Welcome to the Cypress Furniture Blog
Let me first start by introducing myself. My name is Jim Berrens and I am the owner of a furniture manufacturing company, Cypress Furniture. Cypress Furniture is located in the San Francisco Bay area, in the city of Hayward, California. I have owned Cypress for a couple of years now. Cypress started out as Umphred’s Furniture, an old upholstered furniture manufacturer. There are many San Francisco, Seattle and Phoenix designers who remember Umphred’s fondly. We have a rich history of building beautiful, outstanding quality furniture. Cypress Furniture still builds its furniture much in the same way as Umphred’s did.
I hope to use this blog to explain, educate and express what beautiful, well built, quality furniture is all about. I would like to explain the differences in furniture construction; to educate why we build our furniture in the same traditional construction techniques as the our founding company; educate the consumer in the value of well constructed furniture; and express the pride which our family of employees feels in building a beautiful piece of furniture. I am sure along the way I will also share our difficulties and struggles with operating a manufacturing facility. We are full of pride and hope but also are aware of the challenges we face in being a manufacturer of a very high end product in a market saturated with cheap, poorly made furniture which, when covered in a beautiful fabric, looks a lot like ours.
Cypress furniture build upholstered furniture: Sofas, chairs, loveseats, ottomans, hassocks, upholstered beds, benches, anything upholstered (although eventually I would like to expand Cypress into a full line manufacturer with a casegoods collection. Casegoods is the home furnishings category of furniture which includes end tables, coffee tables, dining tables, etc.). Primarily our furniture is for residential use; however, we also work a handful of commercial designers and specifiers, and build some commercial upholstery for them. Our furniture is available to the trade, which means we sell our furniture to interior designers and decorators, as well as through furniture showrooms located in design centers, as well as a couple of retail home furnishings stores. We do not sell directly to the public, we are not set up as a retail operation, and do not have the support staff to do this. By selling only through the design trade we are able to keep our overhead down and are also able to offer better service to our customers. It would surely increase sales if we sold directly to the public, but our business model is to keep our relationships with those who work with us personal. We pride ourselves on our quality and when you get too big, that becomes too difficult to maintain. We know all of the designers who order through us; we know what they want, we know that at anytime in their design process they can contact us, or we them if we have questions regarding their order. This personal touch is what has helped us survive and thrive as a custom upholstery manufacturer. There are many manufacturer of upholstery, but we feel that through building relationships first with our customers, we are then able to build the perfect product for their clients. Most of our local designers, often bring their clients to the factory to show them who we are, what and how we build our product and then we work with them to build a personal, custom piece of furniture to suit their needs, their lifestyle, their home. This is after all, the basis for good design: creating a living space to meet the needs, lifestyle and desire of the homeowner. Good design needs to meet these criteria within the budgetary concerns and perceived value of the homeowner. By bringing their clients to the factory, designers can show them exactly what they are buying and what fine furniture should be, as well as what they can expect from well constructed furniture. It also provided designers an opportunity to help educate their clients the difference between throw away furniture and furniture which is an investment. I believe we need to be aware of our use of resources and use them to our best ability, to build furniture which will last. That is why Cypress Furniture builds only the finest quality upholstery frames. There are many ways to build cheaper furniture, but it is just that: cheap furniture. I will take more time in upcoming blog entries to talk about furniture construction. I just wanted to use this initial entry to give you a little background about us and why we do, what we do. I hope that you will find this blog to be educational, informative, and sometimes even a little funny. I hope you will also post questions and comments to us. I appreciate and value your input. Please pass the post along to friends and family who love furniture as much as I do, to designer friends and to anyone about to make a furniture investment.
Thank you and I look forward to keeping you informed and entertained!
Sincerely,
Jim Berrens
Cypress Furniture
http://www.cypressfurnitureinc.com/
Let me first start by introducing myself. My name is Jim Berrens and I am the owner of a furniture manufacturing company, Cypress Furniture. Cypress Furniture is located in the San Francisco Bay area, in the city of Hayward, California. I have owned Cypress for a couple of years now. Cypress started out as Umphred’s Furniture, an old upholstered furniture manufacturer. There are many San Francisco, Seattle and Phoenix designers who remember Umphred’s fondly. We have a rich history of building beautiful, outstanding quality furniture. Cypress Furniture still builds its furniture much in the same way as Umphred’s did.
I hope to use this blog to explain, educate and express what beautiful, well built, quality furniture is all about. I would like to explain the differences in furniture construction; to educate why we build our furniture in the same traditional construction techniques as the our founding company; educate the consumer in the value of well constructed furniture; and express the pride which our family of employees feels in building a beautiful piece of furniture. I am sure along the way I will also share our difficulties and struggles with operating a manufacturing facility. We are full of pride and hope but also are aware of the challenges we face in being a manufacturer of a very high end product in a market saturated with cheap, poorly made furniture which, when covered in a beautiful fabric, looks a lot like ours.
Cypress furniture build upholstered furniture: Sofas, chairs, loveseats, ottomans, hassocks, upholstered beds, benches, anything upholstered (although eventually I would like to expand Cypress into a full line manufacturer with a casegoods collection. Casegoods is the home furnishings category of furniture which includes end tables, coffee tables, dining tables, etc.). Primarily our furniture is for residential use; however, we also work a handful of commercial designers and specifiers, and build some commercial upholstery for them. Our furniture is available to the trade, which means we sell our furniture to interior designers and decorators, as well as through furniture showrooms located in design centers, as well as a couple of retail home furnishings stores. We do not sell directly to the public, we are not set up as a retail operation, and do not have the support staff to do this. By selling only through the design trade we are able to keep our overhead down and are also able to offer better service to our customers. It would surely increase sales if we sold directly to the public, but our business model is to keep our relationships with those who work with us personal. We pride ourselves on our quality and when you get too big, that becomes too difficult to maintain. We know all of the designers who order through us; we know what they want, we know that at anytime in their design process they can contact us, or we them if we have questions regarding their order. This personal touch is what has helped us survive and thrive as a custom upholstery manufacturer. There are many manufacturer of upholstery, but we feel that through building relationships first with our customers, we are then able to build the perfect product for their clients. Most of our local designers, often bring their clients to the factory to show them who we are, what and how we build our product and then we work with them to build a personal, custom piece of furniture to suit their needs, their lifestyle, their home. This is after all, the basis for good design: creating a living space to meet the needs, lifestyle and desire of the homeowner. Good design needs to meet these criteria within the budgetary concerns and perceived value of the homeowner. By bringing their clients to the factory, designers can show them exactly what they are buying and what fine furniture should be, as well as what they can expect from well constructed furniture. It also provided designers an opportunity to help educate their clients the difference between throw away furniture and furniture which is an investment. I believe we need to be aware of our use of resources and use them to our best ability, to build furniture which will last. That is why Cypress Furniture builds only the finest quality upholstery frames. There are many ways to build cheaper furniture, but it is just that: cheap furniture. I will take more time in upcoming blog entries to talk about furniture construction. I just wanted to use this initial entry to give you a little background about us and why we do, what we do. I hope that you will find this blog to be educational, informative, and sometimes even a little funny. I hope you will also post questions and comments to us. I appreciate and value your input. Please pass the post along to friends and family who love furniture as much as I do, to designer friends and to anyone about to make a furniture investment.
Thank you and I look forward to keeping you informed and entertained!
Sincerely,
Jim Berrens
Cypress Furniture
http://www.cypressfurnitureinc.com/
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