A To Z Mart

Going back well over 15 years, I have been browsing and shopping at the old A to Z Mart in my hometown of Whittier, CA. I can look around our home in Vegas and see some home furnishing we purchased there in nearly every room in our house. This is not a thrift store or a run of the mill second hand shop. This is a home furnishings store that sells a strong variety of furnishings ranging from antiques to quality modern day items that they have acquired. Granted, all items are used, but they don’t buy beat up mattresses or partial board crap. The owners take pride in their merchandise selection with a concentration on both the unique and the eccentric. You can furnish your whole house in this store, especially if you are looking for classic Americana or Colonial furnishings that are getting harder and harder to find at reasonable prices and good quality.
This is not a swap meet or thrift store that haggles. They set their prices, and though I’m sure there is some wiggle room on larger items, the prices are generally set on the ticket. I would like to see them open for some negotiation on some items, but I have not been able to get this accomplished just yet.
Their merchandise selection is constantly changing, but you will be sure to see the eclectic collection merchandised with a certain aura of familiarity, as I have been shopping there for over a decade, and every time I go there, it is as if I never left. It is a comforting piece of historical Whittier, and sometimes it is nice to know that you can still go home again.

Very pleasantly surprised. Great selection of antique furniture and beautiful objets d’art. Purchased an octagonal walnut table from the HZ Mallen Furniture Co. Circa 1920. Great price. Customer service is impeccable. Will definitely be back.

Great staff. Great store. What more can you want? If you have any questions, concerns, they’re willing to help until your fully satisfied. Apart from the staff, their selection is fantastic. I like a very vintage/​simple look but was working with a college student budget, (I’m sure most people know what I mean, lol). So I was only going by to check it out and I’m glad I did. I managed to not only find something to my exact need but it worked well to my budget of under $ 300, final price $ 195. So price point is very broad. Besides from their selection because most of the pieces are vintage, you can be sure that it will last you a long time. If you’re by the area, it’s worth stopping by because you never know what you’ll find :)

Amazing furniture & helpful staff. Great prices for real wood! Unique finds so buy it right away if you like it!

A to Z Mart is a great place to find functional and fun furniture, art, interesting items and collectables that might become a cherished family artifact for generations to come. Items come from all over the world. The owners are good people and they price things fairly. If you have a person to buy a gift for and they have everything, this is the place to start looking. New things are added weekly. Browse and have fun!

I really like shopping here. They have a great selection of furniture and accessories for reasonable prices. Everyone there is really friendly. We live a distance from here but almost always make a point to stop by when we are in the area. We always end up finding something to take home. Great store with a great concept.

Amazing furniture in great condition I love this store!!!

I love the pricing in this store. They are pretty stocked on mostly Asian antiques. A little more variety would be nice but again the pricing is considerably better compared to King Richards Antique not far from this location.

We’ve found some awesome finds at this little antique store in Whittier.
They are constantly getting in new items, so it’s like a new store every time we come back. They have a ton of books if you’re looking for cool pieces for your shelves, oil paintings if you want more classic art in your house, old timey furniture, lamps, couches, and little trinkets from yesteryear that could make a great gift or addition to your coffee table.
My favorite purchase was a typewriter from the 1920’s. It was in immaculate condition and even works if I choose to replace the ink ribbon. The heavy piece of nostalgic machinery only set me back $ 40, and it’s a piece in the living room that everyone seems to want to play with. I love you Apple, but you’ll never recreate the coolness of steel keys punching and a bell telling you it’s time move on to the next line. I’m sure there’s an app for it somewhere, but it can’t be the same.
Compared to other antique stores, the prices are super reasonable and if you are looking for a specific item, the owners are knowledgeable and will help you find what you’re looking for (even if they don’t carry it themselves). Even if you’re not in the market to purchase any old goods, it’s still neat to peruse the stuff from the early years.

This place is the real deal. I have not written a review about them, because I almost don’t want more people to know about it.
It’s a family business that actually cares about their product. I have purchased an asian chest, a drum, dining room table and chair, and have outfitted most of my apartments with pieces from this store.
Key to this store is going ALL the time. Because they keep their costs down with purchases and are able to move the pieces, the value for the product is amazing. Now that we are outfitting a home, they will be seeing a lot of us.

They have antique furniture ranging from couches, bed frames, dresser drawers, book cases, lamps, statues, chests, chairs and more. Some of the items they have are really unique and you will not find elsewhere because of the rarity. All the furniture in the store is well preserved, in good condition or are refinished and look in pristine condition. Expect alittle on the high end, because the furtinue here isn’t that you are going to find at a Salvation store. They don’t do not really have a good selections of small or trinkets, mainly larger furniture pieces.

This place is pretty good at having random stuff that you (most likely) won’t find in any other store… which is the whole thing with antique stores i suppose.
it is neat to browse and see the wacky stuff they have there though.

i love this family business. just moved into the neighborhood about 2 months ago and have already purchased 5 items from the shop. great people — wonderful inventory, just can’t go wrong here. prices are completely reasonable. if this store was situated just 20 miles west they could charge twice as much, but luckily for us they do not. worth the drive if you are not whittier locals. — keep in mind most of the items are not anything you would be able to go to an antique road show and find out it’s worth millions — but still very lovely pieces and very good quality. why buy new when you have these unique pieces here for less? take a look…

I always find something here! I got my fancy bedroom set of drawers and desk here, and they were in great condition given their age and make. Recently we visited to find a comfy chair for a room we’re renovating… we found it. Surprise! Not really, I knew we would. The furniture (not that I’m a whiz) is very decently priced. It’s so preferable to getting something new (and generally not as well-​made), and this may sound cliché, but I always like knowing that I have furniture with a story and history beginning long before me. Alex and staff clean the furniture, load it onto your vehicle for you: it’s great service.
P. S. Don’t overlook the upstairs part of the store. More furniture, paintings, other forms of art. :)

Discount Antique Furniture and Décor
items are in good condition and can be used as is, indoor and outdoor furniture, friendly staff

I agree with Mark here I am the one that does not shop at Ikea. I have been shopping off and on here for years.
A-​Z has some of the most beautiful things on the planet and the staff is truly the best. They are helpful, courteous and not pushy trying to make you purchase items that you do not want.
I have found some of the most beautiful pieces in my home here. I have searched high and low most consignment shops and antique stores from San Diego to the Bay area and A-​Z is in my top 3 favorites.

This is the perfect place to explore my hobby as an amateur antique art and furniture collector. Visiting this store is like visiting a museum, one that covers just about almost every period since the invention of furniture, from ancient buddhist temple doors made of iron to vintage 50’s sputnik furniture styling.
They even display working technology: Edison gramophones with records, 1920’s tube radios and 1950’s jukeboxes. It’s amazing imagining hand-​cranking a 100 year old phonograph to get the music started as a conversation piece at a party.
Some of the pieces I’ve purchased from this store includes a Queen Anne writing desk by Sligh, a large 200 pound solid wood coffee table from the Classic Empire period, a 19^th-​century euro-​oriental room divider, and French Provencal chairs.
Some furniture pieces may carry a hefty price tag (sometimes well into tens of thousands), but keep in mind most of the items are investment-​grade that are long lasting. If they are 50, 100, or 200 plus years old, that’s good enough proof for me that they’ve stand the test of time. Every piece have some degree of intrinsic character. You can typically resell for more in the future since they either maintain or appreciate in value, or past them down as family heirlooms. Something you can’t do with IKEA.

I think I’m one of the proud few who has never bought the particle-​board-​and-​pot-​metal dreck to be found at that abomination known as IKEA. No, I buy all my furniture second-​hand. How’s THAT for reducing one’s carbon footprint?
And this is one of the shops that I check out periodically. It’s like a thrift store for household goods. They deal in absolutely anything and everything. Furniture, from Baroque to Biedermeier to Bauhaus. Artwork, antique and modern, kitschy to classy. Clocks. Lamps. Even old books, statuary, and some architectural salvage.
A to Z is a clearinghouse of sorts – they buy up old estates and that’s how they get what you see in their store. So if they bought an estate full of crap last week, that’s what you’ll have to pick from this week. Hey, there’s an ass for every seat, and people are into that, so… more power to them!
But…I just went there last week and got a side table that I can reasonably date to the last quarter of the 17^th century. For $ 180. They have a marquetry Sheraton – 1810 or so – armoire that appears to be authentic for less than $ 1000. I don’t like that style, but I did take notice. They’ve got plenty more along the lines of midcentury and modern as well, but since I really don’t pay attention to those pieces and can’t really understand why anyone else would either, I can’t say exactly what they have.
And they also have regular old furniture that’s well-​built, attractive, and won’t go to the curb when you don’t need it anymore – you could put it on Craigslist and at least get your money back!
So if you’re looking for that «special piece» and don’t need to fill that empty space right away with something, check A to Z out from time to time. While they might not have what you’re looking for at the moment, chances are it’ll pass through at some point or another!