Furniture Stores
Ethan Allen
About Ethan Allen
At 2900 Pandosy Street, in the low-rise stretch of shops that runs south of downtown Kelowna toward the lake, Ethan Allen keeps a furniture showroom. The building holds two other businesses alongside it, which is common along Pandosy, where older commercial blocks have been divided and redivided as the village strip filled in. Parking is a mix of small lots and street stalls, so allow a few extra minutes on a summer weekend.
Furniture is one of the few remaining errands that rewards showing up in person. Fabric reads differently under showroom lighting than it does on a screen, seat depth and arm height matter more than any dimension list suggests, and the difference between a frame that lasts a decade and one that does not is usually invisible in a photograph. Shops in this trade generally work from a range rather than a warehouse, with pieces ordered in a chosen fabric or finish and delivered weeks later, so it is worth asking about lead times, delivery to hillside addresses, and what happens to the sofa you are replacing. Their site at ethanallen.com is a reasonable place to narrow the choices before you drive over.
Kelowna's spread works against furniture shopping if you plan it badly. A showroom visit from Rutland or Black Mountain means crossing the whole city, and measuring your room first saves the second trip. Pandosy suits the errand better than most districts, since the beaches and the coffee shops are a short walk away and the whole thing can be folded into an afternoon rather than carved out of one.
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In the Pandosy neighbourhood of Kelowna.
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