Carson’s Furniture Clearance Center

Visited on Mother’s Day with my mom looking for a recliner and a rug… we got both and I couldn’t be happier. They always have some kind of sale going on so we got good deals in both. Staff is always busy so you must be patient in waiting for service.

The fact that I’m from Iowa might mean that I’m not used to what you big city folks might want for your furniture shopping experience. Too bad cause I love this place.
I go in expecting to find nothing and usually find what I consider to be a great deal. I have had several friends in the furniture business and I know what kind of mark-​up there is, so I don’t go for anything that isn’t deeply discounted.
You need to look things over carefully and be prepared to go home empty handed. But that’s what I love about a place like this. Four years ago I got two leather recliners for a total of $ 150. Some days lightening strikes.
Keep up the good work!

Used to be that we would find something really cool at this place and I would go all: Indiana Jones protecting the Ark of the Covenant… until we could get a sold tag on it.
Now, not so much.
In the past we were treasure hunters. going here regularly and finding the occasional Holy Grail of stand out pieces at great prices. sometimes banged up. but fixable.
We still stop in. still look for the great deals. but now it’s mostly demo couches and chairs, suspect mattresses, banged up tables and chest of drawers, rugs and ottomans.
It’s still kind of a good place for ottomans. Anybody looking for an ottoman (not an empire, the thing you put your feet on) that lost it’s chair. you might find it here.
But the dramatic 7 ft iron work screen that we bought there, the oval marble top table with the cool legs. you don’t see those kinds of things anymore.
It’s a good place to take a kid. lots of fun things to play on.
Don’t go on Monday or Tuesday, they’re closed.

Wow, Wow, Wow
I felt like I hit the jackpot.7 separate pieces. All new except one floor model.
I am amazed by what I bought for $ 2400…DELIEVERED!
The delivery guys were awesome… polite and made sure the theatre seating worked
1.Theatre seating for two with electric recline and storage
2. Lane Couch… really cool
3 Really nice recliner with lumbar support even in reclined position
4 & 5. Two Leather (bonded) recliners
6 & 7 Two fabric recliners
Hope that helps.
Sales person was kind… but it did take a few minutes to find one.

This place seems very disorganized when you walk in with everything all over the place. The sales people are not very motivate to help you. I also bought my furniture at Carson Pirie Scott furniture store and got a real good deal. Better than you would at the outlet. I saw my furniture there and it was more than I paid. It’s really not a clearance center when it costs more than the legit store front. I say shop around.

This is a furniture warehouse, not a retail chain. SO like in any discount warehouse everything is a hit or miss. Some items are bruised/​scratched, but most are store returns and floor samples. When you purchase anything from here you have to look for why it was returned or ask. The sales people are WONDERFUL and even they guys who help to move the furniture off the floor are helpful. We were able to push pieces together with their help to figure out our style. One guy actually fixed the recliner that was broken for us, and we still got the even deeper discount. The day we attended reclining things were 50% off, but these type deals come and go. I purchased a $ 4000 leather sofa that was marked all the way down to $ 1000 due to recliner damage, that we were able to fix. We got this sofa for $ 500, and when I went to the retail store the same exact sofa was on sale there for $ 1800 and online prices were comparable to that. So yes, their prices are inflated, but if your looking for a deal and don’t mind scratch/dent.you need to give this place a try.

This place. It used to really be something.
My parents used to get everything from couches to mattresses to cabinets and more from this furniture clearance center. In fact, I can remember coming here as a kid, through college, and beyond and they always had some great steals on either former showroom furniture, stuff that had been returned but was in otherwise great condition, slightly damaged items and practically our whole house was furnished on a shoestring budget with stuff from here, but not anymore. The days of getting a great deal here seem to be loooong gone.
First off, they’ve switched to this maddening consignment-​type pricing system where the price drops after a month, and then a month after that, and then a month after that. It might be a good way to price sh*t if they had anything worth even the lowest price level, but they don’t and pricing items that way adds so much stress to an already stressful situation. And even the lowest rated price (that you’d have to wait four months to take advantage of) didn’t seem like a steal. To me, the lowest prices on almost everything I saw still seemed way out of line for even for first run pricing at an actual Carson Pirie Scott. This isn’t Anthropologie. You can’t charge those kind of prices on raggedy-​ass looking furniture.
On my last dozen or so visits, the selection has been depressing. Dowdy, dusty, worn-​ass corduroy couches galore. Everything looked like it had come in last place in a beauty pageant that took place in the 70s and the prices– Oy! Out of control.
Maybe not out of control the way prices on designer furniture are, but for sure out of control as far as furniture that only seems fit to double as prop furniture for a scene in a scary movie involving an old, abandoned insane asylum (think Session 9)… then again, maybe it’s fitting since insane is what you’d have to be to pay those kind of prices of crusty-​looking, clearance-​for-​a-​reason furniture.
I’d be lying if I said I’d never be back, because I’m trying to keep hope alive that one day they’ll be back on their game and I can get even a decent-​ish couch at a price that seems on par for an item being sold at the clearance center of a third-​rate, out-​of-​date department store, but as far as today and their track record in the last 2 – 3 years, this place doesn’t seem like much more than a sad menagerie of merch in a far southwest suburban warehouse.

I ALWAYS get great furniture for a great price here. My entire home (3100 sq feet) is furnished in Carson’s furniture. I will ALWAYS get my furniture from this outlet and I love Janine she is so helpful and knows my style and taste and has helped me coordinate so many pieces together. I have even recommended my parents there and they have now furnished 3 rooms of there house in Carson’s furniture. For the people that rated this place 1 star it is probably because of a lack of imagination to put pieces together since it is a warehouse setting and things are placed everywhere.

I went once looking for a dresser and found one that is perfect! It was delivered today and I love it! I agree with others that you should go on Wednesday if possible. The selection is best then after they stock on Monday and Tuesday. Going back to see if I can find a new bed!

SEE UPDATE.
Went out today (Saturday). Largely ugly furniture, way over priced for clearance ($ 1297 for a love seat, really?), absolute waste of a Saturday afternoon. Cannot believe I have to give it a star in order to post.
UPDATE: Go to the Carsons Furniture Gallery in Wilmette and see Milos! I found exactly the leather love seat I was looking for ($ 1276.29 with tax, free delivery) PLUS a Beautirest Plush Full Mattress and Box for $ 599, also free delivery. Soooo happy.

Not worth the trip driving out from Chicago for mattresses.
I was looking for high-​end mattresses and they were still over $ 1000 with all the discounts… not worth it in my opinion.
The people were friendly, but I was totally disappointed!
–BUYING NEW IS THE BETTER DEAL
According to my price comparisons, they were trying to sell me a luxury set for around $ 1300…but it was selling brand new in their own store for around $ 2000. I would rather pay $ 700 more to get warranty and a brand new set (some of their sets had dirt on them from rips in the mattress bags/​covers).
–INFLATED SALES
They only offer 50% off the «sale» price which is totally marked up in my opinion. They also try to quote the savings from «original» prices, but everyone knows mattresses are never sold at original prices.
So, for example, if a mattress is $ 4000 original, and $ 3000 on sale, they offer it for $ 1500…

A lil pricey for my taste but definitely a great selection and again like Macy’s it’s hit or miss. When you hit, it’s big, when you miss just sigh and say to yourself maybe next time.

Great place! Love them, they are very accommodating they have let me take pillows home before to see if the couch material would match my room. IT can be really cheap here! You can get from low quality stuff to really high quality stuff just like the store but cheaper. Although sometimes the regular store is having such a great sale on something that it ends up the same price as the outlet.
We have bought every single bed we have in the house here. Its crazy to buy anywhere else, same brands half the price! Wait for the good sales to and its more like 70% –80%off the price.

I’m sure like all outlet places, this is a hit or a miss depending when you go. If you’re hunting for a deal — definitely go and check it out — afterall, when you head that way, you are also within a few mins of the Macy’s furtniture outlet as well as the Crate and Barrel Outlet across the streeet.
for us, it was a complete MISS — everything seemed expensive and damaged.
I recommend you go on a Wednesday and they are closed Monday and Tuesday for restocking.
We went on a Saturday and didn’t find anything we liked.
We found HUGE deals at Macy’s furniture outlet…

The only reason I’m not giving this place 5 stars is that one sales associate was very rude and loudly asked me who I talked to first, her or someone else. Technically, I did talk to her first — I went up to a counter and asked her about manufacturer’s warranties (they don’t apply if you buy from here). Then another lady actually helped us with picking things out. It was just kinda a mess and it’s never a nice thing when two associates are being rude to each other.
In any case we got a great deal. Bought a Broyhill couch with matching chair and ottoman for a total of $ 770 before tax/​delivery. We would have spent $ 1600 for comparable items at a place like Darvin.
My advice is wait til this place has its 50% off sales. You really can’t beat 50% off clearance prices. Rugs were 70% off.
We also picked up a very nice 1 ½ chair by Precedent. The reason it was in the clearance warehouse? Some lady special ordered it and never picked it up. Her $ 1900 loss, our $ 550 gain!

A lot of junky stuff. When Carsons has a sale or some other kind of promotion at this outlet, prices may be reasonable for what you get. They have some nice enough fabric couches and chairs here, but be warned that the style may be dated or it may be excessively groovy (cue any one of Barry White’s finest).
Also, be sure to inspect any case goods carefully for damage. Most of them seem like they have been through the war and back.

The Carson Pirie Scott Furniture Outlet and the Macy’s Furniture Clearance Center are within a 2 minute drive from each other. Maybe they’re both hit and miss but we were referred to the Carson’s Outlet and didn’t like anything there. We liked a few things at the Macy’s Outlet. There was a much bigger selection.

This is where I just bought my new couch. It was 15% off of $ 547 and it looked brand new — not a beat up floor sample like some of the other sofas there. The couch retailed at $ 1300.
The salespeople will hold an item for you for a day. They deliver for $ 75 and they also have generous pick-​up hours — 8 — 4, Mon — Sat.
Since I was just looking for a sofa, that’s all I can really mention. They had nice pieces at reasonable prices, but with lots of scuff marks from being stepped on or I don’t know what. They also had sectional pieces with no matches (as well as full sectional units, too).
Another bonus is that this store is on the same block as the Crate and Barrel outlet and the Macy’s furniture clearance center, which has a much larger selection of furniture and rugs and such. Definitely check that place out, too.

I recommend this place for inexpensive mattresses, but most of the furniture is either scratched, dented or both. However, if you’re good with repairs or applying stain, you just might find the perfect table. They hold occasional sale events.

This is basically a huge warehouse filled with various pieces of furniture from the normal Carson’s Furniture stores that are either discontinued ro slightly damaged. There are a few good deals to be found here, but you will have to do a lot of looking around. It can be hard to find an entire matching set here, but if you’re just looking for one piece here and there this is a good option. You may not find anything on your first visit here, but on subsequent visits something will surely catch your eye. A good place to do some bargain hunting!