Longtime N.C. Furniture Retailer Shutting Doors

April 28, 2013  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on April 29, 2013 from http://www.gastongazette.com/longtime-furniture-business-shutting-its-doors-1.133232

A 60-year-old Gaston County, North Carolina, tradition is coming to an end. Baker Furniture Co. in Cramerton, N.C., plans to close by the end of July, having furnished local homes for three generations.

Owners Jim and Sandra Van Pelt say the time is right to stop working 12-hour days and start spending that time with their four grandchildren.

Customers have come to expect the VIP treatment from the business. Sandra Van Pelt often travels to customers' homes to measure spaces before placing orders.

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