Sunshine’s Furniture

Came to sunshine’s after checking reviews on Unilocal.The stuff here is very very reasonably priced, they will also work with you to make things specifically for the dimensions you need, the colors you want etc. We had a desk and buffet/​hutch made to custom dimensions to fit an odd spot in our kitchen. Very happy with the results. If you want to get rid of your old college ikea cardboard furniture with real wood and don’t want to spend an arm and a leg, this is the place to go.

I love this place. I moved and I’m furnishing my apartment one piece at a time or 2. The work is great and the furniture is sturdy. They will help you with colors and style. This is the second apartment I’m furnishing via Sunshine. Thank you J for all your help.

I just bought a beautiful dresser from Sunshine’s. It’s a quality piece that was beautifully restored/​repainted with gorgeous new knobs of different colors and designs. Juan was great and the delivery was quick and easy. I look forward to buying more unique pieces from this store.

Juan, Eddie, and the Sunshine Gang are truly wonderful. I feel incredibly fortunate to have them as my neighborhood go-​to carpenter and upholsterer.
I had them help me wrap an IKEA kitchen cabinet with walnut so that I could transform it into a small wall mounted sink vanity. Although it didn’t come out perfectly at first, they were more than happy to make a few minor adjustments to get it to my liking.
Most recently, I was in the store admiring 2 chairs that I told Juan I wished were matching. He said he had more in the back, and if I provided my own fabric he would sell them to me for the same price as the ones in the store. Honestly, these chairs were exactly what we were looking for and I was thrilled at the suggestion. Juan’s team paid great attention to carefully reupholster the chairs as we had asked and I feel like I walked away with a pair of $ 2000 chairs at a fraction of the price! Incredible!
They are patient with me, despite my relentless attention to detail, and they are positively talented. They will always do their best, and are open to all sorts of wacky ideas. A neighborhood gem!

Loved the hand-​made coffee table at first site and went back next day to get it! The owner was friendly and gave me the story how it is made and I loved it so much ;) I also got a small side table. He gave me a good discount for two nice piece of furniture.

Thanks to Sunshine, I bought my first real quality piece of furniture and couldn’t be happier! Juan was friendly and incredibly accommodating, delivering a beautiful mid-​century modern sofa to my 3^rd floor apartment without a hitch. If you are getting a little tired of seeing the same Ikea stuff over and over and want some unique pieces for your place, check these guys out.

I was looking forward to visiting Sunshine Lucy’s reading all the positive experiences on Unilocal.Today I made the 20 mile drive but alas it has changed hands. Barring a few special pieces there was not much. The new owners seemed like they were only seting up but the space was more empty than full. Also they now call themselves «Sunshine Furniture.» Regretfully I have missed visiting the place when it was the original store.

Traded a shelf I bought from their sister store plus $ 100 to re-​paint a all desk for me. Took longer than promised and he painted it the wrong color even thought I left him a paint sample strip from a hardware store up the street. He had me come in to pick out the color, again despite the fact that I left him with the exact name and number of paint I wanted. Paint is now peeling off less than a year later and it’s clear he did literally nothing to prep the surface. The only reason I didn’t paint is myself is because I didn’t know how to prepare it. Save your money. From my experience Eddie/​Eddy is very unorganized, purchases garage sale furniture quality furniture and haphazardly throws paint on to flip for profit. He may have been great at some point but now he just seems burned out and no longer cares.

I had Eddie custom make a dresser for me as an alternate to a hard to find authentic or hugely expensive mid-​century or danish modern piece! The quality of the piece is amazing and it is has given my bedroom the makeover I’ve been wishing for for years! So HAPPY!

In the fall of 2011 my future wife and I decided to make our place our own. We started in the living room. She had a high quality sofa and high quality chair she had inherited, but the upholstery on each left something to be desired.
It would have cost a fortune to buy furniture of significantly less quality, so we chose to get the pieces reupholstered. We spoke with a few different people and were distraught by the cost. Eddie offered reasonable rates and the pieces in his store look amazing, so we went with him.
The process was great. Eddie provided samples of material for the sofa and we picked the one we liked best. We let him do his thing with our chair, creating a mish mash of materials for a completely original look. He even delivered both pieces back to us once complete.
The results are stunning. Our sofa was transformed into a bold piece that now commands the room. The chair has become a conversation piece and is most people’s favorite part of our living room.
We loved Eddie’s work so much that we bought a used settee and had Eddie reupholster it and paint it to tie the room together. He linked all the pieces and now the room flows together perfectly.
We can’t recommend Eddie enough. He understands furniture and style. The pieces in his shop are high quality, and he can turn your furniture into original pieces that revive your living space.

I met Lucy when she and Eddie first opened this store a stone’s throw from my home.
I love Apartment Therapy and at the time was a daily addict. After a getting to know them, Lucy asked me to babysit the store one day and I was happy as a clam. I have a great job, but part of me dreams of having a gem of a shop one day. So I put on some indie tunes, cranked it up, let the door open and re-​arranged the layout. I was pretty proud of myself. And I introduced Lucy to Apartment Therapy. After that, I noticed a lot more mid-​century furniture and neat-​o upholstery work. I like to think maybe I had a little to do with that (probably not).
Pro’s:
— awesome owners
— very reasonable prices on Eddie’s custom made furniture and newer modern designs I ‘ve seen him coming out with recently (x leg desk is on my want list, if only I had space or used a desk)
— very unique, quality and well upholstered pieces that you won’t find elsewhere (but you’ll pay for it)
Suggestions to the owners:
— get a website, my guess is turnover will be even higher.

I feel like of all the surprise pitfalls of adulthood– furniture shopping ranks pretty high up there. Ever since purchasing my first ‘new’ couch for my first apartment over a decade ago, I’ve been repeatedly punched in the stomach by the process and cost of furnishing a home. My twenties have also been spent splitting time between graduate school and working in research and social services, which lends itself to a special kind of brokeness that isn’t super conducive to «owning nice things».
Sunshine Lucy’s is filled with a range of one-​of-​a-​kind furniture and home goods that wouldn’t qualify as cheap but I would call reasonable. The selection seems to change pretty frequently and there’s always at least 4 – 5 larger couch options as well as chairs, dressers, tables and other knick-​knacky goodness. As someone else mentioned they have a pretty legitimate record section too, which makes for fun perusing.
I’m intrigued by the reviews for the custom pieces and plan to ask about this next time I’m in here. Mostly, I’d recommend frequent browsing of this place. The store is lovely and the selection rotates often enough so it’s always good to check back for big or small pieces that might make a nice addition to the homestead.

Eddie is a smooth talking, money making son of a bitch. Don’t believe most of what he tells you and don’t listen to him when he says «I have no money.» That being said he’s a hell of an entertaining guy and once you cut through the crap you can cut a mostly fair deal with him. Don’t appoach him like you’re a hard driving, educated saleswoman who thinks you know more than him. Approach him in a friendly manner and don’t be afraid to bust his chops and joke with him. In fact make sure to joke with him as that usually loosens him up.
This place really has some really cool stuff and it ranges in price from $ 5 to… well a lot more than that. You can find these bizarro, old, porn novels from the 50’s. They have ancient typewriters and maps as well as some really nicely made furniture that Eddie and his people make as well as really nice and original antiques.
Bottom line is nothing is too cheap when you first look at the sticker but you can always talk him down something and sometimes a decent percentage. And make sure to ask Eddie some crazy ass questions because his crazy ass answers will be well worth it.

This is such a fun store to visit. There’s something for everyone. Eddie, the owner, is pretty fantastic! He’s a «can do» kind of guy. His men installed a gorgeous mirror we brought from there. They did it quick and efficiently. Eddie also makes furniture that looks both trendy and classic. We’re hoping to commission him for a custom bookcase and shelving soon.

Eddie has made a few custom pieces at a reasonable price for us.
The other things we got were delivered at the time we asked for and set up right where we wanted it.
Eddie is a down to earth nice guy who is easy to talk to and helps you get what you are looking for.

Eddie, we love all the furniture we got from you! You saved us and our apt from ikea! The smell of real wood
is intoxicating! We loved creating with you our custom furniture!
Thank you!

Absolutely ADORE this store. The furniture is extremely high-​quality solid wood (which explains the high prices, I hate to admit…), and Eddie pays extremely close attention to detail in his upholstery and paint jobs. I bought a dresser and a desk from here, both in shabby-​chic style, and Eddie threw in a free custom-​upholstered carved wooden desk chair, made to my liking!
The delivery was included, and they even carried it up the narrow staircase to my apartment.
Once I need to make another furniture investment, I will be coming back here for more shabby-​chic repurposed furniture!

I hate stupid reviews, so i’m going to try to write a review that isn’t stupid. Here is example of a stupid review. «I walked in here and uh looked at stuff, and it cost money, and I like stores that give away stuff for free and some girl gave me a stank eye so I assumed this place sucks and all the staff sucks.» If you would like read a stupid review, look at the one on 6÷10… Just saying.
First of all, I’ve had great conversation with the owner, who is such a nice guy with the cutest dog! He revives old pieces and knows a good one when he sees it (my grandfather was a carpenter and woodworker so I love people that like pieces with a story). His revivals tend to err towards a southwest flair which I think is beautiful! He also has an eye for great knickknacks like the vintage brass picture frame that holds a picture of my grandparents and was a mere 5 dollars
But what really caught my eye one day was a BEAUTIFUL red Costco (no not the superstore) stepstool chair… They sell new ones on amazon, but this one was vintage and in amazing shape in full working condition :) It was marked 75 dollars but I was able to get him to go 50 if I paid cash, and so I did, and now this piece resides as a functional, but vintage relic in my kitchen. So they ARE willing do bargain.

Sunshine Lucys is terribly over priced. Go to any antique fair or antique store that is even remotely removed from the city and you will get much much better deals. AND better customer service…
Can I even get a smile here folks… I mean you are called SUNSHINE Lucy’s. Give me a break!
I went in today there is music playing, noone greets or offers help there is a hipster-​goth chick sitting with her head in her hands and a scowl on her face. I ask the man working how much a travel pamphlet from greece was (circa 1989 mind you) «ughh dunno… didn’t even know we had that…5 dollars?»
«whaaaaa…its worth a quarter if that»
I’m sorry, I get the whole hipster vintage thing, i really do, but seriously. Atleast be friendly and willing to bargain if you’re in this business
Sunshine Lucys… Rainy day Lucys

Elvis. Sinatra. The Monkeys. They all spend their Sundays at Sunshine Lucy’s, and you should too.
Most people visit this hip, sunny store for the colorful furniture and neat accessories, ranging from antique signs to old cameras and vintage trashy novels.
Me, I go straight to the amazing record collection. For less than $ 5, you can pick up any of hundreds of records, including the one they were playing when you walked in. I even got an old copy of Sargent Pepper for $ 3 this fall.
Even if you’re not in the market for refinished furniture, Sunshine Lucy’s is definitely worth a weekend browse. You’re sure to leave with a song in your heart, if not also in your hand.