Why Buy Lasting, Custom Furniture?

How to choose furniture for your home is a common frustration and confusion for most homeowners. Should you go to your local Rooms To Go store around the corner? Or should you spend some time researching local custom furniture manufacturers? Then you start to wonder, what about handcrafted custom furniture built to fit perfectly into your space? Oh, they are probably too expensive, right? Here we will go through the different types of furniture available to you as the homeowner. Education is your best tool when purchasing furniture!

First, what is store bought furniture?

Many manufacturers are more concerned with the outward appearances of what they offer and counting on an uneducated consumer. A great deal of new furniture is currently manufactured in China. Many furniture manufacturers use inferior products in the fabrication process. Because of this process a new term has hit the furniture market . . . engineered wood. Engineered wood is nothing more than a fancy name for pressboard or particleboard. There are several issues with purchasing furniture fabricated with engineered wood:

1. It is an unfriendly environmental choice.
2. These pieces cannot hold re-upholstery very well.
3. For the most part, the fabric is the only thing holding the furniture together.
4. This type of furniture ends up on curbside or in landfills.

In addition to engineered wood, these manufacturers also use cardboard and a spring/support system called “no-sag” springs. Although in certain circumstances, no sag springs are adequate, they should NEVER be used in the seating of sofas, chairs and pieces used on a regular basis.

Next, what is custom furniture?

Custom furniture is made for your specific style and your specific space requirements. It is made by the hand of your local furniture maker and will last for generations. You will have a consultation and first hand access to the artisan working on your project at any time before, during, and after the project. Anything can be made to your specific design style and you actually get what you pay for. In most cases you pay the same amount for a custom piece as you would a store bought piece.

But Why DSC?

Design Services of Charlotte completes all work in-house, while many reupholstery companies contract your furniture to outside laborers. Your furniture and fabric remain at our facility in a secure, smoke-free environment when you come on-board with us. You are welcome to stop by anytime and take a look as the process taking place.

In the fabrication of our custom furniture, we use kiln-dried hardwood, individual eight-way hand-tied springs, corner blocks, double doweling, screws and glue. From the wood we use to build your furniture, to the thread we use to sew your fabric, and even the Dacron used to wrap your cushions, everything is top quality.

We hope this blog post helps dispels the myth of custom furniture is more expensive than store bought furniture. When selecting furniture for your kitchen, bathroom, dining room, home office, library or den, bedroom, sun room or anywhere furniture is needed, it is very important to us you have quality lasting a lifetime.