How To Order Custom Solid Wood Furniture

Flipping through a magazine, you find it – THE one! The table you’ve been looking for. It’s perfect!

You pick up the phone to place the order, but… it only comes in two sizes. It can’t be made any longer, or any taller to fit your family and the room a little better.

Now what? Do you settle for close, but not quite? Or is there another option?

Custom-made Wooden Furniture

There sure is: custom-made furniture! Built just for you and your space!

Wait a minute… custom-made? That sounds fancy. And by fancy, I mean expensive. And like it will take a long time.

Well, let’s address those concerns upfront. Yes, custom-made pieces will likely be a little more expensive than pre-made pieces in set colors and dimensions. That being said, the type of wood used and the design selected can help keep the price-point within your budget.  

And with current furniture lead times, we’re usually able to have projects completed within 6 – 8 weeks, equivalent to (or even a little faster than) the wait time of ordering from big box stores lately.

Other advantages of custom furniture include:

• a product that’s handmade right here in the USA
• high-quality materials
• personalized customer service
• custom sizing and colors to best fit your vision
• and delivery and install
• supporting a family-owned small business

Not to mention your time. It takes a lot of time to search and shop store-to-store. What if you could start at one place, and get what you need first? You can!

How Does It Work? The Custom Wood Furniture Process

Let’s take a look at the process for ordering a customized piece of wooden furniture from here at J Thomas Home.

What we’ll cover in this blog post:

Scheduling a Custom Furniture Appointment
What to Expect When You Visit the J Thomas Home Showroom
Pricing Solid Wood Furniture
Delivery and Install of Customized Furniture
Solid Wood Furniture Warranties

Scheduling a Custom Furniture Appointment

Whether it’s a dining table, built-in banquet, bookcases, or beyond, we want to hear all about it!

Visit our website or give us a call today to schedule an appointment.*

Appointments generally last between 20 – 40 minutes.

*While walk-ins are welcome, appointments are so helpful to our small team, as we may have other meetings, deliveries, or installs already scheduled for that day, and we want be sure we are prepared and fully-focused on you and your project when you visit our shop.

What to Expect When You Visit the J Thomas Home Showroom

When you arrive for your appointment, you’ll be greeted by a J Thomas Home team member, and likely meet with owners Josh and Emily Lorg. We’ll chat about your ideas, dimensions, and would love to see any inspiration images you brought with you.

Haven’t seen what you are looking for, yet? No problem.

We have several stain samples on display in the showroom on various types of wood, including Alder, Oak, Hickory, Maple, and Walnut, to help hone in on what you like (and don’t like) best.

Pricing Solid Wood Furniture

We know your time is valuable, so once we’ve talked through the design, wood type, and finish, you’ll be able to get back to your day right away. Our team will go over the details of your requested furniture piece and then put together a quote and corresponding timeline.

When the quote is ready, we can email it over for review, or give you a call to discuss any questions that may have popped up after you left – that always happens to me!

If the quote is agreeable, a 20% deposit is required to put your piece into production. We allow a three-day “grace” period if you find you need to make any final changes.

After the waiting period has passed, the materials required for your custom furniture project will be purchased and delivered to our shop. Natural wood needs a couple of weeks to “rest” before shaping it into a dining table, bookcase, or bench, etc., because real wood moves. The movement can occur for many reasons, including changes in temperature or humidity.

Your project will be completed within the timeline discussed, allotting several days to fully dry prior to pick-up or delivery.

Final payment is due prior to pick-up or delivery of the piece.

Delivery and Install of Customized Furniture

Depending on the project, you may wish for our team to deliver and install your custom furniture to your home.

Deliveries and installations are available Monday – Friday, 8am – 2pm. A group of two or possibly three team members will transport your finished piece to your home and install it for you upon site, making any final adjustments as needed to best fit the space.

Solid Wood Furniture Warranties

We want you to absolutely LOVE your custom-made piece of furniture, as well as your experience with J Thomas Home. So if the kids color with permanent marker on the table top, don’t fret. If the dog gnaws on the table legs, fear not.

We offer a FOREVER warranty – and we mean it.

We will do all we can to make it right for you. Just bring your piece back to the shop, and we’ll take it from there to restore it to it’s original beauty.

Final Thoughts on Ordering Custom Handmade Furniture

Valuable. That’s the word we keep coming back to when we think about our custom furniture process.

You save valuable time by making one trip to the showroom, vs. visiting store after store around the city.

You’ll have a one-of-a-kind, custom-made solid wood piece, with the highest-quality materials, finish, customer service, and warranty.

And you deserve it! The memories that will be made at meals around that table? Truly priceless.

Building that trust and relationship with other local Kansas City folks is what it’s all about. When customers start with one project, and come back to us for their next one, and the next one, and we help their neighbors or children or friends with their pieces – that’s so valuable to us.

That’s how you know you’re doing something right.

J Thomas Home Reviews

Referrals and word-of-mouth have helped us connect with lots of local friends and family members of customers and we truly appreciate it!

Check out more reviews for J Thomas Home on our Google MyBusiness Page, here, or see shelving reviews for our Etsy shop, here.

That customer trust comes from experience and an amazingly talented team of men and women who work hard each day to make sure we make your dreams for your space a reality!

The J Thomas Home Story

Being married and working together may not be for couple… but Josh and Emily, owners of J Thomas Home, have been building this business from the ground-up since it started in their home and garage mid-2016.

Now we can proudly say there is a J Thomas Home product in each and every state across the US (and beyond)!

While we ship our shelving all over America, our wooden furniture and customizable cabinetry lines service local residents and companies in the Kansas City area.

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