looks lovely. I put the Stickley lamp on the desk - there is so much light now. I need one more piece where I currently have a low 
bookcase. When I get a chance I'll come in and see what you think. Thanks so much for all your help and 
expertise. It's a real pleasure to work in this room now.
Lynne
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From: Amy
To: dave@noriegamail.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Noriega Furniture Inquiry

David
 
Thank you so much! You may charge my American Express card..
 Next time we are in the market for furniture, we will definitely look you up.  Great service.
 
Amy
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From: Susan 
To: Michael Vorperian 
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:38 PM
Subject: Stickley Furniture
 
Hi Michael,
Thank you so much for your knowledgeable advice and direction--we appreciate it so much!  I would have liked to order an additional piece, but that's enough for now.  
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving in this wonderful land of ours.
 
Many blessings,
Uli & Susie 
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From: Minghua
To: Dave
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: Sofa Update
 
Hi Dave,
 
It has been over a week since the new sofa arrived.  My whole family love it!  It blends in and complements our living room perfectly.  The color of the leather and the fabric match extremely well, thanks to your superb knowledge, expertise, and patience.  It's truly a combination of look and comfort.
 
I want to thank you for your help in putting together this great piece of art.  I believe my family will enjoy this for years to come, and we have you and Noriega Furniture to thank for!
 
Thanks again,
Minghua 
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From: Lucy
To: Dave
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:40 PM
Subject: It was worth waiting for
 
Just took some quick photos to show you how it looks. It's really perfect for the room and the right scale! The Odessa chair is so comfortable I may never get up!  Ozzie is still getting used to the idea that there is furniture in the living room.  I am happy that we stayed with one chair.  Two would have been very crowded.  Thanks so much for your help.  Can't wait to sit down this evening with a fire in the fireplace and a glass of wine!!!  Best, Lucy and Ozzie
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck C.
To: Michael Vorperian
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2009 11:59 AM
 
Aloha Michael
Just a short note to say thank you. Our furniture arrived promptly and in perfect condition. The mover (Tri Isle) also was very professional. The furniture looks great and we are very pleased with the choices we made. Thanks again for the assistance and your prompt communications with us thru out the process!
Mahalo
Chuck and Judy C.
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All the testimonials I have uploaded on our site have been, shall we say, adult-ish.
Little Miss Yvette wrote a short note ...
~DM
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Yvette
To: David Monteleone
Cc: Peter
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 10:29 AM
Subject: cherry bedside tables
 
Hi Dave,
No surprise that we love our new bedside tables. I still don't feel or act like an adult, so all is well!
Great to see you Friday!
 
Yvette
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----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:48 PM
Subject: Just stunning!
 
David, Just wanted to let you know that the house looks incredible. We finished getting the rooms back in shape just around 1:00 yesterday. We got the new chandeliers up, the bottom portion of all the drapes up, the rugs down and the furniture back in place. We are pretty tired but all of the effort was worth it. The dining room is just incredible with the dark cherry furniture, the wall color and the rug it is over the top. The hours you spent with us on color really paid off. The living room rug with the fireplace tile and the wall color is perfect. Promise to send you pictures once we come up for air for a few minutes. Thank you, Pat
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----- Original Message -----
From: Craig
Cc: Susan
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:07 PM
Subject: thank you
 

Dave,

Just wanted to let you know that the chair delivery went off without a hitch and we are very happy with the results. Frankly working with you was one of our best furniture experiences, even though we took a bit of a leap of faith with chairs “sight unseen.”

 

Thanks again for all your help, feel free to forward this as our recommendation!

 Craig

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----- Original Message -----
From: Melanie
To: Michael
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 8:40 AM
Subject: The perfect piece
 
Dear Mr. Vorperian,
We enjoyed visiting your showroom and meeting you yesterday. Thank you for making us feel so very welcome and for giving us an update on the furniture industry. And thank you very much for finding the perfect piece of furniture to
"house" our stereo system, and for the special pricing.
We look forward to receiving the lamp table and to working with you on other furniture projects.
Sincerely,
Melanie and Dodie
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----- Original Message -----
From: Debra
To: Dave
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Stickley Harvey Ellis Chest
 
I love my new Harvey Ellis chest.  Thanks Dave.

--Deb
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To: Andrea
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 10:07 AM
Subject: Happy Customer

Hi Andrea-
 I received my Maria Yee Metro bed this weekend and I love it! I want to thank you for all your help and excellent customer service. To contact you, obtain the needed information, purchase the bed and have it delivered all in one week, was amazing!
I appreciate you working with my tight schedule. The delivery person was punctual, careful and friendly. I couldn't have asked for a better furniture purchasing experience! I know that selling products/services is hard and you usually only hear from customers when they have a complaint. Just wanted to pass on the compliment. I will highly recommend your furniture store and keep you in mind for future purchases.
Have a good week.
Neha K.
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George D.
San Francisco, CA
 
3/6/2009

Noriega Furniture is the last great independent furniture store in the Bay Area.  The quality of their furniture is exceptional.  Although they are famous for their Stickley / Mission furniture, they have a wide and eclectic range of other styles and periods on the floor, and if it's not on the floor they can order it for you.  They represent many high end lines of fine American-made and international furniture, of a high caiber that retailers like Macys don't even have catalogs for (let alone carry).  Noriega's staff is incredible.  I work with Andrea, who is absoutely fantastic, and who has become a wonderful friend as well as somebody whom I can count on to really guide me to the right pieces.  And whether I am buying one of their great "on sale" bargains, or a high end Kindel reproduction worth several thousand dollars, Andrea gives me an incredible amount of experience, knowledge, time and care, and is simply the best.  Michael, who owns the store, is a true expert in the furniture business, and is carrying on a family tradition.  Stores like this just do not hardly exist anymore in our chain-store, trend-of-the-moment, cheap-shoddy-import permeated, prefabricated, mass-produced world, and should be treasured.  And check out their sales -- they have some really good ones a few times per year where prices are slashed on some incredible pieces. Noriega Furniture is one of San Francisco's great "independents," and completely worth a visit if you are looking for truly quality furniture and accessories.  And it's worth a trip to just savor the glorious scents of fine leather upholstery and fragrant, polished woods which greet you when you open the door.  Don't be fooled by the store's seemingly small size -- there is a whole world of incredible furniture waiting behind the front door of Noriega Furniture, in one way or the other.  If you want a piece which you will treasure, and will become an heirloom in its own right, this is the store for you.  (I even bought a mattress here!!  After laying on seemingly hundreds of mattresses at Mancini's, Sleep Train, Macys, and every other mattress store in town without finding what I wanted, I found it on the floor here.  Noriega only had four mattresses on their sales floor, but one of them was PERFECT, the Aireloom brand, and I got a great "floor sample discount."  Mattress nightmare solved!!)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Connie
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 4:47 PM
Subject: I just received my Sofa
 

Hi Dave,

 

The guys were here and they just brought in my Sofa.  I wanted to let you know that I was really impressed by them.  They were careful with my Sofa and had a bit of a hard time getting it in with the angle of my gate, etc. but they took it in stride and were quite efficient.  I was also kind of surprised because I was scheduled from 2-4.  I received a call telling me they would be late.  In this day and age one rarely receives any sort of notice.  (Customer Service seems to be lacking.)  A 2 hr window is fairly small so I expected late.  They actually arrived about 3:55.

 

Thanks for your customer service.  I would say that considering all the unexpected delays, you have always been most helpful.  I have been impressed by my entire experience.  Anyone can look good if everything goes as scheduled, problems really separate the wheat from the chaff.  I will probably be back in the near future to buy a swivel chair.

 

Regards,

Connie
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February 17th 2009
Dear Andrea,
We are so grateful for your invaluable help in our recent move. Your patience, design expertise, and in-depth knowledge of all the manufacturers made it possible for us to choose the perfect pieces.In addition, showing us how to blend our existing furniture with the new pieces was a real budget saver. Our house would never look this great without your help. Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Kathy
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Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: Love the Rug
 
Dear Dave: I absolutely love the rug in the dining room. The colors complement the furniture in the family room.
The room looks elegant. Thanks again for your successful selection. Jeanne
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---- Original Message -----
From: Barbara
To: David
Cc: David
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: New chair & sofa
 
David, 
We had such a wonderful experience today working with Michael. If you could please relay the information to Michael that our settle is  cherry wood with a 011 finish - Madison, just as he thought. The leather chair we brought home looks SO WONDERFUL with the rest of the pieces in the room we had to pop a bottle of bubbly to celebrate the moment. Both (my) David and I are still in awe of our day. Thank you so very much,
Barbara 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mark
To: Dave
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 8:32 AM
Subject: Statton Chair
Hi Dave,
I purchased the chair for my wife to use with our built-in desk off the kitchen. She is very difficult to please. Her first comment to me upon seeing it was "I love it". To quote a famous mobster of our day, "Mission Accomplished"!
Thanks,
Mark
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From: Deni
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 3:44 PM
Subject: Customer inquiry from Noriegafurniture.com
I am very impressed with your web site and with the prompt, courteous responses I got to my inquiries from Bernadette and Andrea. I will be buying furniture within the next year and I will definitely come to S.F. and make my purchases at Noriega
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From: Alicia
To: Dave@NoriegaMail.com
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: Bookcase
 Perfect,,,you are so amazing to work with!!There aren't words that can adequately express my appreciation. Will you be the first guest to step on up to Eddie's bar?
See you in the morning. 
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 ----- Original Message ----- 
An excerpt from YELP.com

G W.
Berkeley, CA
5 star rating
02/13/2008
Mostly traditional furniture here, some quite expensive but not all. I bought a great leather club chair and ottoman a
few years ago and it was my favorite place to sit in my house. Customer Service was excellent and delivery to the east
bay was included in the very reasonable price. They even called me a few weeks after to make sure I was completely
happy with my purchase.
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From: Joan
To: Monteleone
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: Hi
 
Hello David,
 
We had some guests over this weekend, and guess what?  They think I am a very talented decorator.  I tried to tell them I had a designer help me, but they were so blown away by everything that they didn't seem to hear me.  This house seems to really grab people, and now with the landscaping, it's over the top.  Even I'm amazed.  So glad you are coming back.     
 
Joan
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----- Original Message -----
From: Susan
To: Michael
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 3:23 AM
Subject: Re: chairs
 
Hi Michael,
 
Thanks for your quick reply. For now I've moved into that space an ottoman we had with very similar wood and a pretty black and gold stripe fabric which looks nice. A home is never finished, but until, and if, we get our cottage in Carmel, every room now is beautiful! --Thanks to Noriega!
 
Susan
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----- Original Message -----
From: Carol
To: Monteleone
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:48 AM
Subject: RE: Console Options from Noriega Furniture
Dave.  Thank you for all the time and energy you gave me regarding my house.  I'm sorry that I haven't responded.  I found a chest that was a little less expensive here in town and moved on to painting my kitchen and replacing my heating system.  

Your store is wonderful and I truly enjoyed meeting you.  I will refer anyone I can to you.  Thank you again.  Carol
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From: Ann
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: It's just beautiful
Hi Dave.  Wow. Wow.  The little table is astonishing, even by Karges' high standards.
We have decided to call it "art" instead of furniture, thus completely justifying the price.
Seriously, thanks for all your help with this order.  It is perfect.
Ann
 
PS/
And especially nice to have it so lovingly delivered by Mark. 
I know that is a special deal for you to arrange, so thanks again. 
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom
 To: Bernadette
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: Stickley "flip-top" table
 
Bernadette,
Can you please send me the dimensions for the Stickley “flip-top” table?  If it will fit in Melissa’s station wagon I might be able to pick it and the lamps up on Saturday morning. Melissa and I truly enjoyed working with you.  I hope you will not mind if you become our “go to” furniture person.
Best regards,
Tom
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 ----- Original Message -----
From: PJ
To: <mv@noriegamail.com>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:44 PM
Subject:I thought you might enjoy this!
Michael,

I enjoy finally having all the pieces we have looked forward to over the last several months.  Last night we adjusted and tinkered, moved lamps, placed pottery and then nudged them all a couple inches this way and that.  We really like the look and feel of the room now that we have it all done (for the minute).

Thanks so much for your help in selecting the remarkeable settle and chairs - not to mention the rug. 
I'm afraid we're hooked.

Take care,
PJ
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Hi Dave,
Thank you for making structural design changes in our entry.
The results are outstanding & will add greatly to the resale value.
As you directed, our old furniture fits beautifully in the new living room.
I attached a few photos. Everyone is impressed, including
the local designers & realators. This is the third home you've completed for us;
I'd like to rest a bit before we move ... again.
Best regards,
Andrea  
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----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn & Krissy
To: "David Monteleone" <dave@noriegamail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:45 PM
Subject: Hello
Hi Dave-
... when we look around our house we see lots of benefits of our relationship with Noriega Furniture over the years: chairs, a sofa, bed, dresser, carpets, shutters and more.  We have  always felt shopping at Noriega means we will get quality merchandise at a fair price.  What a difference dealing with an established, local  merchant rather than one of the big box stores. 
And dealing with you, Dave has always been a pleasure.  Your knowledge and experience has helped us make many a decision.  The personal touch you add makes furniture shopping, even for non-shoppers like us, virtually pain free.  That is saying something!
Thank you for all your help and advice in the past.  We look forward to
doing business with you again and again in the coming years.

Our best to you,
Glenn and Krissy