FURNITURE BUSINESS

Business Description

Pine of the Times Furniture is a pine furniture manufacturing company located in Pine Ridge, British Columbia. The company originally specialized in "made-to-order" pine furniture but we have recently developed a unique line of brand name living room and dining room furniture to be sold through local and regional retail outlets. While we currently manufacture and sell dining room tables, coffee tables, and end tables, our product line will be expanded to include bookcases, wall units, buffets, hutches and cabinets for entertainment centers.

The design and style of our product line is unique. We offer superior quality and design at competitive prices. Our affordable designs are a modern version of popular antique pine furniture, scaled down in size to fit into today's homes, apartments, and condominiums. Our products are available in a variety of resilient finishes and colors so that customers have the flexibility to customize our furniture to their individual tastes. We also use superior quality hardware in a variety of popular faux antique finishes. Our furniture is made from solid Lodge Pole Pine or Western White Pine and no component parts, veneers or particle board are used. We will continue to expand and develop our existing product lines and add new product lines such as bedroom furniture. It is our goal to design and introduce 2 to 3 new products per year.

Ownership and Management

Pine of the Times Furniture was incorporated under the laws of British Columbia in 1993 and is owned and operated by two partners, Marla Maple and Barry Birch. Both partners are equally involved in its operations and management and have extensive experience in the household furniture industry. For the past 50 years, Barry Birch's family has owned a large upholstered furniture manufacturing plant in London, Ontario. Mr. Birch trained and worked at the company for 15 years.

He also worked for a small wooden furniture manufacturer in Quebec for 5 years where he was instrumental in growing the business from 3 employees and $300,000 in sales to 10 employees and $1 million in sales. Marla Maple worked as a production manager for 8 years for a wooden furniture manufacturer in Laval, Quebec. She also worked for 5 years at a large national furniture retail chain as a purchaser.