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