Best Buys -- Greer Wylder
The Design Exchange in Costa Mesa is a wholesale home furnishings
store that offers current designs at low prices. Many model home
designers across Orange County shop at the Design Exchange, and Bill
Blaine, the chief executive of the company, is a consultant to top
designers on new home model developments including Ladera Ranch, Talega,
Rancho Santa Margarita, Newport Coast and senior living facilities. The
home accent and accessories store is getting a new shipment of
upholstered chairs and Bombay chests, and carries lots of floor and table
lamps. There are catalogs in the store for ordering merchandise that
isn’t in the showroom. The Design Exchange is at 435 E. 17th St., Costa
Mesa. The second location is at 27995 Greenfield Drive, Laguna Niguel.
(949) 631-3776.
Neiman Marcus will have a spring beauty event Wednesday through Sunday
in the cosmetics department. With a purchase of $75 or more in cosmetics
and fragrances, you’ll receive samples of Neiman Marcus’ latest spring
items, all in a tote bag. The bag is filled with a 0.03-ounce Bobby Brown
lipstick, a half-ounce Sisley-Paris buff and wash, a half-ounce Prada
Shielding balm SPF/Lip, 2.5-milliliter Creed Spring Flowers, 25 grams of
Hermes Eau D’Orange Verte Mini Soap, 0.09-ounce Lancome Paris Mascara,
0.11-ounce Darphin Paris Arovita C Cream, 0.3-ounce Natura Bisse Diamond
Bio-Lift Contour Cream, and 5-milliliter Fresh Sugar Face Polish. Neiman
Marcus is at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. (949) 759-1900.
Summerhill Consign Design carries quality home furnishings. The new
store accepts consignments by appointment only. Examples of recent
features in the store are a 42-inch round glass coffee table and base at
$135, an almost new slipcovered sofa at $575, Italian porcelain
chandelier at $375, a mahogany desk at $225 and an antique rosewood
armoire at $1,795. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Summerhill Consign Design is
behind Plum’s Patio at 369 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. (949) 764-1746.
Yuen Lui Portrait Photography is having a special on wedding
photography. The offer is for four hours of photography of your wedding
for $695 (It’s a $1,300 value). The offer also includes 20 8-by-10-inch
color photographs, complete in one album. Yuen Lui is in the Crate &
Barrel wing of South Coast Plaza. (714) 545-8845.
Shape-Up Fitness Center offers a six-week trial membership for $89.
The fitness center’s offer gives you the same privileges as a full
membership would, and there aren’t any obligations. There are more than
50 group exercise classes available weekly at Shape-Up, including yoga,
strength training, Pilates and spinning. It also offers personal
training, child care, a body and skin care center, free weights, steam
rooms and strength training. Shape-Up is at 2101 E. Coast Highway, Corona
del Mar. (949) 760-9335.
The Children’s Orchard is a children’s consignment clothing store that
carries play wear, party wear and holiday wear for kids sizes 0 to 16.
The store pays cash for “gently used clothing.” It’s open from 9:30 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. It’s at
369 E. 17th St., Costa Mesa. (949) 650-2243.
* BEST BUYS appears Thursdays and Saturdays. Send information to Greer
Wylder at 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, or via fax at (949)
646-4170.
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