Family furniture store has deep roots in Dunn
Brothers Mel and Richard Baer grew up working in their family’s department store in Dunn, doing everything from sweeping floors to delivering furniture.
“We always had a job, and we helped out on weekends, summers and holidays,” Mel Baer said.
“We never had any idea we’d come back into the business,” Richard Baer added.
The brothers now co-own [...]
Triangle furniture store shuts down
The housing slump has claimed high-end furniture store Porto as one of its victims, the store’s owners said Friday.
Porto had locations in Raleigh and Chapel Hill. It offered hand-crafted furniture made by companies that it said practiced environmental sustainability.
But amid a local slump in residential housing and a general economic slowdown, it became too difficult [...]