Our Massachusetts furniture store’s story is one of careful, organic growth, born out of the relationships we’ve built over time, as one of Boston’s most beloved furniture retailers
Our Massachusetts furniture store’s story is one of careful, organic growth, born out of the relationships we’ve built over time, as one of Boston’s most beloved furniture retailers
Over the past three decades, we’ve grown from being a niche provider of unfinished shelving cubes (think LP/album crates for collegiate music buffs) to the go-to home furniture store for the greater Boston-area homeowners who put high quality and best value at the top of their furniture features list.
While we don’t use the words “discount furniture” or “discounted furniture” to describe ourselves – because some associate those terms with lesser quality-- we do use the term “affordable furniture” when describing our unfinished, finished, and custom furniture. We believe the various home furniture and home office furniture items we offer are among the best quality furniture in Massachusetts, and therefore, can be considered very good value furniture. Because of its durability, our long-lasting, sturdy furniture is something you and your family can enjoy for a lifetime, and even pass on to the next generation.
The humble beginnings of our furniture store
The humble beginnings of our furniture store
Bostonwood began as a small unfinished furniture store in Allston, Massachusetts in the mid-1980s. We built and sold pine storage crates designed to store and display vinyl records to students attending Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, Berklee College of Music, Simmons University, Emerson College and other colleges in the Greater Boston area. But even back then, in the very beginning, we were known to make high quality furniture, which always outlasted the students’ stay in town.
Moving forward into a full line of furniture
Moving forward into a full line of furniture
As our Boston furniture brand and reputation grew in Massachusetts over the years, we began to provide slightly modified and customized versions of our record shelving cubes. We began making double and triple-sized storage shelves, and customizing furniture dimensions a bit. These modifications naturally morphed into wooden bookcases. And we were off and running from there! Soon after, we began adding doors to our bookcases, and by doing so, adding cabinets to our roster of finished, unfinished, and custom furniture.
By 1987, we were offering a full line of pine furniture, which included custom wall shelves for books, dressers, benches with storage, night stands, side tables, multi-purpose shelving units, and much more.
Hardwood furniture expansion
By the time the early 2000s came, we had opened a second furniture retail store location (at the time, known as Evergreen Unfinished Furniture), in Watertown, Massachusetts. With this expansion, we came to know and understand the furniture needs of a new demographic of customer. Instead of catering strictly to college students, we now had the opportunity to serve young families, suburban adults, home improvement contractors, and interior designers, related to home furnishings needs.
With this change came the demand to utilize other materials. As our clients’ expectations for greater quality and aesthetic rose, we began making hardwood furniture with sustainable hardwoods like oak, maple, cherry, and birch.
Meeting demand for unfinished, finished, and custom furniture made in the U.S.A.
Meeting demand for unfinished, finished, and custom furniture made in the U.S.A.
In the mid-2000s, we expanded again—in two ways. First, we increased our ability to maintain a larger inventory of both unfinished and finished furniture by partnering with a few select, high-quality furniture makers. And while these furniture makers have changed over time, we still only work with American furniture manufacturers. This has allowed us to continue to broaden our home furniture offerings —without compromising on quality or ethics. Secondly, we opened up our Bedford, MA furniture store location in 2010, bringing our affordable furniture to a new part of the Greater Boston area.
In the future, Bostonwood Furniture aims to to open additional retail stores in other convenient locations throughout the Boston area and Massachusetts. We’re pleased and proud to be a well-loved furniture retailer who, since the 1980s, has been meeting the needs of New Englanders for good value home furniture. And, we look forward to serving you too!
