At 43,250 square feet, Consignment Furniture Emporium in Winston-Salem is not a modest secondhand shop tucked into a strip mall, it is a genuine furniture warehouse organized by category, giving Triad-area shoppers room to compare styles and price points across a sales floor large enough to rival many new-furniture showrooms. Located at 130 Cloverleaf Drive, the business, commonly known by its initials CFE, has spent years building a reputation across Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, and the surrounding Triad on the strength of both consigned furniture and a line the company designs and manufactures itself.
That in-house line, called Fortress, is what sets Consignment Furniture Emporium apart from a typical resale outlet. Rather than simply reselling other people’s used pieces, the company oversees production of its own Fortress furniture directly at the factory level, cutting out the sales representatives and middlemen that typically add cost to new furniture, and passing those savings on to customers. Shoppers choosing a Fortress piece can select their own wood type and finish, giving them a level of customization usually reserved for high-end custom order furniture rather than what most people expect from a consignment store.
Alongside the Fortress line, the bulk of the showroom is stocked with consigned furniture brought in by area sellers looking to part with pieces still in good condition. That dual model, consignment plus an exclusive manufactured line, lets the business serve two different kinds of shoppers under one roof: bargain hunters looking for a well-priced secondhand piece, and buyers who want something built to order but without new-retail markup. The company also periodically reorganizes its showroom layout, a sign of a business paying attention to how customers actually move through such a large space and adjusting accordingly.
Consignment Furniture Emporium keeps set weekly hours, open Thursday and Friday from 10 in the morning until 7 at night and Saturday from 10 until 5, giving shoppers both weekday evening and weekend windows to browse the full floor. The company also offers a 5 percent discount for cash purchases, a small but real incentive for shoppers ready to buy on the spot rather than finance a purchase.
Cloverleaf Drive sits within Winston-Salem’s broader furniture and home goods retail landscape, a fitting location given the city’s historic ties to furniture manufacturing across the Piedmont Triad region, an area long associated with the American furniture industry through nearby High Point. A consignment retailer that also designs and builds its own furniture line fits naturally into that regional identity, blending the area’s manufacturing heritage with the practical, budget-conscious appeal of secondhand shopping.
Anyone furnishing a home in the Triad, whether hunting for an affordable secondhand find or a custom-finished piece without the new-furniture price tag, can reach the store at (336) 765-5053 or by email at furniture@cfeincws.com to ask what is currently on the floor before making the trip. Consignment Furniture Emporium offers Winston-Salem shoppers a rare combination: a genuinely large-scale consignment furniture selection paired with an exclusive, factory-direct furniture line called Fortress that customers can customize by wood and finish.
