There are some days when even Dave Fletcher can’t believe the family business his grandparents opened in the mid-1950s has come so far.
“I’m happy and delighted, but some days I’m surprised we’re still here after 70 years,” Fletcher, the owner of One Stop Home Furnishings, said of his business’ milestone anniversary. “I’m grateful to my parents and grandparents and, obviously, to our customers.”
Located at 2140 S.E. Eighth Ave., in Camas, near the Highway 14 roundabout, One Stop Home Furnishings offers the latest furniture — living and dining room sets, armchairs, tables, mattresses, beds and more, plus a dazzling array of fabric and customization options — arranged inside a nearly 20,000-square-foot, two-story retail space.
This month, One Stop Home Furnishings is celebrating its 70th year in business. And what started in 1954 with Fletcher’s grandparents, Mickey and Hazel Schwary, opening their shop the One Stop Shopping Center in Camas, alongside a grocery store, hardware store, shoe store and former Camas mayor Nan Henriksen’s family’s drug store, has morphed into the longest running independent furniture store in Clark County.
Fletcher, 68, a 1974 Camas High School graduate, moved to Seattle after high school and graduated from the University of Washington in 1978. He worked at a radio station for a short time before joining the family business and working under the tutelage of his parents, Winn and Joanne Fletcher.