Look for steep discounts on furniture, lighting and accessories by Moooi, American Leather, Calligaris, Surya, Bonaldo, Christopher Guy and others at Interior Illusions' liquidation sale.

The company has plans for a new flagship store to open next month, a representative said, so the West Hollywood showroom is reducing prices 15% to 60% through February. Interior Illusions' custom pieces and some special order items will be included. All sales are final.

8448 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood; (323) 656-8448.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: Interior Illusions

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Finnish designer Alvar Aalto's clear, undulating Aalto vase was one of my favorite wedding gifts. I cried when I broke it recently. But now that the vase, regularly $205, is on sale for $174 as part of an Iittala clearance, I just may buy myself another.

Other Iittala items are reduced by as much as 60%. Supplies are limited but at last check did include tumblers, dishes, nesting bowls, jars, glass birds and more gorgeous Aalto vases.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: Iittala

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Bridgid Coulter Design is discounting most merchandise 40% to make room for new inventory. But you have to act quickly, as the sale will run only from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Shop for small furniture, mirrors, lighting, pillows, tabletop pieces, jewelry, scarves and handmade greeting cards. Some one-of-a-kind items are from Turkey, India, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand and Morocco. 

Highlights include a caged lamp whose blown glass is embedded with wrought iron, regularly $650, now $390; a turquoise- and rust-hued Asia tea set, regularly $60, now $36; a hand-turned black walnut stool inspired by a chess piece, regularly $1,550, now $930; a Jamie Young leather embroidered ottoman, regularly $590, now $354; and modern Moroccan ceramic carafes, regularly $45 to $49.50 each, now $27 to $29.70.

Rugs will be 25% off.

1419 5th St., Santa Monica, (310) 963-5360

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: Bridgid Coulter Design

One consistent message from the decorators profiled in David A. Keeps'  "Set Pieces" week after week: You don't have to shop at high-end stores to create a lovely interior vignette. 

Sure, the hilarious mural of the gay dads in "Modern Family" is a scene stealer, above, but I can't take my eyes off the pretty and affordable Wild Flowers rug, part of the Kathy Ireland Home Innovations collection from the online retailer CSN. 

The rug is discounted 20% as part of CSN's rug sale. The 6-by-8-foot piece, regularly $399, is now $319.20; the 8-by-11-foot version, regularly $799, is now $639.20. E-mail for information on other rug sizes.

All rugs priced $100 or more are 20% off through Feb. 15. Use code RUGSFEB20 at checkout. (800) 630-6087.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: ABC

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These toy boxes from Mod Mom Furniture are so adorable, I'm almost wistful for the days when my kids were younger and I tripped over Legos.

The Bertie Box, right, is made with birch plywood, set on castors and equipped with a cutaway top that almost makes putting away toys fun. Normally $475, the box is on sale through Monday for $403. The Owyn Toy Box above, regularly $495, is now $420. 

The discount applies to the two toy boxes only. Buy directly from Mod Mom designer Kiersten Hathcock at kiersten@modmomfurniture.com. Sale prices are not valid at retailers who carry Mod Mom furnishings. Shipping in the lower 48 states is included in the price. The made-to-order toy boxes arrive on your doorstep in four to six weeks.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credits, from top: Mod Mom Furniture; Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times

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Furniture maker William Stranger, known for his use of free-edge timber and reclaimed wood, has branched out. Last month he showed the Learn About Fire lamp, above, constructed from an olive tree burned in the 2009 fire at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. The hanging shades are made from cherry veneer remnants.

Stranger displayed the piece at a show for Art From the Ashes, a nonprofit group that raises money for people and businesses affected by the fire. Now the furniture maker will be selling this work and a limited number of other designs at an open house and sale this weekend in his Pasadena studio. The one-of-a-kind lamp, originally $4,400, will be marked down to $2,200. The Fragment vases and Tava coffee table made from a section of bowling lane featured in an earlier L.A. at Home post also will be on sale.

Vases will start at $145, cheese boards from $70. The woodworker also will unveil the Dial M end table, shown at right in acacia but available in locally salvaged walnut for $700.

Stranger said he is staging his pieces as a gallery show to celebrate his 25th year in business.

"I have always wanted to have a party at my studio, so there will also be a party on Friday night," he said. "Making it a sale seems like the thing to do in the middle of a slow recovery," he added, referring to the economy.

Most pieces in the weekend show, including tables and chairs with open knotholes, are being offered at wholesale prices, said Stranger, who also sells his work at the Gallery of Functional Art in Santa Monica. Additional pieces can be ordered during the show with discounts based "on material availability and complexity of design," he said. 

The sale will run from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at 3202 E. Foothill Blvd. No. 6H in Pasadena. 

Can't make it? No worries. Check Stranger's website for examples of work, then call (626) 405-0927 or e-mail  ws@strangerfurniture.com for a quote as well as shipping details.           

-- David A. Keeps

Photo credits: William Stranger 

If you have a weakness for truly clever storage for books -- yes, actual books with paper pages -- check out the Conran Shop's winter sale.

The New York-based site is offering at least 20% off all furniture including the late designer Egon Riss' wonderful birch plywood Isokon Penguin Donkey bookcase, a 1939 design shown above; regularly $1,150, it's now $920.

The black version of MDF Italia's Random Shelving Unit, shown at right in white, is 50% off, now $1,425.

One more example: Bruno Rainaldi's vertical Ptolomeo Book Stand in white, regularly $1,850, is now $1,450.

The winter sale includes other furnishings and holiday fare reduced by up to 75%. The bright orange bristly Coco tree is a favorite at $12.50. Some lighting, kitchen accessories and pillows are reduced too.

The sale continues online through Jan. 30.

(866) 755-9079

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: The Conran Store

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The Unique L.A.-Apartment 3 pop-up shop is ending its run in dramatic fashion this weekend with a 50%-off sale. 

Everything in the shop will be discounted, including hand-felted coasters by Delica, above left, now $16 for a set of four; limited-edition screen-printed wooden boxes by 33 Stewart Ave., above right, are $75 apiece. You'll also find screen-printed stationery sets by Imaginary Friends reduced to $10.

The sale also will include clothing, accessories and beauty products. A bonus: Unique L.A. founder Sonja Rasula said mimosas and complimentary cupcakes from Lark Bakery will be served.

The sale runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. The pop-up is inside the H.D. Buttercup home furnishings store in Los Angeles; (310) 558-8900.

-- Lisa Boone

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The Shade Store is holding a sale on energy-efficient window treatments through Feb. 3. 

You can get 10% off custom Roman shades (beginning at $224), drapes (beginning at $219 per pair), solar shades like the ones shown above ($148 per panel) and cellular shades (beginning at $110 each) while insulating your home and conserving energy. Prices depend on the size and material you choose as well as added features such as light filtering and top-down, bottom-up design.

Samples of the most popular styles can be ordered online. Shipping is included in the price. (800) 754-1455.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: The Shade Store

The online seed store Tomato Fest is extending its annual heirloom tomato sale, which had been scheduled to end Jan. 11 but is now running through Jan. 18.

More than 120 varieties from around the world -- yellow cherry tomatoes from eastern Germany, purple beefsteaks cultivated by a Cherokee tribe in Tennessee -- are discounted. Most seeds are nearly 50% off, at $2 per pack; others are discounted 30%.

All packs contain 30 seeds unless otherwise noted and are certified organic. Free seeds come with every order of at least $15, and seeds will last three to five years if stored properly.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times

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The contemporary home furnishings showroom Haus is putting its entire inventory on sale.

All custom upholstered furniture -- available in more than 300 fabrics -- is discounted about 35%. That includes the Haus bed shown above, regularly $999, now $649; the Tre chair and ottoman, regularly $878, now $569; a four-piece sectional called the Cube, regularly $1,999, now $1,299; and a three-seat sofa called the Boyd, regularly $1,099, now $715.  Accessories are on sale too. Look for discounts of 30% to 45% on vases and other tabletop items.

The sale runs through Jan. 16 at 652 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. Showroom hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday; (323) 932-6580.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credit: Haus

If you are the type of person who buys holiday cards in January and Halloween decorations on Nov. 1, then head to Brentwood Village for Grace Home's "after Santa" sale running through Jan. 30.

All holiday decorations and ornaments, including the adorable snowmen above, regularly $15 apiece, are 50% off.

All lighting, pillows and accessories are discounted 30%. The Aqua recycled glass vases above, regularly $85 to $95, are now $59.50 to $66.50 apiece.

Select floor samples, including small tables, chests and upholstered pieces, are reduced up to 50%. A tufted green velvet chair called the Abigail, regularly $2,625, is now $1,500; dining room chairs that sold for $630 each are now $495.

The showroom, 11632 Barrington Court, is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; (310) 476-7176.

-- Lisa Boone

Photo credits: Grace Home