Not the company they were in the past
We have purchased furniture from Arhaus since they were founded in the flats in Cleveland - over nearly 30 years. Since then, we have bought thousands of dollars of furniture from them. Unfortunately, we found out that they are not the same kind of company they were back then. Last year we remodeled our kitchen and our decorator, who also buys thousands of dollars’ worth of furniture from Arhaus every year suggested Gage Faux Leather bar stools for our kitchen counter. They were expensive but they looked great, and we bought 3 of them through the decorator. Within a year the Faux leather seats started to wear out. My wife and I are not large, heavy people and we have no children living in the house. This seemed totally unacceptable considering their price point. We even tried rotating the three chairs so that we were not always sitting on the same ones. Our decorator contacted Arhaus and filed a claim to see what could be done to correct this problem. After much back and forth, they were told that the warranty was only on the frame, not the material and so they were not going to do anything to correct (or even investigate) the problem. Just a flat “no, nothing we can or will do”. Regardless of what the "warranty" says, a reputable company would at least look into the issue and try to do something to satisfy their customers. The costly stools were purchased from what was assumed to be a company who would stand behind their products. We bought them from Arhaus not the manufacturer. We wrongly assumed that Arhaus sold only quality products and that they stood behind the products they sold and more importantly they cared about and took care of their customers and of their reputation. We were wrong! So, no more purchases from Arhaus for us. And we recommend others find alternative retailers for "higher end" furniture. Ones who actually care about their customers. Ones who have not forgotten the importance of customer service, care, and satisfaction.
By Joel

