Adams Furniture lives in two adjacent trades — antique sourcing and custom furniture making. Both happen under one roof and inform each other.
Adams was founded in London, England in 1970, sourcing antiques from across Europe and the British trade. That sourcing heritage is still the through-line of everything we do.
Decades of handling period furniture trained the eye for what actually holds up — the proportions, the joinery, the materials, the upholstery construction that separates a piece still standing two centuries later from one that fell apart in a decade. That eye is still doing the work today, on every floor and in every workshop.
Along the way Adams stopped only sourcing furniture and started building it. Not because it was cheaper to outsource production overseas — it would have been. Because the antique standards we'd built our eye around weren't being met by the new furniture in the market.
We make in North Carolina because the craftsmen who can still work to those standards live here. Every upholstered headboard, every solid-wood table, every dining chair in our line is built piece by piece in our workshop, in fabrics and finishes you specify, and ships from the same place it was made.
The two halves of Adams today — both shaped by the same decades of work.
Antique, vintage, and sourced inventory that rotates across our five showrooms. Hand-picked by the same eye that trained the manufacturing side.
Made-to-order furniture, built in our North Carolina shop in the fabric, finish, and dimensions you specify — customized for your home, your unique need, or your clients.
Adams works with private clients building a single room and with designers, dealers, and hospitality teams specifying a full project. Trade pricing and account terms are available on request.