Lumber from nearby mills
Ash, white oak and walnut arrive green from mills in Haywood and Madison counties, then dry for ten weeks in our own kiln before a board is cut.
The business began in a rented barn where two upholsterers and a joiner agreed that a sofa should outlast the lease it was bought for. Fourteen people work in the shop now, and every frame still passes across the same bench where the first one was clamped.
Most of the work in a good sofa is invisible once the fabric is on, so we document it.
Ash, white oak and walnut arrive green from mills in Haywood and Madison counties, then dry for ten weeks in our own kiln before a board is cut.
Corners are doweled and glued, then reinforced with corner blocks screwed from inside. Staples are used only to hold fabric, never to hold a frame together.
Tabletops get a hard-wax oil that can be spot-sanded and refreshed at home, so a ring from a hot mug is a ten-minute fix instead of a refinishing quote.
Seat cores are zipped inside a washable cover and sold as spare parts, so a flattened cushion costs a fraction of a new sofa to refresh.
Mara Quill, Eli Dunmore and Joss Hartley build twelve sofas for friends and keep a notebook of every complaint.
Drying our own lumber cuts the failure rate on tabletops to near zero and lets us offer the ten-year frame guarantee.
The nine thousand square feet open with eleven staged rooms, a swatch library and a loading dock built for two-person crews.
Founders, upholsterers and the designers you will meet at your visit.
Saturday mornings at ten, a founder walks visitors through the kiln, the joinery bench and the sewing room.