By: Keith Joyce VP / Operations I grew up in Mayodan, NC… a small textile-mill town about 30 miles from Winston-Salem. We lived in a small frame house – formerly a “mill” house (owned by the mill and rented to an employee) – that we rented from my mom’s father. About a mile away in [...]
Archive for January, 2012
That’s Entertainment – in 1957
Posted in Entertainment Furniture, tagged American Made, american made furniture, bowen town & country, furniture winston-salem, solid wood furniture winston-salem on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Is It Time For A New Mattress?
Posted in Mattresses, tagged Bowen Furniture, bowen town & country, mattress winston-salem, mattresses in winston-salem, mattresses winston-salem, winston-salem on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Based on the average age of the bedding in most homes, the answer is probably “Yes.” Over the years the public has become convinced that if a mattress has a 20-year warranty, they HAVE to sleep on it for 20 years. This is not wise – the “comfort life” of most mattresses is ten to [...]
The Yankees Are Coming! American-Made Furniture and Solid Wood!
Posted in American Made, Solid Wood, tagged american made furniture, Bowen Furniture, bowen town & country, furniture winston-salem, solid wood furniture winston-salem, winston-salem furniture on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By: Keith Joyce VP of Operations My grandfather used to joke that the Civil War isn’t really over… that the Confederacy is just taking a break. Well, we all know that isn’t the case… and while we may kid around about it, we also know that the North had the moral high ground in that [...]
Going…Going…Almost gone!
Posted in stressless, tagged bowen town & country, furniture winston-salem, stressless winston-salem, winston-salem on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By: Keith Joyce VP of Operations A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Ekornes’ Charity Promotion… the annual opportunity to save $200 off the minimum retail price of a Stressless chair and ottoman in return for a $50 donation to Hospice and Palliative Care Center here in Winston-Salem. The Charity Promotion is the “best [...]