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Amana Furniture Fact Sheet
| Who are they? | Amana Furniture, located in Amana, Iowa. They have been personally crafting solid American Black Walnut, Northern Red Oak and Black Cherry furniture, as well as distinctive clocks, since 1855. |
| Amana Furniture | Building furniture to fit your life is Amana Furniture’s specialty. In fact, 20 percent of the company’s furniture is built as commissioned pieces for a specific customer. A commissioned piece can be based on an Amana design, with the design modified to accommodate the customer’s request. For instance, they may want the piece to have different legs or to be taller or shorter. A commissioned piece might also be based on a customer’s drawing. As an added bonus, Amana Furniture has 150 years of furniture patterns housed on two floors. So if you bought an Amana Furniture dining room set 20 years ago and have decided to add chairs, Amana Furniture can do it. |
| What makes them different? | There are no assembly lines at Amana Furniture. Each piece is built by master craftsmen using construction techniques that have been used and perfected for nearly 150 years. The company hand selects its lumber with each specific piece in mind, trimming away 50 percent of the board to achieve the desired appearance. |
| Where does the company get its lumber? |
Amana Furniture owns 7,000 acres of timber, which includes American Black Walnut, Black Cherry and Northern Red Oak. This is the largest privately-owned forest in Iowa. The company also acquires a large amount of its lumber through lumber mills in the Midwest. |
| What should consumers know about this company? |
While many other furniture manufacturers discontinue a line after two or three years, Amana Furniture never throws out a pattern. That means, even if you want to add four dining chairs to a set that was made in the 1930s, this company can do it. |
| Where can you buy Amana Furniture? | Only one place—from Amana Furniture in Amana, Iowa. The company has a furniture showroom and clock shop adjacent to their furniture factory, which offers tours by appointment. |
| How can they be contacted? | 724 48th Avenue, Amana, IA 52203 Phone: 1-800-247-5088 Fax: 319-622-6075 Web: www.amanafurniture.com E-mail: furniture@amanafurniture.com |