- Grandpa John Folsom
Alfred’s began the way many good things do—quietly, with a single sewing machine in a small workshop in Alfred, Maine.
When Rebecca and Troy were handed the keys to the business as a wedding gift and family heirloom in 1997, they started with a knack for fine craftsmanship and a shared belief that some things are best done slowly.
They took on every project themselves in those early years—marine cushions, heirloom chairs, aging sofas in need of love.
What they couldn’t afford in tools, they made up for in talent and ingenuity. Over time, one machine became many. A single room became a 19,000 SQFT studio. And a two person operation became fifteen craftspeople still operating from the same town that gave the company its name.
While the work has expanded, the values haven’t changed.
We still believe the best things are built from the ground up. We still plan and place every stitch to serve both purpose and beauty. And we still run our business on the driving principle that good design can’t exist in the absence of form and function.
The things we make—these are the outcomes. But the work is where the real value lies. To us, it’s about more than a beautiful piece of furniture.
It’s about designing around people’s lives. About holding traditional techniques with reverence without getting stuck in them. And about proving the most luxurious things are often the most quietly considered and humbly executed.
Alfred’s is for those who want more from the objects they live with.
For those who see the beauty in editing, in detail, and in things done properly.
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