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.