Crate & Barrel

Every time I go to Crate & Barrel, I always get excellent service. Staff there are very nice and friendly. I love going there. Definitely five stars from me.

Beautiful store — so clean and everyone was so very helpful!
Items are def on the pricier side
Example:
Flatware — $ 25 per set per person! Thats $ 100 for 4 people
Target — comparable set for ½ the price.
However, they are meant to be a higher end retailer and if you go in with that expecation you will be fine/

I must be weird because Crate and Barrel doesn’t really do it for me. Don’t get me wrong — they have really, really nice stuff. It’s high quality. The prices are slightly lower than Williams Sonoma. The staffers seem really nice and willing to help if needed.
So why don’t I love C&B? I can’t explain it — it reminds me a lot of Pottery Barn in that I enjoy walking through every so often and thinking «hmm. that certainly looks nice but who in god’s name is going to pay $ 200 for a pillowcase?» And then I leave and go to Bed, Bath and Beyond which has similar stuff at lower prices and regularly sends me 20% off coupons.
It’s not them — it’s me, I’m pretty sure because people seem to really love C&B. I say «well, more for you then.»

I love walking through stores like this. Yes, I said walking. When you work in Higher Education, you learn very quickly that you’ll probably never make enough to decorate your entire home in Crate & Barrel, but that doesn’t mean you can’t walk through and enjoy dreaming. It was quite busy and also quite cozy inside and I was a little bit worried about knocking things off shelves. It is a lovely store and has two levels. There is a little section with clearance items, which I am always excited about, but their clearance prices are still a bit out of my price range. I do love the variety of items you can choose from and even if I can’t afford items from Crate & Barrel, I can always get ideas for DIY ;)

I love crate & barrel. I love when my friends register for their weddings at crate and barrel. Why? Because they have $ 5 shipping on almost anything. I love that I can just pick out what I want to get them online and send it straight to their front door without having to hunt it down in the store.
They also have some nicer kitchen/​decorative stuff that you can pick up at a reasonable price — especially specialty stuff that you wouldn’t find at your standard department store.

For what I won’t buy at Target and would never pay the price charged at Williams-​Sonoma, I come here. Clean, organized and fun to walk around.
I registered for my wedding here, and they made it very easy for our gifters. The website keeps track of your thank you’s, and you get a 10% completion discount for a year after you’re married.
Note: the furniture is sort of a waste of time. Go to a real furniture store or IKEA — don’t float in the over-​prized zone.

It’s Crate and Barrel, you know what you’re going to get. A bunch of standard house and kitchen wares at a price not as friendly as Target, but not as scary as Williams-​Sonoma (for the record, I love both those other stores too).
By far the best item I’ve bought at Crate & Barrel has been the «Table in a Bag». It’s a low table that rolls up and goes into a bag like the one camping chair go into. It’s PERFECT for tailgating, jazz in the park, picnics, etc. In fact, we used our first one so much that we bought a second thinking we’d retire the old one, but now we just use both!
This week I went into the store to purchase a Nespresso Citiz machine. We were approached by a salesman who gave us a nice overview of the product. (I was fairly familiar, but my wife hadn’t used one before.) He gave my wife a sample espresso and answered all our questions. Then he politely excused himself to let us look at the machines & talk about it. It was great because I didn’t feel pressured to buy it, didn’t have to turn him down, make up an excuse, etc. Well we decided to buy the machine. He went out of his way to explain to me the return/​exchange policy if I were to find that we don’t love the machine as much as we thought we would. While I have no intention of returning the machine, it was very helpful.
I can’t think of any product I’ve bought from C&B that hasn’t been quality or a time where I didn’t get good service. I just wish there was one in Southridge or downtown Milwaukee so I didn’t have to deal with Mayfair to go there.

It’s Crate and Barrel. You find all kinds of good things for your home, from furniture to housewares it’s top notch.
What is great about this place is when your wife drag’s you to this haven of home décor, there are plenty of places to find other husbands hiding in corners sitting on the comfortable display furniture. They always seem to welcome you with that smirk that guys have when they were dragged to a store they don’t want to be in. Most of the time we spend staring at our cell phones catching up on the latest sports scores, while sharing our fantasy leagues standings with each other.
Overall, if you need home furnishings or the latest trendy gadget for your kitchen then check out this store but be prepared to spend a premium compared to other stores for their products.