Michelangelo Designs has been dedicated to bringing 100% Italian Made, luxury, furniture to the USA and Canada since 1985. Open to the trade.
Established in 1985 in New Jersey, Michelangelo Designs (Domus Design Center Inc) is the office and warehouse for upscale Italian manufacturers and has its own avant garde line in living room, dining room, bedrooms, wallunits, library furniture etc.. Carrying three centuries of furniture under one roof from high end traditional, transitional, to the latest designs in the contemporary line Michelangelo Designs pieces go beyond the style. Our collections are journeys through art style and history and raise emotions by bringing elegance and harmony to any interior transforming it to a haven for the senses. Michelangelo Designs’ team is committed to offer the best of Italy for less, combining quality design price and service to make your experience beyond and above all expectation. The goods are warehoused in NJ for domestic sales and Italy for international sales. In the furniture industry we are known as “The Cure From the Common.” Michelangelo is proud to celebrate its 30th anniversary of importing and distributing the highest quality made in Italy products to all 50 states.
Hi Chris, can you introduce the company to us? Yeah, absolutely. So we're Michelangelo Designs, we're a family-run business and we've been operating in the US for 35 years. We're all Italian-made furniture. We work as the offices of 16 different Italian brands and we bring the best of Italy to the United States and serve the entire country from East Coast to West Coast. So based on New Jersey right? We're based in New Jersey, we're based in Pusseic, New Jersey, where we've been for almost the entire 35-year history and we continue to serve the country from our headquarters and warehousing all in New Jersey. So what's the advantages of making Italian? So obviously our big thing is that all of our furniture is made in Italy and there's a big reason why. First of all, Italy is well known for its furniture, it's one of their biggest exports of the country. They're known for their craftsmanship, the refined Italian look and of course Italian leathers and Italian fabrics which are world-renowned. So we bring the best of all of those things into the United States and we work with the top manufacturers, the top brands in Italy and around the world which are all made in Italy, from Angelo Cappellini to Cilic to more modern furniture So did you bring something new to the AD show with you? Absolutely, so we're sitting one actually right now, this is the Tiffany Set from Eggo Italiano. And we also have a wide variety throughout our show. You'll see some ebony woods, you'll see some walnuts and then even coffee tables or Alenaterale and we have some beautiful, beautiful metals as well. Metals have been very popular this year and so we brought in a lot of items featuring bronze metal, chrome metals and nickel metals. So how much is the sofa? Sofa set This is a fully reclineable sofa with adjustable headrest. So this is all power lift mechanism, all electric and same with the footrest reclining sofa. And of course this is all modular so it can be built out to different sizes and be made to exactly the specifications that the client needs. So for the international customers, can they order online? So we don't do online and the reason is we work directly as the manufacturer in the United States. So if anybody wants to they can bring their designers, they can bring their floor plans, they can bring everything and we can do everything that way. Obviously all of these have spec sheets and everything So you can do everything but literally place the order online. But we always speak with the client and the reason for that is we want to ensure that the client fully understands everything and that we are getting the correct pieces. Sometimes online is very nice because it seems convenient but sometimes things get lost in the ease of use and you realize that oh, maybe I should have added this or I should have done that differently. And we try to speak to the customer so we curate exactly what they need. In terms of price point, what we do is we curate a collection that has a little bit of everything for everybody. So whether you want a master bedroom in the luxury furniture segment or you want maybe a guest room or a basement or whatever it might be and you want to go a little bit less expensive or you want to do a full apartment less expensive. We have kind of the medi Since we work direct as the manufacturer, even the luxury product is less expensive than what you'll find on the retail market. So we have something for everybody as I said with a wide variety of selection and price point even if you go modern or traditional or transitional. In terms of lead time, we're actually pretty quick compared to the rest of the industry. Obviously some items are stocked but if it's a non-stocked item or it'something that you want to use the materials library for and create your own color scheme or patterns, you can customize it. Usually the turnaround time is about 8 to 12 weeks, usually quicker for the modern furniture and a little bit more time for the traditional furniture just because of the nature of the items. So in terms of customization, we have a huge product library meaning you can do different woods, different metals, different colors, gold leaf, silver leaf and it really depends on the item itself. But just one brand alone has 72 different finishes of wood, about a thousand different fabrics and leathers. So you can imagine the combinations that you can create just from one brand and then multiplied by our over 15 brands of product, you have a huge product library. So where is the factory? Yeah, so everything is done in the factory to the specifications you need and even if somebody wants to play around with dimensions, they can play around with dimensions. So if they need to fit a 95 inch sofa and they need to make it 92, we can play around to make it work exactly to the needs of the client.
