Whatever your furniture needs are, Runge Furniture is poised to provide. In fact, the family-owned business has been supplying home furnishings, far and wide, since 1946.
"We deliver to everywhere in North Idaho and Spokane, the whole Inland Empire. We're going to Priest Lake this week, we're going to Troy, Montana. We go down to Moscow and all the way up to Nine Mile," third-generation owner Jeff Runge says.
The store may look a little different these days as, since last fall, a portion of the midtown building is now occupied by Trader Joe's, something Runge says is helping to bring more foot traffic into the freshly remodeled space.
The store carries industry name brands, including Ashley, Stanton, Flexsteel, La-Z-Boy and Rowe. In particular, Runge says he's excited about the abundance of new upholstery fabrics becoming available.
"We're getting into some different textures and different colors — everything's not just beige and gray," he says.
And there are ample comfort chair options, including the Ekornes line, which might be more familiar and traditional in appearance, and Himolla, a German brand with sleek headrests and footrests that can be tucked away for a clean look when not in use.
Sofas, loveseats and sectionals are experiencing a bit of a transformation as "reclining motion" options — both manual and power — are becoming very popular.
"It really has become an important category," Runge says. "You can get them with an adjustable headrest, adjustable lumbar, and they're available in fabrics and leather."
Runge Furniture also sells several lines of dining furniture and bedroom sets, as well as mattresses and the Speed Queen line of laundry appliances.
Runge takes pleasure in making sure there is something for everybody's price point.
"We try our best to be able to help everyone that can come in," he says, noting that includes supplying furniture for spaces as small as RVs, as large as the estate-sized homes on nearby Lake Coeur d'Alene and every type of dwelling in between.
The showroom offers plenty of options for customers to explore in every category of furnishings, and for those who like instant gratification, if it's on the floor, you can buy it.
"You can take it right now, or we'll deliver immediately," Runge says, noting that traditional wisdom in the furniture industry advises against that. "They say, if you sell it off the floor, you're going to be missing X amount of sales. But I never liked that. If someone paid for it, it's theirs."
For those who don't find exactly what they're looking for in the showroom, Runge says there are nearly endless ways to configure furniture that is custom-ordered, with most options being crafted domestically and taking about eight weeks to deliver.
