William Henry

We looked far and wide for a table for our kitchen. Couldn’t find anything that we loved, and so then we started looking to have one made. I phoned lots of furniture makers but they didn’t seem to have a clue about how to work with individual customers and help us come up with a design that really worked. It seems that one is either a furniture maker or a designer but it’s rare to find people who work together for individual customers (rather than large businesses or designers). I was at a standstill about how to make it happen. I had never had a piece of furniture made to order before. Then, one day, I came across Jodi at William Henry. She was simply lovely. Welcoming, warm and helpful. The shop itself is gorgeous — beautifully and tastefully decorated with the wonderful furniture line that they design and build. I hadn’t realized until then that they made furniture to order, but they do. I chatted to Jodi for a while about what we wanted for a table. And, from being a bewildering «what-​do-​we-​want???», the project became doable. I think that the price was fair and we now have a wonderful, reclaimed oak country table in our kitchen, which we will treasure for the rest of our lives. Jodi worked with us every step of the way: she looked at our space and we brainstormed about design. She rendered the design on the computer so that we could tweak things as we wanted. The production time was quick. The whole process was seamless. The team was very flexible about delivery and even took the top of it away again to refinish a few parts, which we really appreciated. We couldn’t be more pleased and impressed. Thank you.

I’ve been shopping at William Henry Furniture for many years now. Compared to the former location in Harvard Sq., the new location (new-​ish) on Huron Ave. is so much more convenient as far as parking is concerned and the store is at least twice the size of the former one.
The furniture designs are beautifully executed in every sort of hardwood and the furniture designs are always changing, there’s always some new creative pieces to see. The addition of custom upholstered furniture and all sorts of funky accessories and art objects is a brilliant idea too.
This time I’ve got my eye on a wrought iron lamp and a very cool stump side table that I haven’t seen in there before. I think that will be my birthday present to myself. The owner and staff couldn’t be more enthusiastic about their line. I swear I’ve never been shopping there when they didn’t have big smiles for everyone in the store. It’s clear they love what they do, and it shows.
There are sculptures, paintings and drawings that they rotate by local artists too, that’s always a real treat. Browsing in the shop is always a great experience

I would give this place more stars if i could, because they do have some nicely designed pieces. However… we walked in and were curious as to how they constructed a particular detail. When we asked about the detail, the woman became quite suspicious and stated that they would not give us the details just so we can have someone else build them. A) we have an architecture background and could probably deduce how it was constructed without her help B) We would never rip off a designer like that! Not our intention! We were just curious! If we bought it, we’d like to understand how it works so we understand the quality… they just lost a customer with their bad attitude.

While we didn’t buy anything, this store has beautiful furniture and is worth a short walk from the center of Cambridge just to browse.

I wanted a daybed and at the time didn’t find what I was looking for in a store or catalog. So I visited William Henry Furniture & Design near Harvard Square to have a daybed built for me. It worked out very well. The design person in the store was very helpful and creative; she drew a diagram of what my day bed would look like. The furniture builder put the design into realitiy and constructed my daybed, delivered it and set it up with an assistant. They did an excellent job all the way around and were very helpful and polite. They all told me to let the store know if I needed any changes at all made to the daybed, which they will do. I highly recommend this store if you want furniture made to your specifications; the store designer will help you see what your ideas will look like. The store also has some crafted furniture for sale.