About Us
Based in Galax, Virginia, Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
manufactures bedroom and dining room furniture. In 1919, two men, B.C.
Vaughan and J.D. Bassett, Sr., both of whom were from Bassett,
Virginia, first founded our company. Mr. Bassett, Sr., and his brother,
C.C. Bassett, also founded what today is well known as Bassett
Furniture Industries.
 Employing over 1,200 people in factories based in Galax, Virginia,
and Elkin, North Carolina, we are extremely proud of the fact that over
95 percent of our furniture is crafted here in the United States by
American employees. In fact, Vaughan-Bassett is now the largest
manufacturer of wooden adult
bedroom furniture in the United States.
Most of the furniture we manufacture consists of wood solids and
wood veneers grown and harvested near our plants in the Southeast.
Pine, oak, maple, cherry, ash, poplar, birch and beech are the primary
species used in Vaughan-Bassett's bedroom and dining room collections.
Our number-one priority is providing our customers with unmatched
service, quality and value. In short, nothing makes us happier than to
make it easy for our customers to feel at home.
SustainabilityVaughan-Bassett Furniture Company is committed to manufacturing its
furniture in a responsible and environmentally friendly manner. Through
its "One for One" program, Vaughan-Bassett has contributed 150,000 tree seedlings in 2007 to the Virginia Department of Forestry.
The planting of these 150,000 maple, oak, ash, pine, poplar and
applewood trees allows the replacement
of every tree used in the
production of the company's bedroom and dining room suites. It
covers
the trees used in all domestic production (96 percent of our total) and
the 4 percent that is imported. Carl E. Garrison III, a Virginia state
forester, writes: "Your idea to plant one new tree in Virginia for
every tree you harvest each year is sustainability at its best."
Vaughan-Bassett has also installed $2 million state-of-the-art rough
end systems in each of its two factories. These computerized rough end
systems have increased the lumber yield by over 20 percent, thereby
significantly reducing the number of trees needed to produce furniture.
Vaughan-Bassett is a leader in the "Buy Local" movement. Over 99
percent of its lumber comes from within 500 miles of its factories - 80
percent from within 200 miles, reducing the carbon footprint associated
with the transport of primary raw material.
Vaughan-Bassett is a founding member of the Sustainable Furniture
Council and is committed to a program of continuous improvement of its
systems, striving to be an industry leader in producing environmentally
responsible bedroom and dining room furniture. 
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