World-Class Custom Furniture, Fast
A story that goes back to 1902…
Style, comfort, and value have been trusted for more than a century and made it one of the most recognizable brands in America. Today, Bassett has taken its vast experience and craftsmanship to a whole new level and built a new reputation of quality custom furniture.
Express your unique sense of style!
We are passionate about developing fashionable and innovative home furnishings that provide great value, as well as offering exceptional services to meet your needs. Our custom home furnishing solutions offer you a vast array of options, including upholstery, bedroom, dining, home storage, home entertainment, and outdoor furniture.
Much more than a furniture store.
We are a Design Center with Design Consultants dedicated to taking the guesswork out of decorating.
Our designers help you create your custom furnishings, define your decorating lifestyle, establish a budget, make a house call, or simply offer an opinion… All complimentary & free of charge.
From Beds at $1.50 to Your Custom Furniture Design Service
Blue Ridge Mountains, northwest of Martinsville, Virginia. The Bassett family was running a sawmill that supplied rail ties for the new Norfolk & Western line that was being built through the family property. In 1892, the rail line was completed, and the family began looking for markets for its lumber.
John David “J.D.” Bassett started selling lumber to a coffin company in Winston-Salem, NC, and saw the growing furniture industry and its demand for raw lumber.
He quickly learned that the best markets for Appalachian oak was up north, and he made inroads into those markets.
"Here I was shipping raw lumber from Henry County (Virginia) to Jamestown, New York, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, where factories converted that lumber into finished furniture to be shipped everywhere, including the South. It seemed to me that furniture certainly could be made in Henry County at a tremendous advantage" J.D. recalled.
At first, the company had about 50 men, from farms and the surrounding hills, and focused on styles made of oak and features simple profiles with carved overlays.
Early dressers sold for $4.75, washstands for $2.75 and beds for $1.50!
Bassett Sacramento is one of the about 100 Bassett retail locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada offering its custom furniture and design services at our location and online at bassettsacramento.com.
These services comprise the Bassett Experience, which allows our customers to get the value they really want from custom furniture.