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February 2024 by Katie
We are so happy that we chose to work with Olivia Amato at the Ethan Allen store in Bluffton. We were new to the area and relied on her expertise to help us furnish our new home. From the selection process through delivery, Olivia was amazing. Her design choices were spot on and we could not be happier with the end result. She truly went above and beyond. I whole heartedly recommend Olivia!
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January 2024 by Linda Kane
I worked with Olivia Amato at the Bluffton design center and she made the decisions and purchase transactions so easy! Being new to the area, and without a creative/design bone in my body, furnishing my new home while being remote and not on site was daunting at first. Once I saw the “Floor Planner” that Olivia provided, with my fully-furnished rooms in 3D full color, my mind was put at ease, I was a very good hands with Olivia since she listened to the “look” I wanted and was mindful of my budget. The results are a beautiful new home with furnishings I absolutely LOVE.
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November 2023 by Toby Levin
I am eager to share with others the wonderful experience I have had in outfitting my new apartment with high quality furniture from Ethan Allen under the talented guidance of Lead Designer Olivia Amato.Olivia was able to identify just the right pieces to fit the room sizes using EA's electronic smart board; and then she made what could have been a very difficult selection process given all the colors, fabrics and wood finishing EA offers, an enjoyable afternoon as she created just the right look I was hoping to find and could never have done on my own.On top of that, Olivia always responded to follow up calls providing exactly the information I needed. Her warm personality just shines through.I have to contrast my EA experience with another major national furniture company (initials are W.E.) that not only misrepresented the estimated delivery dates, extending the dates over 3 times, but charged my credit card at the time of my purchase even though I am still waiting 3 months after placing the order to even find out when the items will be delivered. I learned belatedly that their vendor ships out of Vietnam, so what I was told would be delivered in early November may now be delivered in January. I cancelled that order weeks ago, but may have to dispute it with my credit card bank since that company will not accept the cancellation.I am extremely pleased with the quality and beauty of EA'sfurniture -- Plus my pieces were all made in America.Thank you, Olivia, for the great service you provide!
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October 2023 by Janet Winemiller
My home has a whole new look with beautiful living room furniture and rugs from Ethan Allen. Olivia Amato was enormously helpful in creating a cohesive design that met every requirement for functionality, aesthetics, and of course quality. Two enthusiastic thumbs up!
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October 2023 by Donna Pasquarella
I was looking for a credenza/ media center for a long wall I have in my new house. Walked into Ethan Allen and Olivia helped me. I told her what I was looking for and she showed me a few pieces. Everything went smoothly with delivery and love my new piece of furniture! Thankyou Olivia for your help and making my home beautiful!!
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April 2023 by Debbie Chu
My husband and I purchased couches a few months ago. We met Betty Swenson and she was very helpful in helping us pick out the right ones. Our expected ship date was the end of April and they arrived mid March. This was a wonderful surprise. We couldn’t be happier with the service.Thank you
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February 2023 by Chrissy Jarrell
Olivia was very helpful in the store picking out fabric for our sofa. We received it in a timely manner and the delivery crew was very careful with our sofa. We love it! Looks great in our living room!
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October 2022 by Linda Schwartz
I have been working with Olivia Amato who has done an amazing job. We had a furniture delivery scheduled this morning and she came to supervise on her day off. Her keen eye and work ethic is appreciated.
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September 2022 by Gaylynn Golden
I recently decided to buy new furniture for my bedroom and after visiting a couple of local furniture stores ended up at Ethan Allen in Okatie. Olivia Amato assisted me and was incredible. She new the inventory very well and was able to quickly dial in the right options for my situation and taste. Consequently, I returned a couple of weeks later for additional pieces and the first item she showed me was perfect.I was very impressed with her attention to detail and efficiency in handling the purchase and she has followed up several times as we awaited delivery of the items. And happily, 3 of the items came in two months early!Ethan Allen in Okatie will be the first place I shop for furniture from now on and I will always ask for Olivia - and suggest you do as well.
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September 2022 by Dolores Kornely
I recently moved to South Carolina with the need to completely design my new home which brought me to Ethan Allen where quality prevails. Upon entering the showroom I meet Olivia Amato who completely listened to my an eclectic design style and want for a unique home that I would enjoy for many years to come. Olivia was very informative, prepared, and professional and supplied excellent ideas to complete my new home. From creating a 3D model to fabric and wood swatches to envision the concept that I loved from the moment I saw Olivia’s presentation. She is so talented, anyone would benefit greatly from her excellent design skill and taste.
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September 2022 by Gene Alexander
My wife and I recently moved to Bluffton and are renting until our house is built. Needing to furnish our new home with furniture that matches the coastal area, we decided to stop by Ethan Allen at Okatie. Upon entering we were allowed to browse throughout the store at our leisure without any sales pressure. That impressed us! Our furniture shopping experience began in earnest upon meeting Olivia Amato. She ask some basic questions, then listened to to our wishes and observed the type of furniture we desire. (WOW! how refreshing). Olivia offered some thoughts and ideas for us to initially consider. We could see she was well experienced in interior design and we felt very comfortable with her to provide a complete home furnish design.Olivia immediately went to work, taking our model home plans and integrating our wishes and her ideas of furniture style with accompanying fabrics and accessories for each room. She developed a 3D of our home fully furnished, arranged a presentation which included showing of in-house furniture, the virtual home viewing, sample fabrics, finishes and accessories for our consideration. Olivia demonstrated professionalism during the presentation next to none. Her comments and suggestions during the entire process were welcomed.After careful consideration of product quality versus cost, we concluded it would be wise to purchase. We await delivery and Olivia's expert touch on placing of furniture and accessories.Ethan Allen locally and corporate wide can be proud of Olivia Amato and she should be considered as a roll model to be looked up to!
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July 2022 by Barbara Runkel
I had a wonderful experience with Megan, my designer. She was so patient and showed us many, many fabric options for our sectional and two chairs and area rug. You won’t be sorry using her, I feel that I hit the jack pot using her! The delivery time table wasn’t too long and the furniture is very comfortable!
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April 2022 by Lori Woods
We are absolutely thrilled with the design experience we had with Melanie at the Bluffton Store. She came to our home to get a sense of our style, then prepared an incredible display of fabrics and wood choices at the store. She came back to our home to make sure that the fabrics looked good in the natural lighting of our homeMelanie is so patient, so talented. She helped us to find the furniture pieces that fit our live style and that look so beautiful in our home.The workmanship on each piece is exquisite. Our home now looks and feels so good! We cannot recommend Melanie highly enough. Ethan Allen truly provides exceptional service, their furniture is an investment in quality. This is a very different - very special way to furnish your home.
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April 2022 by Susan Lewis
The table top was wrong. After a 'fight', they agreed to replace the top. After another long wait, the new top was finally delivered and installed only to have have chips in the middle seam where you add the table leaves. It appears that someone tried to touched it up- but not to EA standards and certainly NOT to EA prices.We been customers for almost 30 years. The standards have declined. Who would deliver a table top w/ dings in it? (In all transparency-My bad that I didnt catch it- it was covered.) I am tired of the fight. Please have the service people come fix this. I pay a lot of money to go through this struggle!Last year it was the $8000 rug that has little 'pulls'. We have no pets or little people. I have no other rugs in our home that have fibers sticking up like this one, nor did they cost this much. I was told to adjust my vaccume cleaner. It was not worth the price or dissappointment. :(On the upside, the ladies in Oakie, SC store have been pofessional and collabrative. I have enjoyed working with them- especially Betty Swenson! She is a delight.Followup at 3:11 pm: Since I cannot reply to the store, here is my reply. I did in fact get a call from Alica in the NC service center. I had been trying to reach someone as I was contacted by the repair business, but there was no reply when i returned the call and the voicemailbox was full. Alicia informed me that they will be contacting me. I look forward to resolving this. In transparency- I see the squeeky wheel did get the oil today. Thank you, you earned more stars.3:45 pm: I got a call from the furniture repair company and have an appt to have our dings repaired for MAY 20, 2022! Almost 2 more months to go and hopefully this tale of woe will be in my rearview mirror!Tuesday: I received multiple calls and emails last Friday and yesterday from EA in NC and the service company. They state that they are getting email’s from EA to contact me- I’m upset.We’re good. Hopefully, they can move up my repair appt if they get an opening, but enough. Now I’m spending time emailing and returning calls that were good - until we’re not. And you will know it. These ladies have done their jobs, and thoroughly. Please stop, unless you decide to do something about the 8k rug ‘pulls’ other than telling me to adjust my vacuum cleaner. ?
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March 2022 by Beth Hennings
Betty in Bluffton is an excellent designer. Very easy to work with and she understood exactly what we wanted.
