| Sturdy furniture lasts for a long time and | | | | same spot where it started. |
| some even are there for a lifetime. Making | | | | |
| furniture requires lots of skill, knowledge | | | | Furniture Affair started way back in 1989, on |
| and dedication and America's largest | | | | Bell Road in Phoenix Arizona, in just a small |
| furniture outlets know that. And now, let us | | | | overcrowded room. Nancy Rhodes, the President |
| go back in time and find out how they have | | | | and CEO of Furniture Affair, was a |
| all started. | | | | flourishing stockbroker. Since she was a born |
| | | | entrepreneur she got the idea by just looking |
| Whether your concentration in furniture is | | | | at beautiful model homes which was her |
| its history and progress, the carpentry and | | | | favorite pastime. As of today, her company is |
| influential skills involved in creation of | | | | known to be the pioneer in the resale of |
| fine furniture, or you are just simply | | | | discount furniture, furniture appraisals, |
| looking for furnishings for your own home, | | | | interior design, model home furnishings, and |
| then, you might well just visit a furniture | | | | installations. |
| factory outlet nearby. And there are lots of | | | | |
| big furniture outlets all around the country | | | | The Woodstock Furniture Outlet, started in |
| that might help you with what you want. But, | | | | 1988, with the help of Jr. Aaron's family; he |
| ever wonder how they have all started? | | | | established and opened the doors of Woodstock |
| | | | Furniture Outlet to the public. It is known |
| John Mathias Bernhardt, the founder of | | | | for its customer friendly salesmanship and |
| Bernhardt Furniture Company, became an orphan | | | | great deals of home furnishings. Starting |
| at the age of 13 when his parents died. He | | | | with just about 6000 square feet building |
| and his brother faced life together, but fate | | | | located on Hwy 5, the business continued to |
| had different plans for them. They were | | | | develop and the call for more space was |
| employed in a local general store. His | | | | unavoidable. So the Woodstock Furniture |
| brother stayed in a retail business while | | | | Outlet moved into a new location, at the |
| John Mathias went to the west and soon | | | | intersection of Bells Ferry Road and Hwy 92 |
| secured work as a government surveyor. It | | | | in a 25,000 square foot building. Since they |
| nearly took his life assisting settlers at | | | | have a wider area, there is a need for a |
| the frontier. Everything went well and he | | | | furniture store and the Aaron's anticipated |
| survived all the difficulties and he returned | | | | the on going trend is increasing and they |
| to begin an enterprise after three years at | | | | should meet every customer's needs. It is a |
| the frontier and soon his venture became one | | | | furniture store where everything you need is |
| of the country's top producers of commercial | | | | here to furnish your home. They offer a wide |
| and residential furniture around. Today, this | | | | array of home accessories and a huge floral |
| flourishing endeavor is one of the oldest | | | | department brimming with floral designs, a |
| family enterprises in America. | | | | living room and dining room models. |
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| From the founder R.L Simpson, the name | | | | Other furniture factory outlets include the |
| Simpson Furniture appears. He was a skilled | | | | Webster Furniture that can be found on Route |
| furniture retailer and his venture started | | | | 1 near Rehoboth Beach, the CORT Putnam |
| in1946 when he bought an old building in | | | | Furniture Rental that offers many selections |
| Cedar Falls and little did he know that it | | | | that will fit the needs of corporations, |
| would be Cedar Valley's biggest furniture | | | | students and professionals, the Hornell |
| business in the making. A fire ravaged his | | | | Furniture Outlet situated on Main Street in |
| hopes and dreams in 1983 and the business | | | | Hornell, New York, the Becker Home Center of |
| faced many losses. No one knew whether | | | | the Huseby family that was founded in 1978, |
| Simpson Furniture would still rebuild in | | | | the Brownlee's Furniture, a family-owned |
| downtown or just relocate to another place. | | | | business which is located in Lawrenceville, |
| Simpson Furniture decided to stay and rebuild | | | | Georgia, the Malouf Furniture that started in |
| a new and even bigger store at the very | | | | Downtown Greenwood, Mississippi, and the |
| center of downtown Cedar Falls in that very | | | | Furniture Outlets USA. |