Smith Brothers Of Berne
Smith Brothers Furniture Built Around Your Comfort
American-Made Comfort With Lasting Character
Your upholstered furniture should do more than fill a room. It should support the way you relax, welcome guests, and spend time with the people who matter most. At Saugerties Furniture, you can explore Smith Brothers sofas, chairs, sectionals, recliners, tiltbacks, and ottomans in a wide variety of sizes and design styles.
Smith Brothers has produced custom upholstery in Berne, Indiana, since 1926. Its furniture is made using carefully selected materials, including hardwood maple, steel coil springs, quality foam, textiles, and top-grain leather. With numerous frame styles and customizable details available, shop our Smith Brothers furniture guide to create seating that feels comfortable in your home while reflecting your personal style.
Our Featured Sofas & Chair Styles
5000 Series
Highlights:
• Multiple base and leg treatments
• Several arm-style combinations
• Semi-attached or loose-pillow backs
• Sofa, chair, chaise, and sectional options
• Fabric, leather, and finishing choices
9000 Series
Highlights:
• Tapered and carved-leg options
• Five distinctive arm profiles
• Boxed or knife-edge loose backs
• Standard and upgraded comfort options
• Sofa, chair, love seat, and sectional designs
8000 Series
Highlights:
• Welt cord or top-stitch seams
• Sock, panel, track, and deco arms
• Semi-attached and loose-pillow backs
• Boxed and knife-edge back options
• Sofa, chair, chaise, and sectional pieces
• Fabric, leather, and nailhead choices
Shop Smith Brothers Furniture
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M104 Glider Reclining Chair
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M103 Motorized Glider Reclining Chair with Headrest
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M102 Leather Motorized Glider Reclining Chair with Headrest
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M102 Sofa
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M102 Motorized Reclining Chair with Headrest
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M101 Leather Loveseat
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M101 Leather Motorized Reclining Chair with Headrest
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M101 Motorized Glider Reclining Chair with Headrest
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M100 Sectional
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986 Ottoman
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986 Stationary Chair
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954 Cocktail Ottoman
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953 Cocktail Ottoman
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951 Tiltback Chair
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951 Ottoman
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944 Ottoman
Comfort Our Customers Are Happy to Come Home To
Selecting upholstered furniture is a personal decision. Two sofas may look similar online but feel very different once you sit down and compare the cushion support, seat depth, back style, arm height, and upholstery.
Customer reviews offer helpful insight into the Saugerties Furniture experience, from exploring options in the showroom to receiving guidance without unnecessary sales pressure. Read what customers have shared about finding furniture that fits their rooms, comfort preferences, and everyday lives.
How to Choose the Right Seating
Start With the Seating Your Room Needs Most
Primary seating determines how the room functions and how people gather within it. A sofa provides versatile shared seating, a love seat offers a more compact option for two, and a chair creates an individual place to relax. These pieces can be used independently or combined to form a complete conversation area with coordinated or complementary styling.
Smith Brothers offers an extensive range of sofa and occasional-chair styles, with many sofa designs also available in sectional configurations.
Sofas
Sofas provide shared seating while establishing the main visual direction of the room. They work well in family rooms, formal living rooms, and open spaces where a versatile piece can be paired with chairs, ottomans, or a coordinating love seat.
When comparing sofas, consider more than the overall width. Seat depth, cushion construction, arm shape, back style, leg treatment, and upholstery all influence how the finished piece looks and feels. A sofa is often the best starting point when you want the freedom to arrange several independent furniture pieces around the room.
Love Seats
Love seats provide seating for two within a smaller footprint than a full sofa. They can serve as the primary seating in a compact room or become part of a larger arrangement with a coordinating sofa and chair.
A love seat can also help balance an awkward room where another full-size sofa would feel too large. Consider whether the piece will be used for daily relaxation, conversation, reading, or occasional guest seating when comparing cushion and back options.
Chairs
An upholstered chair provides personal comfort while adding flexibility to the room. Chairs can coordinate with the sofa or introduce a complementary fabric, leather, silhouette, or wood finish.
An individual chair is also easier to position around a fireplace, window, reading corner, or conversation area. Compare seat height, seat depth, arm placement, back support, and the amount of space required around the chair before making a selection.
Two Custom Series. Countless Sectional Possibilities.
Explore the Smith Brothers 5000 and 9000 Series
A sectional should fit the room as naturally as it fits your routine. The Smith Brothers 5000 and 9000 Series allow you to combine individual components into seating designed around your available space, preferred layout, and household needs.
The 5000 Series offers versatile base, arm, back, and cushion combinations that can move comfortably between traditional and transitional interiors. The 9000 Series adds refined leg treatments, expressive arm profiles, and loose-pillow back options for a more distinctive, tailored appearance. Both can be personalized with available fabrics, leathers, configurations, and finishing details.
Choose Comfortable Seating That Adapts to You
Some rooms require more than stationary seating. Sectionals can be configured around the room and household, recliners and tiltbacks provide adjustable support, and swivel gliders allow the user to change direction while enjoying gentle movement.
Smith Brothers produces multiple sectional groups as well as a broad selection of recliners and tiltbacks. Its current lineup also includes swivel-glider seating.
Recliners and Tiltbacks
Recliners and tiltbacks allow the user to adjust their position for reading, watching television, or resting. Depending on the selected design, movement may be manual or powered, and certain models may offer additional adjustable features.
Sectionals
Sectionals combine several seating units into one larger arrangement. They work especially well in family rooms, open floor plans, and spaces where multiple people regularly gather to visit, watch television, or relax.
Recliners
Recliners are a strong choice when personal comfort is the priority. They support longer sitting sessions and often make relaxation feel more intentional and more complete.
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Quality You Can See.
Comfort You Can Personalize.
Smith Brothers furniture brings together durable construction, customizable styling, and comfort designed for everyday living. At Saugerties Furniture, our experienced team can help you compare series, seating configurations, fabrics, leathers, and finishing details to create furniture that feels right in both your room and your routine.
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Use Supporting Pieces To Add Flexibility
Finishing pieces help the living room feel more comfortable and intentional. An ottoman can support the feet or provide an additional surface, an occasional chair introduces flexible seating, and accent pillows allow color and pattern to be added without overwhelming the room. These pieces can coordinate directly with the main seating or provide a carefully chosen contrast.
Smith Brothers offers occasional ottomans, occasional chairs, pillows, and a dedicated customizable ottoman program through the 2000 Series.
Ottomans
Ottomans can provide foot support, extra seating, or a central upholstered surface within the room. Depending on the design and intended use, an ottoman may be paired with a chair or used independently in place of a conventional coffee table.
Smith Brothers’ 2000 Series offers numerous ottoman shapes, sizes, top styles, and base treatments. Before selecting one, consider the height of the surrounding seating, available walking clearance, and whether the ottoman will remain in one place or move around the room.
Occasional Chairs
Occasional chairs allow you to add seating without repeating the exact style of the primary sofa. They can bring a lighter visual scale to the room or introduce a distinct arm shape, back profile, leg design, fabric, or leather.
Use an occasional chair in a reading area, near a window, across from the sofa, or wherever another seat would improve conversation. The chair should feel distinctive without looking disconnected from the rest of the room.
Accent Pillows
Accent pillows provide another way to personalize upholstered furniture through color, texture, and pattern. They can connect a sofa to nearby chairs, introduce a contrasting shade, or soften the overall appearance of the seating.
Consider the relationship between the pillow fabric and the main upholstery. A coordinated combination may repeat colors already present in the room, while a more expressive pattern can serve as a focused accent.
Top 10 Reasons to Choose Smith Brothers
Smith Brothers carefully considers both the structural foundation and the materials you interact with every day. Together, these details help create furniture that feels supportive, comfortable, and dependable.
Excellent Frame Construction
Skilled engineers and craftspeople carefully design each furniture frame with close attention to strength, proportion, and long-term quality.
Superior Spring Unit
An independent steel spring unit provides responsive support beneath each seat while delivering the durability needed for regular use.
Double-Dowelled Joints
Hardwood maple joints are reinforced with two dowels to increase frame strength, stability, and resistance to movement over time.
Securely Integrated Legs
Where the design allows, legs are built directly into the frame. Other leg styles are secured using heavy-duty lag bolts.
Strong Front and Back Rails
Wide hardwood rails run along the front and back of the furniture base, creating a strong and stable structural foundation.
Comfortable Spring Edge
Where possible, a softer spring-supported front edge improves comfort while reducing pressure and compression on the seat foam.
Self-Decking Beneath Cushions
Matching fabric beneath removable seat cushions creates a more finished appearance, even when cushions are lifted or repositioned.
Qualux Ultra® Seat Foam
High-quality Qualux Ultra seat foam provides dependable support and is backed by a lifetime warranty from the foam manufacturer.
Individually Wrapped Cushions
Each seat cushion is individually wrapped in soft polyester padding to add comfort and create a fuller, more inviting appearance.
Well-Padded Arms
Carefully selected foam and padding surround each arm so the underlying wood frame cannot be felt through the upholstery.
Make Your Seating Feel More Personal
Smith Brothers’ build-your-own programs allow you to begin with an established seating system and then choose the details that shape its appearance. The available decisions vary by series and can include ottoman shape, furniture size, seam treatment, base, leg, arm, back, cushion relationship, upholstery, nailhead treatment, and sectional configuration.
The 2000 Series is a customizable ottoman program built around shape, size, style, and base selection. The 3000, 5000, 8000, and 9000 Series allow different combinations of structural and decorative details. Depending on the series, these include tapered or turned legs, skirts, several arm profiles, semi-attached or loose pillow backs, welt cord or top stitching, and other tailored elements.
- Choose your furniture series based on the style options and seating configurations that best support your room.
- Choose your arm profile to create a softer traditional look or a cleaner, more tailored silhouette.
- Select your back style based on appearance, cushion movement, and preferred support.
- Personalize the base treatment with available skirts, tapered legs, turned legs, or other series-specific choices.
- Coordinate fabric or leather with your room’s colors, activity level, cleaning needs, and desired texture.
- Add finishing details such as welt cord, top stitching, tufting, nailheads, and wood finishes where available.
- Compare cushion relationships including T-cushion and straight-cushion configurations in applicable series.
Compare the Smith Brothers Custom Series
Each Smith Brothers series approaches customization differently. Some place greater emphasis on base and cushion styling, while others focus on seam treatments, arm profiles, back construction, or decorative legs. The following comparison is based on the available choices presented within the official 2000, 3000, 5000, 8000, and 9000 Series programs.
| Series | Best For | Primary Choices | Suggested Design Direction | Notable Options | Why Consider It |
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| 2000 Series | Custom ottomans and upholstered accent pieces | Shape, size, top style, and base | Flexible from simple to decorative | Round, square, oval, and rectangular shapes; flat or tufted tops; casters or legs | Offers a focused way to create an ottoman suited to the seating arrangement |
| 3000 Series | Adaptable sofas, chairs, and sectional layouts | Leg, arm, and back | Clean transitional styling | Tapered or turned legs; several arm treatments; semi-attached or pullover backs | Provides meaningful style choices within a relatively streamlined design system |
| 5000 Series | Seating with noticeable base and cushion variation | Base, arm, cushion relationship, and back | Traditional to transitional | Skirt, turned leg, or tapered leg; sock, panel, or track arms; T-cushion or straight-cushion treatments | Helpful when the relationship between the base, arm, and seat cushion is a priority |
| 8000 Series | Tailored seating with detailed upholstery choices | Seam, arm, and back | Polished and tailored | Welt cord or top stitch; several arm profiles; boxed or knife-edge loose pillow backs | Places additional emphasis on upholstery tailoring and back-cushion appearance |
| 9000 Series | Seating with more decorative wood and arm options | Leg, arm, and back | Refined traditional or transitional | Tapered or carved tapered legs; five arm profiles; boxed or knife-edge backs; available feather-down upgrade | Offers several decorative choices for shaping a more distinctive silhouette |
Visit Saugerties Furniture on Main Street
Visit Saugerties Furniture at 222 Main Street in Saugerties, New York, to experience Smith Brothers furniture in person. Compare seat depths, cushion support, arm styles, back constructions, fabrics, leathers, and sectional layouts while receiving practical guidance from a multigenerational, family-run furniture store.
The Saugerties showroom offers four floors of American-made furniture and a relaxed shopping experience without high-pressure sales tactics. Bring photographs and measurements of your room so the team can help you evaluate scale, comfort, and customization options.
Smith Brothers FAQs
Smith Brothers upholstery is made in Berne, Indiana. The company traces its history to 1926 and describes its furniture as American-made custom upholstery.
Smith Brothers highlights hardwood maple, steel coil springs, quality foam, textiles, and top-grain leathers among the materials selected for its upholstered furniture. The Saugerties Furniture brand page also identifies features such as double-doweled joints, hardwood rails, wrapped seat cushions, and Qualux Ultra seat foam.
Yes. Customization depends on the selected furniture style or series. Available choices may include fabric or leather, sectional configuration, leg or base treatment, arm style, back style, seam treatment, cushion relationship, nailhead details, and wood finish. The build-your-own 2000, 3000, 5000, 8000, and 9000 Series each offer a different combination of choices.
Several Smith Brothers sofa styles are available in sectional configurations, and the company offers multiple dedicated sectional groups. Exact pieces and layouts vary by style, so room dimensions and the preferred orientation should be reviewed before ordering.
Fabric offers a broad range of colors, patterns, textures, and performance characteristics. Leather provides natural variation, a distinctive feel, and an appearance that can develop additional character with use. Consider the room’s activity level, sunlight, pets, children, maintenance expectations, and the texture you prefer before selecting either material.
Visit Saugerties Furniture at 222 Main Street to sit in available Smith Brothers pieces, compare construction and comfort, and review upholstery or finish options. Because showroom displays change, call (845) 246-3677 when you are looking for a particular series or furniture type.
Smith Brothers directs customers with warranty, replacement-part, design, or sales questions to an authorized dealer. Customers who purchased through Saugerties Furniture should begin by contacting the showroom so the team can review the order and explain the appropriate next step.
