The Business
We design and build
rocking chairs, dining chairs, dining tables, barstools, and other furniture.
We sell and ship directly to a world wide clientele.
Our furniture is not made to be consumed but to be conveyed to heirs.
Design
We design what we build.
To design a chair, we build a fitting booth with moveable parts, ask several dozen people to sit in it, make adjustments, and distill what we have learned into a comfortable, durable, and handsome place to sit.
Austin and guests at the fitting booth
Gary at the drawing board
Style
Our designs are refined yet simple, with exposed joinery, smooth transitions, graceful lines, supple edges, satin surfaces, and impeccable workmanship.
Generated from the human form and finished to a polish, the lines, contours, and surfaces of our chairs are particularly and inherently sensuous, compelling, and comfortable. Our tables resonate and compliment.
We don't attempt to work in a style (old, new, or trending), ...but the furniture has some. It has versatility in decor and longevity in use.
Making
We use basic woodworking machines and tools,
special machines and tools we have made,
and skilled hands.
We have reverence for wood and devotion to craft.
Our furniture is not made to be consumed but to be conveyed to heirs.
Will boring rocking chair back legs
Austin flattening rocking chair parts
Autumn sanding splats
Clientele
Most of our new business comes from web searches. The internet has made the world our market.
We ship directly to our patrons from our shop and showroom in the Texas Hill Country.
We have shipped to every state, most Canadian provinces, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and South America.
Since we meet few of our clientele, it is morale building when they send us comments and pictures with the furniture in place and in use.
Service
We don't consider a sale to be a transaction,
but the beginning of a relationship.
May 13, 2019
Autumn,
I want to let you know that the rocker arrived on Thursday in great condition and to thank the Gary Weeks Company for making such a fine piece of furniture, the craftsmanship is superb! The rocker is not only comfortable it is also a functional piece of art that will be handed down in my family for generations.
It was a true pleasure doing business with you and the Gary Weeks Company. You were helpful, gracious and you worked with me to take all the guess work out of buying the rocker both online and over the phone. It’s rare in this day and age to find a combination of a superior product, artisan workmanship and outstanding customer support!
My sincere thanks,
E.P.
Imperial, MO
Barriers and Hurdles
It is not easy to build a business designing and making fine furniture, finding people who want it, and getting it to them.
I wrote about it in 2001.