Thursday, December 10, 2020

Create Your Pool Room and Dining Room - In the SAME Room!

               Are you limited in space within your house to the point of making you choose between a dining room and a recreation room?  

               Then how would you like to have both rooms in the same room, and in the same space in that room?  In other words, two rooms for the price of one.  (Well, sort of, we'll explain in just a moment.)

               Or do you have enough space within your home and you just like the idea of having two unique rooms in one?  

               Well either way, if you thought you'd have to call a contractor and spend five to six figures to get that done - think again!  You don't have to knock a single wall down or do renovating of any kind because that wish can be fulfilled quite easily here at Loria!  That's right - two rooms in one!

               If you like a relaxing form of recreation and you like to dine, look no further.  Those two very important activities can be beautifully facilitated in one room!  At Loria, we have a solution that is available in many different looks.  We have supplied the tri-state area with the right pool table for the home (and pool hall) since 1912.  That legacy has been taken one step further in recent years with the advent of the "dining conversion top".  Our complete line of pool tables with matching dining tops make it easy for our customers to make their dining room into a pool room (and back again) within just a few minutes.

"The Reno" with matching dining top
               These tops are made specially to fit the tables for which they are designed - in finishes to match - making these "two-in-one" pieces of furniture a welcome centerpiece to any dining room/pool room.  Since the tops fit together in three pieces, they're easy to remove.  So after the pleasure of a fine meal, there's only minimal time and effort required for two people to remove the dining top for the pleasure of a fine game of 8-ball (or 9-ball, or straight pool...you get the idea!).

"The Barnstable", also available with a matching dining top
               So if you're looking for a way to have dinner and then relax and disconnect from the sometimes crazy world of tech, and take advantage of one of the most interesting games ever invented, please take a look at our complete selection of these "two-in-one" pool/dining tables (and accessories) on our website.  For a closer look at these tables, please visit our showroom in Yonkers, New York.


Friday, November 13, 2020

We're Baaack!!! (Actually We've Been Back For A While.) So THANK YOU!

                Well, it's been one of those years - and it's not over yet, is it?  A global pandemic, social distancing, political unrest - I wonder what these waning weeks of 2020 still have in store for us(!).  Hopefully, this "new normal" that many are prone to talk about is anything but.  Though wearing a sanitary mask and social distancing is probably a good idea anyway in safeguarding against airborne viruses (whether there's a pandemic or not), I think I speak for many when I say that a vaccine can't arrive soon enough so we can have the same bulwark against Covid 19 that we already have against influenza, tuberculosis, typhoid, malaria, diphtheria (well, you get the idea!) and then we can get back to social closeness, large family gatherings, indoor restaurants, music concerts, sold-out sporting events, etc.  

               With all the major upheaval throughout the world caused by the pandemic, and the absolute tailspin effect it's had on so many industries and national economies, it's good to know (and to be grateful for the fact) that we're still here, still working and still serving the people that make it possible for us to work in the first place...our customers.  

               Although we had to temporarily close our doors during the initial lockdown, we gradually (and cautiously) got back to business with our customers, at first via website sales and e-mail sales.  Eventually, we were able to physically open the doors of our store to the general public with, of course, the requirement of wearing masks and socially distancing.

               There have been so many companies in the world that have been effected in such a profoundly negative way, I am amazed at the fact that even though we had every risk of being pulled by that same negative undertow, our customers remained loyal and resourceful, and showed us that 'recognition' and 'recreation' (specifically for the home) are two things that are, in many ways, right up there with food and water.  Although being cooped up in quarantine for several months can do a number on our personalities and not being able to gather in mass numbers puts the kibosh on any formal presentation ceremonies, our customers have refused to give up.  

               Our pool-table customers have taken advantage of being home more often than ever before that they have kept us busy beyond our wildest expectations.  Perhaps in some small way, we have contributed to keeping families "sane at home":)  Meanwhile, our awards customers have rightfully decided that, even though in-person presentations and award banquets are just not going to happen this year, the people that have earned their 'recognition of excellence' still deserve to receive that 'recognition of excellence' - in whatever it is at which they excelled.  It made perfect sense to us, and thank goodness it made perfect sense to our customers!

               So even though we have been temporarily slowed by a worldwide catastrophe, we can now say with full confidence that "we're baaack"!  But actually we've been back for a while now, and that was only made possible by the kind of loyalty from customers that, in effect, said to us that they want us back.  And for thatwe say to all of our customers who have kept us going this year a massive and heartfelt, "THANK YOU!!!".