New Mid City furniture store hand-crafting custom designs

Got the perfect piece of furniture in mind, but can’t find it? Ever seen the right dresser, but thought it could use two more drawers? Joel Davis says his new Mid City store, Wooden Haven Furniture Co., can custom design and have nearly any piece of furniture hand-built within six months. “There’s a lot of people out there that have been looking for a piece of furniture for years, and can’t find it—why wait anymore?” asks Davis, who opened the store Dec. 1 at 4173 Government St. with his wife, Danielle. Joel Davis says he and his wife traveled to Indonesia before opening their store and found their own furniture makers. Davis works with the customers on the design, sends an email to Indonesia and the furniture is shipped to the United States. He says furniture prices had gotten too high at their former furniture store, De Madera in Lafayette, which they co-owned with another business partner before closing it last year. “You bring us a concept, and we build it,” Joel Davis says. “You give me four to six months, and there’s not a lot I can’t build.” For example, Wooden Haven can build a “bad to the bone,” 8-foot, teak door for about half the price of what they normally retail for, Davis says, adding he hopes the new store will be part of Mid City’s continued revitalization. —Adam Pearson