Beyond's newest Sponsor: Industrial Elements!

[Christian@IE]

I'd like to introduce myself to the Beyond community! I'm Christian, the owner of Industrial Elements.

We're a home furnishings retailer with a twist: all of our pieces are rustic and industrial styles and most are made from reclaimed materials. Our products have a unique mechanical look and features that we think will appeal to car guys (and girls) like you.

So why industrial home furnishings & décor? Well, my wife and I live in one of the industrial warehouse style buildings downtown (as seen in the loft thread) and we were doing a bit of furniture shopping last year. We were looking for furniture styles that would compliment the features in our place. We visited dozens of stores and found virtually no selection; and the slim pickings that we did find were quite pricey. I was already running another import business so I thought: why not branch out into a new product line? We got the wheels in motion and here we are!

For the past several months, we've been working on our new store, which is opening on March 1st in The Core (Formerly TD Square). Now that we're in the final stages with our opening only a few days away, I wanted to let you know a little about us and announce our opening specials that are exclusive to beyond.ca members:

10% off + Free Delivery on all purchases throughout the month of March.
Please tell us you're a beyonder when you come check us out!

We encourage you to have a look at our website and have a look at the product styles while learning a bit about us:

www.industrialelements.ca

Feel free to post any questions or comments to this thread and I'll reply as soon as I can. Our first shipment arrives tomorrow so we'll be pretty busy for the next few days setting everything up before Saturday's opening but I'll keep an eye on this thread.

Here's a teaser:

[Euro_Trash]

Do you have any coffee table designs already developed? I would like to see some pictures if possible. Thanks

[DeeK]

Most of that stuff looks pretty badass.

[anothers10]

Some guys I know build industrial style furniture if you need more options to stock in your new store. http://www.13thfloorindustrial.com/home.html

[btimbit]

Neat!

[Sugarphreak]

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[Christian@IE]

Thanks for the comments guys. Hope you're as stoked about our items as we are when you come by.

Originally posted by Euro_Trash
Do you have any coffee table designs already developed? I would like to see some pictures if possible. Thanks

We received our first shipment yesterday. I'll upload some pictures when I get a chance but with the opening scheduled for Saturday, we've been maxed out just getting everything moved in and working on final details.

[vengie]

Pretty bad ass!
What kind of pricing are we looking at?

[Christian@IE]

The prices vary substantially depending on the item. It's impossible to even give a spread as we have pieces ranging from the $100 range to several thousand for large dining room tables.

[ZenOps]

Dang, for a second there I thought you might be a ruthenium retailer.

[msommers]

Definitely interested in what reclaimed wood stuff you have. Sounds like a great setup, eager to check this out.

[Christian@IE]

We will be opening at noon tomorrow! Some of our initial inventory order is still in transit but we've got some pieces out on the floor. We expect the remaining shipment to arrive within the next few weeks.

Originally posted by ZenOps
Dang, for a second there I thought you might be a ruthenium retailer.

That was our first choice, followed by nickel as a close second. Then we heard about you and decided that retailing furniture would be a safer option

[Christian@IE]

Originally posted by Euro_Trash
Do you have any coffee table designs already developed? I would like to see some pictures if possible. Thanks

Here are a few coffee tables that we have in stock:

[JRSC00LUDE]

What is the general price range of the three tables, ballpark is fine.

[Christian@IE]

<$1000 - $2000

[Christian@IE]

We have another shipment coming in tonight so anyone stopping in over the weekend gets first crack at it.

Thanks for the support Beyond!

[jacky4566]

Very cool stuff. Ill try to stop by.

[woodywoodford]

Stopped in there a couple days ago, some seriously cool stuff. If I actually find a condo this summer I'll definitely be buying some furniture there

[freshprince1]

I'll be redoing my home office later this summer and will definitely drop by to look at desks, credenza, filing cabinet type stuff.

Anything currently in stock like that? I didn't see an inventory tab on the website, and it will be a few days before I can get downtown to take a look in person.

[Christian@IE]

We haven't cataloged our inventory yet and are still considering whether we will or not. Due to many of our pieces being unique one-offs and our inventory always evolving, it would be very difficult to keep an online catalog current as many items won't be back in stock once they're sold.

Despite commerce having evolved to the online platform, our business model is not really suited to that, and having the products online actually deters buyers from visiting our physical store.

We do currently have several industrial credenzas and filing cabinets in stock. There is a specific desk which is made from reclaimed sea cans, that we do carry but is not currently not in stock; it is the top image in the design link on our website. We are expecting a couple in our shipment scheduled for the second week of April.