Customers ask all the time, “Can my furniture last 20 years or more?”

Yep, it sure can if you buy solid wood furniture Made in America, to me, that's the only way. Veneer and particle board, ain't gonna get you there. Spill something on it, you've got it ruined mostly.

All right, case goods like dining room tables, dressers, bed, headboard, footboard, rails, bookcases, chest of drawers, nightstands, anything gets moved, loaded, or refinished, it needs to be solid wood to last 20, 30, 40 years, maybe a lifetime.

For sofas and upholstery pieces, the hardwood frame inside, kiln-dried oak, maple, or ash, matters more than the fabric. If you want your sofa to last a long time, buy wonderful furniture that's Made in America, made with solid wood, hardwood frames.

20 years means solid wood joinery, mortise and tenon. Look at this wonderful dovetailing right here in this incredible Stickley drawer, a great example of solid wood furniture.

This drawer is heavy, it's solid, look at the craftsmanship underneath the bottom, it's made to last a lifetime. 20 years does not work because particle board means particle board junk glued together, cancerous materials perhaps in there, stapled joints, imprinted grain.

Come to Gallery Furniture, turn your furniture over, look underneath, say I want solid wood furniture only.

Yes, we have some veneer, but we've got 90 percent solid wood. We'll show you what'll work for you.

Tomorrow starts today with solid wood furniture Made in America at Gallery Furniture.