SCOTTSDALE ART FACTORY - (800) 292-0008 - www.artfactory.com
Custom wood doors from Scottsdale Art Factory are a treaure for several lifetimes...
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ArtFactory Special Products Contact Us H. J. Nick is an Award Winning
Internationally Accredited Artist!

"There was a time when master craftsmen signed their work with pride
knowing each furnishing would become a cherished heirloom and antique.
Scottsdale Art Factory carries on this tradition!"
Scottsdale Art Factory Is The Largest Custom Manufacturer Of Fine
Artistic Furniture, Doors, Gates, Lighting and Hardware.
Handmade In America Since 1913

Pricing Information


Welcome To Scottsdale Art Factory Pricing Information And Policies.


High End Doors

We Are "Old Fashioned" And We Believe The Phone Should Be Answered By Live Courteous Personnel. Please Call Toll Free 1 800 292 0008



Only Our Catalogs Can Be Ordered On Line Due To Custom Manufacturing We Have No Products Pre Built Or Pre Priced.



We Sell Individuals Direct Only In Areas Not Protected And Represented By An Exclusive S.A.F. Dealer.
In order to purchase direct as an individual. Simply enter your zip code in our catalog order section to see if you qualify to purchase direct.


Our Staff Of Knowledgeable Imagineers,Architects And Certified Designers Are Live And Ready To Price And Answer All of Your Questions Or Concerns.
Our direct factory designers are Limited Only By "Your" Imagination And Your Clients Budget. They will be more than happy to quote pricing based on your customer's design preferences and specifications. They are not salespeople, but knowledgeable factory furniture, door, cabinet, lighting, and hardware designers with the ability to design and see your project through every facet of our building process. All designs are derived or conceived under the direct supervision of H. J. Nick. We offer written quotes in original works and limited edition.


Every Design Shown Or One You Might Furnish Can Be Redesigned At No Additional Charge
including your choice of materials used, size, finish, design details, labor intensity requirements, etc. All determine your final direct factory price. Any of our pre-designed items may be modified. You may also design your own item or furnish us a design from some other catalog or photographs and we will provide drawings and build to your approved specifications.


Note : For customers that are in a rush and not willing to wait for our production times. All showroom displayed items are for sale and are H J Nick Originals. These showroom items must be purchased as a complete set and will not be sold separately due to grain matching or design, signiture or finish matching. All pre made inventory is offered full regular price plus 15%.


There Is Never A Extra Charge For Design Or Re-Design Work.

All formal shop drawings begin upon receipt of deposit.

1-800-292-0008 Or Scottsdale, AZ 480-483-0170


9:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday

Arizona Time


Fax Your Order Or Design To Toll Free: 1-800-292-0046


(Nationwide And Canada) Fax 24 Hours A Day, 7 Days A Week.



Don't Be Fooled By Our Upscale Appearance,

Our Prices Are Usually Lower Than Lesser Quality Name Brand Production Imports Because

"We Are The Factory".



If You Are A High End Custom Builder,Architect Or Interior Designer Commercial Or Residential
Making Scottsdale Art Factory Your Exclusive Manufacturer Makes $ense



When Your Customers Invest In Handmade In America Family Heirloom, Investment Quality Custom One Of A Kind Furniture, Doors, Cabinets, Gates, Lighting and Hardware From Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C.

each piece is meticulously handmade from genuine, natural and top quality materials by our world class master craftsman. All wood items are solid wood, finished on all sides and there are no fake or faux areas. All iron is hand forged by our master blacksmiths and solid and then hand patina finished. Each piece is signed and certified by receipt as genuine collectable art quality future antique built and guaranteed to last forever.


When Your Customer Is Purchasing A World Class One Of a Kind Future Antiquity

at the lowest possible direct factory price. When you add your margin of profit appreciable value will continue to rise and deliver a valuable asset to your client far greater than any amount you may have charged for your services and risk. The longer your customer owns these handmade investment quality pieces they will always become more valuable and will stand the test of time, We Guarantee It. At the same time your customer enjoys the "Pride of Ownership" associated with helping to design and create their own future heirlooms and antiques in a way that provides a degree of immortality for generations to come.


This Allows You As A Dealer To Offer Custom Products That Require No Sales Hype At True Recoverable Investment Value That Will Appreciate At The Same Rate As High End Antiques - Unlike When Your Customer Is Considering Purchasing Poor Quality "Name Brand" Look A Like Fake Production Items Intended For High Profit Only That Are Heading For The Yard Sale And Total Loss Of Investment.



The Best Price Is Always About The Best Value - Not The Illusion Of Comparing A Zircon To A Diamond



As Seen On ABC


When You Purchase American Made You Invest In "Your" Future.





Additional Discounts Are Some Times Available



Our Discounts Are Based Upon Labor And Material Cost

We do not import or buy or resell any merchandise of any kind.


We Are A Custom Manufacturer Selling Directly To Dealers

Many of our dealers are are high end custom home builders, commercial builders as well as architects and interior designers. Many are selling only to total project customers and do not accept direct customers in their area.


In Areas Not Represented By Exclusive Dealers We Sell Individuals Direct At Dealer Prices

we also allow the same discounts if available to these individual customers.


We Never Sell Retail Or Inflate Prices In Order To Then Discount Later And Create A Sale.

We realize most retail stores mark most merchandise up to create the illusion of the urgency of a sale. Please do not confuse our discounts with this retail practice.


We Pass Manufacturing Process Savings On To You.


These Discounts Are Also Available To Qualified Individuals In Areas Not Dealer Protected

Discounts When Available:



1. We Offer Discounts When You Pay By Cash, Check, Or Wire Transfer. If you are not using a credit card and we are not charged processing fees associated with credit card use, you save.


2. We Offer Discounts When You Order More Than One Of The Same Item At The Same Time. Our set up cost, labor and other related materials usually cost less on multiple processed items on a per item basis.


3. We offer "Production Alike Deadline" Discounts. When you order an exact item at the same time as someone else you can qualify for this discount. The amount of this discount depends upon the number of items on order and their due dates related to the date you order. Because our set up cost, labor and other related materials usually cost less on multiple processed items on a per item basis.


Example: You order one chandelier the same item number and size as four other dealers/customers that just ordered one each also in the last ten days. This means we now have a total production of five to build at the same time and if you get yours ordered in this time frame you will receive the benefit of the multiple order discount same as if you had ordered five.



If You Place Your Order In Step With The Above Example Order - You Save!



4. We offer "Similar Process" Discounts. Discounts apply if you order the same item or similar items at the same time as someone else or with similar production lead times. The amount of this discount depends upon the number of items on order, how much is similar and their production due dates. Our set up cost, labor and other related materials usually cost less on multiple processed items on a per item basis.


Example: You order 35 interior doors with the same ten coat process and color as another order being processed at the same time. This means our curing rooms heat at the same time using the same fuel as the other order. Color mixing time is the same, spraying times are cut over all, hand rubbing time is cut significantly.



If You Place Your Order In Step With The Above Example Order - You Save!



5. We offer "Extended Lead Time" Discounts. These discounts are applied when you order early with lots of lead time for the production process. The amount of this discount depends upon the number of items you order, how much is similar and their production due dates, as well as the length of time required for production. This allows us additional time to couple similar items together at our pace to optimize our labor and processes.


Example: You order all of your doors, windows, lighting and furniture 18 months prior to your required delivery dates. Each item is timed with your construction project needs and allows for maximum saving.



If You Place Your Order Allowing For Maximum Lead Times - You Save!



6. We Some Times Offer "Pre-Payment" Discounts. All orders require fifty percent pre-payment with final payment due pro-forma (completed and ready to ship) on our dock prior to shipping. Depending upon the size of your order and lead time requirements, it could be several weeks or months to pro-forma. The cost of this money is incurred by SAF and factored in to the cost of of each order, so if you prepay there are discounts available.


When Offered - If You Prepay Your Order - You Save!



Ask Your Dealer Factory Representative For Details



Forms Of Payment





We Accept All Major Credit Cards, Wire Transfers, Personal Checks and Cash.


Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C. Sales Policy.

We are truly a Custom Manufacturer. This means we do not have any pre-made in stock items. We require a 50% minimum non-refundable deposit on all orders, and balance pro-forma on each order. All Orders Are Non Cancelable And Non-Refundable.


No Minimum Order Required.

You may also become a dealer with no minimum order required without protected territories (see your factory representative for details).


We Sell Individuals Direct Only In Areas Not Represented By An Exclusive S.A.F. dealer.

In order to purchase direct or become a dealer you must order our dealer catalog package. Simply enter your zip code in our catalog order section to see if you qualify to purchase direct.


One Million Dollar Minimum.

Minimum of one million dollars in floor display and annual sales volume is required to become an exclusive SAF dealership with defined protected territories. This is available only in areas not already represented by an authorized exclusive SAF dealer.


The Most Purchasing Power Is Always Manufacturer Direct.

Multiple purchase discounts are available.


Advanced Payment By Cash, Check, or Wire Transfer.

Eliminate fees for all credit card purchases if an advanced payment is made by cash, check, or wire transfer.


Qualified Orders For Our Mill Run (Production) Dates.

Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C. is a custom manufacturer with 100's of dealers world wide. When you order an item, we must set up for the specific production run. This set up time is an expensive part of our cost, yet has no bearing on the quality of our furniture.


Many Of Our Dealers Order Months Prior To Their Anticipated Delivery Date.

This allows our factory to group items together with other similar pieces. By grouping orders for specific production dates, we can bring the cost down significantly. We at Scottsdale Art Factory L.L.C. are willing to pass this savings on to you.

To Receive These Discounts You Must Order Prior To Specific Production Dates If Available.

Ask your designer for details.


S.A.F. Offers A Free Lay-A-Way Program.

We accept 30% down on any order with 10% of the original invoice total as a monthly payment. This program is interest free and there are no warehousing fees with the exception of orders left past promised shipping dates. All items will be shipped within 65 working days of final payment unless otherwise agreed upon.


S.A.F. Offers An Error Free Ordering Program.

When you order by phone, fax, internet or by mail, no matter if it is just one item or a complete house full of furnishings, S.A.F. will double check with you or your customer on every detail of each item in written form. This computer generated invoice will be sent by mail, fax or E-mail for your inspection. If we do not hear from you in written response your production date will be held. All production promise dates begin upon your final approval of plans and color selections.


Guaranteed Promise Dates.

Promise dates as well as approximate production dates are based on a five day work week excluding holidays. Also, promise dates are F.O.B. (freight on board) our dock and do not account for shipping times or delays caused by your trucking company. See additional details on promise dates in our "Production Dates Guaranteed" section.


Note: Certain Items May Require Extended Delivery Times

due to possibly your building contractor not meeting anticipated completion dates etc. Scottsdale Art Factory offers free climate controlled warehousing on all early orders until your anticipated approximate longest ship date per your invoice. We also offer reasonable warehouse fees if extended time is required. Ask Your S.A.F. representative for details.



Known Facts About Production Furnishings


Why Production Furnishings Will Never Be Investment Quality

With the introduction of mass production in the early 20th century (and up to the present day) the new found speed and ease of furniture building has drastically cut production costs. This is a manufacturing concept truly unique to any other time in recorded history. While this has been a grand idea for production in certain key industries, it has become the best thing of all for furniture industry profits because it drives down labor costs. However, with human nature being what it is, it also became the accepted trend to reduce material quality in an attempt to even further reduce cost. Reducing the material quality and embracing automation has been the unfortunate and prevalent trend found in modern furniture manufacturing and as if this was not already fleecing the American public, now we move and destroy further American jobs in the name of human greed. For example: China where a labor force that is paid in cents per-day is coupled with modern technology to further build even poorer quality furnishing under old brand names that used to stand for quality and the pride of American Master Craftsman.

The Five Basics Of Purchasing Heirloom Fine Art Furnishings.

  • Heirloom furniture never comes in a box. Requiring assembly by anyone.
  • Heirloom furniture is fully finished. Even crude or rustic furniture should be properly finished, inside and out.
  • Fine Art furniture is handmade from the best natural materials and should be heirloom quality standards. Paste board, compositions, uncured woods, and veneers are not quality furniture materials
  • Heirloom furniture is never mass produced.
  • Quality furniture comes with an unconditional warranty. As you know, Grandma and Grandpa's heirloom furniture didn't need warranties, they simply stood the test of time.

Scottsdale Art Factory Proudly Follows These Basics.


Scottsdale Art Factory Will Never Sell The Pride Of The American Master Craftsman To Foreign Soil For Greed: The creation of production furniture has become business as usual. Mass producers and national brand names copy the world's greatest treasures, art and furniture designs. The old, national manufacturing names we all grew up with - names that we used to identify with quality furniture builders - have long since sold out to this mass production concept. Almost every retail and discount production store in America has succumbed to the practice of offering furnishings that will never be true investments. They are made to be disposable, and are machine made replicas built from fake, man-made materials such as pasteboard, wood and stone veneers, or casted copies of the original works. These manufacturers have become master magicians at the art of slight of hand, faux and facade. In addition to these assembly-line techniques, this mindless automation and the trend to foreign-build with little concern for quality has caused the loss of thousands of American jobs and the opportunity for the next generation of American worker to become a master craftsman. The result is that no one person is trained or able to build an entire product because we have chosen to live in a got to have it today, then throw it away world. This has become an accepted way of doing business.

Americans Sell Their Family Heritage To Foreign Soil:

These accepted practices have cost you - the consumer - a very high price in many ways. This price has not only been in the loss of financial investment, but is in the even greater loss of irreplaceable family history such as the passing on of cherished family heirlooms. In other words, most furniture offered today is built to pass itself off as "The Real McCoy" and at usually no small price and at little true value. These furnishings, as you probably well know, do not become antiquities, good investments, or improve with time. From their very conception, they are built with planned obsolescence and big profits in mind, and are heading for the yard sale or dumpster in a very short time.

This Is Not Sour Grapes:

This is not sour grapes toward the industry; this is just observation taken from the hard facts experienced over our nine decades of creating fine, handcrafted furniture. Scottsdale Art Factory has never given in to this money making, slight of hand method of operating.

We Feel We Must Further Educate About Value



You Have Probably Heard - The "Rich" Get Richer And The "Poor" Get Poorer

Ever wonder why? Studies show it has very little to do with how much money a family earns. It has more to do with having an investment state of mind. The ability to decern the difference between an expense and a long term investment. Most Americans are focused on how cheap each item can be purchased on sale prices with little attention given to true value. While this works well for expense purchases on commodities such as food, clothing, cars, computers etc. this never works well on long term big ticket purchases such as your home, building products or home furnishings etc. The reason is, your home should be an investment and as it gets older it appreciates in value with the exception of things that have to be replaced because they are worn out or become out of date.


The so called Rich "never purchase" low quality homes, building products or home furnishings that have to be replaced. Maybe as you were growing up your mom and dad or grand parents might have said something to the effect that they would rather save up for one good item that will last and they could be proud to own, rather than purchase many cheap low quality items just to fill the room. For Example: Solid wood hand made furniture, cabinets, counter tops or floor materials made from genuine solid wood, marble, stone, or granite verses man made plywood, veneered particle boards, tile, formica or
corian etc.


Solid wood furniture, cabinets, and genuine stone will never need to be replaced and will age with grace and become more valuable over time. "The Rich Get Richer" The man made furniture with fake backs, plywood's, veneers, tile, faux stone, corian or formica will have to be replaced over and over again. "The Poor Get Poorer"


When you purchase investment quality furnishings, doors, lighting and hardware they will appreciate and keep up with inflation or exceed most other investments. For this reason, becoming wealthy has very little to do with a higher education or having a lot of extra money. It is truly making wise decisions and a state of mind that allows for you to pay once for a good value and continue to grow wealth while enjoying living in your investment. Not to mention this type of investing has many other benefits, such as priceless family heirlooms that have meaning and the ability to pass on your legacy to future generations.


Throughout our American history, no matter the economic conditions investing in yourself, your home and your legacy has always paid off. This is the big secret to building true wealth. Simply declare your self worthy of the best, invest in it and enjoy.


We Can Help You Make The Right Investment Choices



A Ferrari And A Yugo Are Both Cars, And A Diamond Or A Cubic Zirconia Set In Fine Gold look almost the same; The Fake Is An Expense - The Genuine Is An Investment


We are trying to get your attention. In the market place today the copying of American and European handmade custom investment quality furniture, doors, lighting, cabinets and hardware designs is running ramped.


The use of high tech machines and cheap foreign labor make it possible to make paste board and veneers look like quality products. There is no investment value in these items and they do not compare to handmade investment quality furnishings built to stand the test of time. In fact, many of the famous name brands we all grew up believing were high quality furnishings have now sold out in the name of profit to cheap foreign production manufacturing, mostly due to current government trade policy and corporate greed.



Scottsdale Art Factory Will Never Sell Out Its Family Heritage To Cheap Foreign Mass Production Manufacturers For Any Reason.


Custom Handmade For Less Money Than Production Copies

It has been our experience that custom built investment quality furnishing, doors, gates, lighting and hardware do not particularly cost more than the mass production copies, this is because many of the dealers work on markups that often reach over 400%. Also keep in mind, most mass production items never become more valuable over time, and usually end up as garage sale items. This results is the true loss of your investment and the subsequent need to re-spend, setting up a cycle of financial loss that never ends.



Direct Factory- No Middle Men- No Over Seas Shipping- Always A Better Value

How Can Handmade In The USA To Investment Quality Be Less than name brand production furnishings, doors, lighting, etc? the answer is simple, We Are The Factory! When you purchase from us directly there is no middle man, no shipping from over seas, no box's, no freight, no distributors, and no unnecessary markups. This means you get the best value on each and every purchase. This also means there is only one price from the factory and when you are purchasing an investment quality furnishing, door, lighting etc. you are investing in an item that will become more valuable over time. These benefits combined with your pride of ownership of a truly custom one of a kind piece especially designed for you, creates a wining combination for any consumer.



We Guarantee Our Price To Be Less

Bring Us Any Major Big Name Brand Designer Furnishings, Manufacturers or Retailers Price on Furniture, Doors, Cabinets, Gates, Lighting, Or Hardware in writing and we will beat the price! This quote can be from any reputable manufacturer or retailer, such as Ralph Lauren, American Drew, Bernhardt, Baker, Century, Drexel Heritage, Hancock, Lane, Thomasville, Vanguard, Robb and Stuckys, Ladlows, Broyhill, Ethan Allen, Stickily, just to mention a few, or any other comparable custom handmade manufacturer worldwide. We Will Beat their Price, Guaranteed! In addition we will deliver our much higher investment quality product, custom made to our standards, designed for you just the way your want it.

Note: Since we produce products in our industry that are comparable to a Ferrari this offer does not include off brands made in China, and other cheap labor force foreign land manufacturers. this includes wholesalers, retailers or discounters of substandard products which have no regard for value or human health including imported furnishings, doors, cabinets, gates, lighting or hardware that are made from compositions, core fillers, faux casted copies, faux fabrics, low quality machine split and re-polished leathers, veneered wood products or stone over particle boards made with formaldehyde resin or
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We always build using only the finest quality materials and craftsmanship from doors to gates to dining tables, all the way down to the hardware! Nothing misses our attention to detail!