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What Does Made to Order Mean for Furniture Delivery?

Made to order means your piece does not exist until you place the order. Century Furniture, available through Sutter & Vale, builds each sofa, chair, and case piece to the specifications you ch...

John Richard: Art and Furniture Under One Roof

John Richard makes decorative furniture, lighting, mirrors, and accessories under a single artistic sensibility, so a room can be built from one source without reconciling competing design language...

How to Arrange Furniture Around a Fireplace

Anchor a sofa directly across from the firebox, flank it with two chairs angled slightly inward, and place everything on a single rug. That geometry is the foundation of any fireplace arrangement. ...

Century Furniture: The North Carolina House That Grades Every Finish by Hand

Century Furniture, the North Carolina house available through Sutter & Vale, finishes every casegood by hand in its Hickory workshops. That process runs to roughly 25 steps and includes a grade...

Solid Wood vs. Veneer: What Every Buyer Should Know

Solid wood and veneer are both legitimate choices in fine furniture. Jonathan Charles, whose dressers and chests are carried at Sutter & Vale, uses oak solids and flat-cut oak veneers together ...

The Theodore Alexander Althorp Collection: Furniture With a History

The Althorp Living History collection from Theodore Alexander translates archival pieces from the Spencer family's ancestral estate into furniture built for daily life. Sutter & Vale carries a ...

What Is COM Fabric and Why Does It Matter?

COM stands for Customer's Own Material. When you order through a program like Highland House Furniture's, COM means you supply the fabric yourself rather than choosing from the manufacturer's stand...

Hickory Chair: How a North Carolina Workroom Has Made Furniture Since 1911

Hickory Chair, founded in 1911 in Hickory, North Carolina, is one of the few remaining American furniture houses that frames, finishes, upholsters, and ships every piece under a single roof. Sutter...

How to Measure Your Room Before Buying a Sofa

Before you browse a single frame, take four measurements: the wall where the sofa will sit, the clearance in front of it, the delivery path from your front door to that wall, and your ceiling heigh...

Baker Furniture and Finn Juhl: The 1951 Collection That Brought Danish Modern to America

Baker Furniture introduced Danish Modern to the American market in 1951, when Finn Juhl partnered with Baker to produce the first Danish Modern furniture collection manufactured for American homes....