Porto Home Closes

June 22, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on June 2008 Porto Home, a Raleigh, N.C.-based retailer of eco-friendly furnishings, shut the doors of its four-year-old store and a second, newer location in Chapel Hill recently, according to a published report.

Porto Home was featured in a June 2007 feature in Home Furnishings Business on the travails new furniture retailers face. The chain was founded by two designers, Michael Perry and Emily Barrett, in Raleigh’s North Hills section, and established a second location in fast-growing Chapel Hill in May 2007.

The News & Observer in Raleigh reported the closing of Porto Home’s two stores recently. The retailer’s listed phone numbers are currently not in service. Perry told the newspaper there weren’t enough customers to support the company’s vision of providing hand-crafted, environmentally sustainable goods. The owners said the company would fulfill outstanding special orders.