Project Notes
Foshan to San Mateo: Dining, Living, Bedroom and Patio Furniture Installed Before Lunch
In short
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A San Mateo house on the Peninsula ordered a mixed list in Foshan: walnut dining table with bench and chairs, an L-shaped sectional and a two-seat sofa with coffee tables, an upholstered bed, and for outside a rocking chair, a slatted bench and a patio sofa-and-table set.
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Indoor and outdoor pieces came from different factories and travelled as one consolidated shipment.
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On 27 March 2026 the crew unloaded, assembled and positioned every piece; the photographs run from 13:36 to 13:39 — the whole house set in a single visit.
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A smaller order than a full container, and the same scope: carry-in, assembly, positioning, packaging removed.
Not every order is a 40-foot container, and the small ones deserve the same finish. This San Mateo delivery was a house-worth of key pieces — dining, living, one bedroom, the deck and the patio — consolidated in Foshan and installed in one visit. Photographs from the delivery crew, 27 March 2026. Source Foshan sourced the indoor and outdoor pieces in Foshan and delivered them as one consignment.
Photographs taken on site by the delivery crew; the clock and location stamps are from the site camera. Client details are withheld. Published by Source Foshan as a project note.
- One shipment for indoor and outdoor
The teak-look patio set and the walnut dining table came from different factories; they were inspected and crated together in Foshan.
- Small orders, same day, same scope
A house-worth of key pieces was unloaded, assembled and positioned in one visit.
- Assembled and placed on the rug
Sectionals, beds and tables are assembled in the room they were bought for.
- Nothing left behind
Cartons and wrap left with the crew.
Questions buyers ask
Is it worth shipping a partial house of furniture from Foshan to California?
Usually from about USD 8,000–10,000 of goods or 15 m³ — roughly a living room plus a bedroom — the fixed costs of documents, port handling and customs are spread thinly enough to make sense. Below that, ship LCL and keep the piece count tight; above about 28 m³ a 40 ft container is cheaper per cubic metre. Our buying guide has the break-even.
Can I add outdoor furniture to an indoor order?
Yes — and it is the cheapest way to buy it, because it shares the container, the inspection and the delivery. See outdoor furniture sourcing for materials and specs.
What does delivery include?
On Source Foshan projects: unloading, carry-in, uncrating, assembly, positioning and packaging removal — as in this case. A plain freight quote to the door usually means the kerb.
Planning a Foshan order that has to arrive assembled, not just arrive? Tell us the destination, the rooms and roughly how many pieces, and we will scope the buying trip, the packing and the door-to-door leg together — begin met je project, or read how consolidation and shipping and pre-shipment inspection work.
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