Founded in 1973 by Wayne Johansen, J.C. Imports was originally a small wholesale and retail import gift business. In 1979, Johansen converted one of his retail gift shops to, of all things, a waterbed store. The Waterbed Room was such a huge Midwest success that Johansen became the largest retailer of waterbeds in the region.

As waterbeds began to go the way of the Lava lamp, in 1990, Johansen opened two HOM Oak & Leather stores. In 1993, he converted all his waterbed stores to Total Bedroom galleries. In 1996, HOM Oak & Leather and Total Bedroom merged, creating HOM Furniture.

Today, HOM Furniture serves the upper Midwest region including Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota.

HOM Furniture online can be found at www.homfurniture.com. You can view select furniture inventory online, locate stores, and check out their current specials, clearance, weekly ad and any red hot deals. It would also be where you would find any current coupons.

At this point in time, HOM Furniture does not offer online sales and there’s no means to track or pay your credit account online, much less apply for credit. But they do take orders over the phone. You can also use their online wish list and add products to the wish list as you browse online. But don’t forget to print out your wish list before you head out to a HOM Furniture store. Once there, just present it to a sales person for easier shopping.

HOM Furniture also offers various financing options to help you with your purchases. Don’t forget to ask about them when you are there.

In addition to a range of furniture and styles, HOM Furniture has their own design department. HOM Furniture’s certified interior designers are available to help with in store consultations, room arrangements, floor planning and budgeting. Designers are not available in every store, so check out their website for the nearest location.

HOM Furniture has also teamed up with Hirshfield to offer you the exclusive Devine Color Collection of wall paints designed to work with HOM Furniture groupings. You can find paint displays throughout HOM Furniture showrooms and receive a discount on Devine Color Paint available at Hirshfield's Decorating Centers.

But if working with a design consultant overwhelms you, HOMFurniture.com offers an online room planner that will take you through the step-by-step process of creating room plans for virtually every room in your house. You can also save your plans and make changes at a later date or print them out to bring in to a HOM Furniture showroom.