Sherrill Furniture Review: Handmade Furniture at Great Prices
Sherrill Furniture Company offers very high quality, handcrafted furniture at great prices, with the option for a high degree of customization. Sherrill Furniture has been handcrafting furniture since 1944 and offering its work to the public through major furniture and department stores throughout North America.
Located in and around Hickory, North Carolina, Sherrill Furniture has several workshops where master craftsmen and carpenters design and create beautiful chairs, sofas and seating of many types using a combination of traditional American craft techniques and modern furniture manufacturing methods. The firm produces only upholstered furniture, made with a very high level of workmanship and using the best fabrics and upholstery materials.
Sherrill’s mission is to offer excellence in design, quality, reliability and service and to be recognized by its customers as the leading provider of high-quality home furnishings. Does it achieve this? Let’s see.
Quality in Design
Sherrill Furniture includes a range of seating options, but no other types of furniture. It offers hand-upholstered furniture in a number of design options, including the excellent Dan Carithers collection and the 9600 ‘Design Your Own’ series that you can design yourself. Each customer who chooses the 9600 series can choose their base, back style, and arm style, and if they choose a sectional, they can choose the best configuration of pieces to meet their needs.
If you have a corner that you have found difficult to furnish, then choosing a Sherrill Furniture 9600 Series Sectional will allow you to tailor that corner exactly the way you want it. That’s one of the advantages you get from working with a company that makes your furniture by hand: they can meet your exact needs.
Not only that, but you can choose from a wide range of upholstery fabrics. This is a definite benefit, because you can choose a fabric pattern or color that matches the overall decor of your room. Not all handmade furniture firms offer this option, and it’s often a matter of take it or leave it: what you see in the showroom is what you get. Not so with Sherrill Furniture – you can specify your upholstery from a variety of options.
Workmanship quality
There is no denying the quality of Sherrill’s workmanship. As they say themselves: you almost hate covering a chair as well made as this! It is true, because customers cannot admire the interior upholstery of the chairs and sofas on which they are sitting. You can’t see the labor involved in the hand basted straps, hand basted springs, and hand basted canvases that separate the inner workings from the padding.
All you see is the finished product, and you don’t really appreciate the work and skill that has gone into making the seat feel so firm and comfortable when you sit on it. Even the back and arms have to be expertly upholstered by artisans and women. The quality of workmanship that goes into each of Sherrill’s furniture is beyond question!
The quality of the fabrics is also very high. They are sturdy and available in various designs to suit your needs and your room’s decor. Sherrill offers thousands of different patterns, fabrics, and colors from around the world, and claims to have a larger stock of fabrics than any other furniture manufacturer.
The style of Sherrill frames ranges from Queen Anne or sigma legs, through beautifully carved construction, to the simplicity of modern designs in a wide range of woods and wood finishes. If your home is furnished in a period style, Sherrill Furniture will have a chair, sofa, loveseat, or chez longue to fit that style. Upholstered in period fabrics, you can be sure that this company is able to ensure that the period and style of your room is faithfully maintained.
Quality of service
If you have a problem with a particular piece, Sherrill Furniture will resolve it to your satisfaction. If you have a query about handmade furniture that you need to match the style of any room in your home, the company will answer it immediately as they have an answer for you. It does not claim to be able to accommodate all requests; no company can realistically do that, but they will do their best to accommodate your needs.
Sherrill Furniture Review: The Negatives
No review from any furniture firm can claim to have never found negatives. Sherrill Furniture would not want a 100% positive review, because the company knows it would be fake. There are some negative comments which are listed below.
1. Problems with cushions
Some cushions on Sherrill sofas tend to slide forward and eventually stick out of the seat. Perhaps tie-down cushions would fix this, although it has to be said that this complaint was made after a few years of use, and the family had a cat and children. However, this is a factor to take into account.
2. No boxes
Complaints have been made about the lack of boxes. These are non-upholstered items such as cabinets, tables, and dressers. In fact, it should be taken as a compliment if people are looking for Sherrill’s boxes. In fact, this company focuses on handcrafting the best upholstered furniture possible and sticks to what it does best.
Very few complaints have been filed, and the Complaints Board has not registered any complaints about Sherrill Furniture. This speaks for itself, and the conclusion of this review is that the company makes very high-quality, handmade upholstered furniture that is durable with very few problems.