Arteak Interiors

I love Arteak Interiors. We always get exceptional service and love our unique finds. We truly feel we get one of kind items for our house at fair prices.

Just found another great accent piece for my renovation project. The owner Scott is really nice and easy to work with. Even had to run by their workshop today to have a piece cut down slightly and they did it while I waited… with a smile!

Stepping into the store is like stepping into another world. You can really feel the history and place tied to each of the pieces they hand pick from places like Bali and Java. Arteak’s inventory (furniture and accents) is a unique and earthy mix of old world pieces that blend really well into the California coastal style. Not to mention the craftsmanship is something to drool over compared to the cheap stuff we find in most stores these days who mass produce their products. Each piece is totally unique which is so refreshing to find. The owner does a great job of understanding his customers’ needs and if you dont’ find what you’re looking for right away they’ll help you hunt it down.
Oh and I can’t forget to mention that Arteak and the owner, Scott, helped inspire an upcoming trip to Bali!

We discovered Art Teak when we were remodeling our home. Our house is filled with Art Teak treasures that make us happy every day! If you want truly unique and beautiful furniture and accessories, this is the place to go. Scott, the owner is always ready to bend over backwards to help you find that special piece for your home. What a treat to have such a great local business in the neighborhood.

What an amazing collection of furniture art! Plus, so many pieces have been repurposed from previous uses. Scott has a fabulous eye for form and function and will spend the time to create the furniture that YOU want. It’s so much fun to walk through this teak gallery.
We found a sink that we have designed out guest bath around. Yes, it is more expensive than Home Depot, but you definitely get what you pay for. Wish my house was larger and could accommodate more of his pieces.

I have been shopping at Arteak for more than 10 years and am continually impressed by the quality of the merchandise, store ambiance and service. Owner Scott Burns goes above and beyond to make the experience of enhancing one’s home décor a thing of pleasure and delight. He travels to Indonesia personally to select rare one-​of-​a-​kind teak furnishings, as well as more affordable items that make awesome gifts. He makes the trip so you don’t have to! Not to mention shipping it to the USA. Scott’s staff also customizes & refinishes pieces in their shop and are very capable when it comes time to deliver.
I bought an exquisite antique teak bar from Arteak, and not only did Scott help me move it… he kept it in his shop over the winter while I was traveling, refinished it & delivered it to my new address. Now that’s service!
I read one review of someone’s negative experience & wonder what it would take to make this person happy. I have always found Scott to be very accommodating and reasonable in finding a win/​win outcome with his customers.
Arteak is one of the first places I take friends when they come visit to show them what a cool place Santa Cruz is… then we go for a walk on the beach.
To me Arteak is an oasis of what makes this town so unique.

I bought a mirror from this shop a couple of years ago, and have refrained from writing a review, as I almost didn’t even want to have to fully process my experience here. Bottom line — what crooks! I’ve just moved to a new home and have to hang the mirror I refuse to throw away, as it cost me around $ 300, yet again… and yet again have to go through the feelings of being utterly bamboozled. Ugh! The mirror is so warped I can’t look in it without feeling dizzy, headache-​y, and sick to my stomach — it’s bad (think fun house mirror). When I brought the mirror back (years ago) days after first purchasing it, I told the management (a man who, I believe, may have even been the owner) that I purchased this (overly-​priced) mirror for the room I was decorating for my father (who was coming to live with me, during his battle against cancer). I explained that my father was already experiencing vertigo, and buying him a fun-​house mirror for $ 300 was downright ridiculous (I was very polite, by the way — despite the fact that I had every right to be upset). Instead of offering me a refund, the man I spoke to made me lug the mirror back into his shop (acting as if he was doing me a favor) and promised to have the mirror portion replaced (which I doubt is even possible, given the way the frame is constructed). I had to drive back to the shop to pick it up yet again (what fun!) once it was «finished», and brought it home only to find that it hadn’t been touched — despite the claim of having it sent to a shop… wow. Still blown away. Throwing away hard-​earned money feels terrible, but I can get over that — what I can’t get over is the lack of integrity I experienced… bothers me to this day. Imagine going through all of this, only to end up with defective, over-​priced merchandise anyway — while also having been flat out lied to. Glad I finally took the time to write a review. My only hope is that karma makes right this wrong… and that no one else has to experience what I did. INSPECT EVERY INCH OF MERCHANDISE PRIOR TO PURCHASE, people… or better yet, shop elsewhere… support those with integrity and quality products. Bye, all.

I can’t say much for the price of this place since if you don’t own a large moving truck or decide to rent a uhaul, you will probably be sorry if you picked up anything from here (and your wallet might be a little starved as well) but I can understand how a niche, boutique type furniture store like this has decided to price its goods.
To be honest, this is really quite an interesting store and this is coming from someone who normally finds IKEA to be the best source of furniture shopping ($ 5,999 table for me? NO WAY!). There is a large selection of very Asian-​esque furniture and somewhat Aztec-​island feel decorations in here. They even have dusty, 100-​year old carvings which would actually make a great accent to any stairwell area of an IKEA decorate home for a bit of perk and spice. The tables and chairs are unique, the statues all serve purposes of one sort or another and I am not going to lie … I definitely have my eye on a boat wine rack that would look spectacularly out of place in my house but a wonderful find on its own.
I went in expecting to spend about 5 minutes taking a walk through and ended up there for almost 30 minutes. Now if I only had a more décor over function house … recommended visit!

A decent selection of quality predominately south and central asian furniture, exotic home décor, and various artwork. They have an additional warehouse one block away that has some decent carpets, which are sadly hard to come by in the central coast area. The carpets at the main store are mostly garden variety Pakistani specimens. The warehouse is closing soon and has more attractive prices as well as unique south asian furniture. Prices overall are comparatively reasonable, though may still be expensive depending on the item. Definitely worth a visit if you are interested in quality oriental décor and furniture.