WoodMarc Enterprises, a manufacturer of residential bedroom furniture, announced Friday that it is closing its manufacturing facility in Winterset, eliminating most of its 114-person workforce.
WoodMarc is one of the largest employers in the town of 5,000, about 30 miles southwest of Des Moines.
“We’re going to weather through this,” Winterset Mayor James Olson said. “It’s a [...]

New furniture is easy to find. Antiques aren’t exactly scarce. But some people want a chair or a sideboard to perfectly match a roomful of antiques, or a chest of drawers that exists only vaguely in their imaginations, and those are the customers Kyle Smith is looking for.
Smith started his woodworking career as an Iowa [...]

Approximately 25 trucks converged at Drake University on Thursday to load used furniture from residence halls for a variety of nonprofit organizations across Iowa.
The university offered more than 350 sets of furniture – bed, desk, chair and dresser – to charitable groups and government agencies throughout the state. Most of the items came from Stalnaker [...]

Furniture Medic couldn’t be a more descriptive name for a business that heals wounded furniture.
Scratches, missing pieces, damaged upholstery, sleepers and loungers that quit working all come out better after a visit with Mike Coltrain, who holds the license for the Furniture Medic franchise in Polk County.
Coltrain ran the business for about 4years when he [...]

South Bay Craft Group Meeting & Demo (Holiday Cards). 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1. Campbell Library, 77 Harrison Ave., Campbell, (408) 866-1991. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ southbaycraftgroup/.
Holiday Boutique. 5 p.m. Oct. 30; 5 p.m. Oct. 31; 5 p.m. Nov. 1; 5 p.m. Nov. 2; 5 p.m. Nov. 3; 5 p.m. Nov. 4; 5 p.m. Nov. 5. [...]

Storey Kenworthy prides itself on being focused, nimble and a stickler for details.
The three elements have helped the Des Moines-based company prosper for 70 years in the competitive business of selling office furniture, supplies and services to businesses ranging from small start-ups to Fortune 500 clients.
“We stick to our core,” said Dave Kenworthy, the [...]

Iowa A suburban Des Moines furniture store has announced a 25 (m) million dollar expansion project that will include hiring 80 to 100 more employees.
Homemakers Furniture will concentrate efforts on its main store in Urbandale, adding parking and expanding its showroom and warehouse.
Construction is expected to begin next spring and take 18 to 24 months.
The [...]

La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries, one of the world’s leading residential furniture producers, was recently honored as a recipient of the Wells Fargo Financial Retail Services Client Award.
The annual award recognizes select clients for success achieved with their consumer private-label credit card program through Wells Fargo Financial Retail Services. The award is based on program participation and [...]

Woodfields Furniture on 100th Street in Urbandale made several moves before landing in its current 6,000-square-foot space June 1.
The company has been reinvented since Myron Corron started building furniture in his garage about 17 years ago.
Today, he’s specializing in the sale of unfinished furniture and custom finishing with paints and stains.
He answered these questions. [...]

Jennifer Miller said it’s been many years since her hometown had a furniture store. That void, along with an entrepreneurial spirit, interest in home furnishings, and desire to return to Atlantic means Brymons Home Furnishings will open its doors this September.
Jennifer and her husband, Jay, are both Atlantic born and raised. The couple recently moved [...]