Let Me Tell You An All-American Story

Tom Seely returned home from serving his country in World War II to start an antique shop in Baltimore. As a retailer, he learned quickly about designs customers valued most. Eventually, Tom turned his customer-focused energy into a bustling furniture workshop in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.

In the twenty four years since I bought Tom’s business, many US-based furniture brands moved their furniture manufacturing to subcontractors in Asia. But not Gat Creek. The company thrives as an American manufacturer of Appalachian hardwood furniture because we are constantly working to improve productivity, quality and choice.

Every day at Gat Creek, new orders arrive destined for a specific home and family. It is a constant reminder that we are building furniture, not to put in a box, but for someone’s home. And our builders are proud to sign their name to each commissioned piece.