by Juanita | Nov 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Heard it from a friend that shared it with a co-worker.
What! Heard it from a business partner. Word of mouth is the best communication of quality handcrafted furniture.
Yes this was Harvey’s experience. One day he and a fellow technologist were discussing furniture. How quality furniture made in America is hard to find. The rage at the time was Ikea. Easy to buy but doesn’t hold up. Ikea is great if you want to change your décor every 5 years. However, quality furniture is still available.
Quality Discovered
Mr. Technologist said, “No don’t go to Ikea, you need solid wood furniture. I found a top-quality handcrafted furniture in Marietta, PA, Lancaster County. You have to go to Georges Furniture.”
See for Yourself
Back in 1989, Harvey, with the recommendation of his co-worker, traveled to Lancaster County and found the top-quality handcrafted furniture made in USA. Georges Furniture. Harvey and his wife were amazed at the quality. They saw the craftsmen working and could not wait to receive their new furniture. The furniture was delayed a bit because the wood shop experienced a devastating fire but was back to making furniture in 3 months.
Perfect Delivery
George delivered a table, 4 chairs, 2 captions chairs and 3 leaves to Harvey’s New Jersey home and made sure the furniture was perfect, ready to serve for many years. 5 years later, Mom got in on the action and ordered a low display curio for her cherished treasures.
Endured the test of Time
35 Years and counting. How is the furniture serving the Roseff family? No problems. The strong support structure of the table and chairs weather the large amount of stress in an active family. The water-resistant finish protects the wood allowing the grain to share its natural beauty. No More Water Marks!!
What’s on the Bucket List
Muriel saw Georges Furniture at Kutztown Folk Festival grounds recently. She has her eye on a new Cascading Lamp, designed with cantilever structure and a LED Light. Other new items are an extending bench, charcuterie boards, mission style trestle table and the famous table leaf storage cabinet.
Whether you see Georges at a crafts show or visit the showroom and woodshop in Lancaster County, you will be amazed and maybe overwhelmed by the quality of craftsmanship and ability to custom design each piece to your needs and style.
by Juanita | Sep 27, 2025 | customer experience, George's Furniture, Georges Difference, Tables
It is a delight to learn about how our customers find quality furniture handcrafted in Lancaster County. Was it from a friends, website, craft show or all the above. Don and Roci searched all over Lancaster County hoping to find the high-quality dining furniture. They could not find the furniture quality that matched their expectations. While touring Lancaster County, Don picked up a Discover Lancaster tourist book. One furniture store description caught their eye.
Quality Discovered in Lancaster County
“Build it Your Way!
At George’s, you’ll be transported to a different world where furniture is made by hand, by master craftsmen who take a solid piece of beautiful cherry, oak, maple or walnut wood and carve it into furniture that is a functional work of art for your home. Each piece created is one-of-a kind, signed and dated by the artisan who built it. Enjoy watching handmade furniture being built in our air-conditioned wood shop and shop in our two large showrooms on site. You will never look at furniture in the same way again.
The travel to George’s through the fields and rolling hills of Lancaster County, enhanced the experience. However using a map or GPS sure is helpful. Some wonder whether there is anything out in the cornfields away from the main tourist area of Lancaster. Sure enough they followed small signs stating;
“Georges Furniture, Straight Ahead”
“George’s, Worth the Wait”
“Just Ahead”
“Georges, Where Dreams Come True.”
“Georges Furniture, The Place where dreams come True.
Warm Welcome
Georges greeted Don and Roci warmly and began their journey by ordering a oak split pedestal extension table, 2 leaves, 4 side chairs and 2 arm chairs in 2002. Later in 2020 they ordered more table leaves and a lateral legal filing cabinet. At the craft show in Chantilly, VA, a vanity bench found its way home to join the other furniture made by George’s.
“The pride of workmanship and the joy of craftsmanship surpasses expectation.” says Don.
Don and Roci keep showing up at our craft shows and love talking about their furniture. How durable the furniture is and the joyful conversations of guests around their extension table. The wonderful experience meeting George and relating to Chris and Juanita.
See For Yourself
Quality furniture is available. Built your way. See for yourself and experience what Don and Roci have found when they discovered George’s handcrafted furniture in Marietta, PA, Lancaster County.
by Juanita | Jul 22, 2025 | Ava Lee's History Corner, Customization, George's Furniture, Georges Difference, Rocking Chairs
A simple piece of wood ends up becoming a chair, a table, a part of your home. You can watch as it all comes together in a place that started someplace else almost 50 years ago.
Wood Shop in Elizabethtown
“It didn’t actually start right here. It started in a house in Elizabethtown, where we lived when we were first married,” explained George Martin’s widow, Ava Lee. George Martin had just returned from voluntary service in Honduras. He spent two years carving wood there, and back home in Pennsylvania, he kept at it. It was a hobby at first. “I knew he had an interest in it,” Ave Lee recalled. “He would have made an excellent farmer as well, but it just seemed God kept pushing us this way.”
In 1974, the Martins opened George’s Woodcrafts, now George’s Furniture, in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, near Marietta. “We want to just show people what we do, which is it’s a lost art,” Ave Lee said. “Not too many people do this.” You can walk through the wood shop. The first thing you’ll notice is the smell. “Right now, you’re smelling some of the white oak and maybe the walnut,” said craftsman Anthony Heisey, our tour guide.
From start to finish, one craftsman works on each piece.
“We built a business on custom tailoring, so if you bring a design sketched on a napkin, we’ll give it a shot,” Anthony said. “We have just larger machines that you commonly have in your basement. They are longer and wider and safer.” On average, a craftsman makes about two chairs a day. A dresser takes about four days and a large hutch about two weeks, and it’s all Pennsylvania-born. He said the saw mills in central Pennsylvania harvest from the Allegheny Forest area.
There’s no waste.
Wood scraps are used to heat the kiln. They create a lot of dust, so the vacuum system changes the air every 20 minutes. You’ll watch as they carve out the furniture, put it together, spray it. It goes into the stock room for delivery.
Our Famous Rocking Chair in Alaska.
“We shipped a rocking chair to Juneau, Alaska. It was ordered from the bottom of a gold mine,” Anthony said. The rocking chairs are rather famous. When George was 12, he went over backwards on one, hit his head and vowed that if he ever designed a rocking chair, it wasn’t going to tip over. George figured it out. So if you go, give it a try.
George died in 2010. His daughter and son-in-law are at the helm now, but George’s love of the art remains. “You can still hear George talking about how to make things, what not to do, and his standard stays with us here,(on our YouTube Channel) and we’ve held that for 50 years,” Anthony said.
WFMZ Channel 69 interview June 20, 2019, Karin Mallet, Updated Oct 1, 2019
by Juanita | Jun 17, 2025 | customer experience, Events, George's Furniture, Georges Difference, Tables
Our craft shows are a great way for customers to see, feel and touch the furniture. The “No More Water Marks” demonstration grabs the attention of the customers who can’t figure out why someone left water on this beautiful furniture.
Walnut Blend on Table with clear water resistant finish repelling water.
However, the water demonstration was not what caught Barry’s attention as he walked through the show.
Extension table magic
A 4 foot table that can extend up to 12 feet, caught Barry’s attention. The possibilities of what he could do to gather his whole family around one table, whirled around in his mind. A table to use everyday and during the holidays is an amazing idea that he could not pass up. The ease of extension increased the desire to add this table to his home. If he moved to a small house in the future, a smaller table would fit in the new home.
Amish furniture disappointments
Barry and Sabina love quality furniture and purchased Amish furniture in the past, however they were disappointed in the customer service and quality of the furniture.
“It is hard to find genuine people who want to help furnish your house with quality heirlooms,
not just selling you furniture.”
Visit the showroom/woodshop
The Shapiros kept the Georges Furniture brochure handy and eventually took a trip to see where the furniture is made, Marietta, PA in Lancaster County. George’s salespeople listened to Sabina’s furniture requests, walked through every detail of making handcrafted solid wood furniture and helped them decide the best combination of wood and stain to match their living area. They even gave a personalized wood shop tour where the craftsmen make one piece of furniture at a time and sign, date each piece.
In the showroom is where they first saw the corner cupboard, perfect for their home. An expandable table, 6 leaf storage cabinet and corner cupboard were delivered to their home. They have filled their table for a birthday party, Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. Their fine China is neatly displayed in the corner cupboard protected from dust and accidental flying objects.
Return to see more quality
The Shapiros keep coming back to our Chantilly, VA craft shows to see us and dream about new furniture. The beauty of wood grain draws you in and the quality of outstanding. The joy of quality furniture is contagious. Barry and Sabina love to share the quality they found at Georges Furniture with their friends and family. Visit our website georgesfurniturepa.com for more quality or make the trip to see where our furniture is made and where dreams come true.
by Juanita | Feb 6, 2025 | customer experience, Customization, George's Furniture, Georges Difference
While our furniture is crafted here in Lancaster County, our reach has made its way to various locations across our country as well as around the world (overseas). People are looking for high quality, handcrafted, made in America furniture, solid hardwood furniture. It is hard to find. At Georges we work directly with our customers, listen to their specific needs and create masterpieces that will endure the hard use over many decades. See what makes Georges different.
Long-Lasting Memories
With any piece of George’s furniture, our patrons receive countless long-lasting memories. Our customers, whether they are here in Lancaster or residing elsewhere, receive longevity, durability and handcrafted beauty with each and every piece.
Discovery far and wide
We are proud to have our furniture journey to diverse areas of our country including Alaska, Utah, Arkansas, Hawaii and many other states! Our pieces have ventured to Canada and even Ireland! Discover how many customers are in your home state. This report shows customer between 2003-2025. Georges started in 1970, handcrafting quality furniture for over 50+ years.
Which state are our Customers from
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George’s Furniture Customers by State 2003-2025 |
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| AK-4 |
GA-18 |
ME-11 |
NV-3 |
UT-5 |
| AL-5 |
IA-5 |
MI-9 |
NY-260 |
VA-214 |
| AR-4 |
ID-2 |
MN-5 |
OH-29 |
VT-11 |
| AZ-10 |
IL-14 |
MO-4 |
OR-2 |
WA-18 |
| CA-53 |
IN-10 |
MS-1 |
PA-2426 |
WI-8 |
| CO-11 |
KS-2 |
NC-60 |
RI-10 |
WV-18 |
| CT-51 |
KY-8 |
NE-2 |
SC-23 |
WY-1 |
| DC-8 |
LA-9 |
NH-13 |
SD-1 |
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| DE-46 |
MA-45 |
NJ-312 |
TN-18 |
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| FL-50 |
MD-423 |
NM-2 |
TX-30 |
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With our furniture, you can trust that no matter where you choose to venture, your piece will stand by you for years to come.
See for yourself
Two showrooms await to help you decide how custom furniture will reshape your living space. Custom made using solid hardwood, walnut, cherry, oak and maple wood. Each piece is signed and dated by one master craftsman. Until you are able to visit our showrooms and wood working shop, explore our website for furniture, woodshop videos, customer reviews and crafts show schedule.
