Baumgartner’s Furniture

The History

Our furniture store is a family-owned, locally-operated business serving Mid-Missouri for over six decades.  George Baumgartner founded the business in 1949 and since then, we have remained committed to serving our clients with a personal approach in mind.  For four generations, Baumgartner’s has offered hometown hospitality to our customers.

George Baumgartner

The Baumgartner’s Furniture story begins in mid-1940s, when Emmett Baumgartner quit his job at the shoe factory in Fulton, Missouri to open a gas station in Kingdom City with his son, George.  Although George was only 18 at the time, he possessed a strong entrepreneurial spirit. So before long, the father-son team expanded their business operation to include towing and taxi services, and eventually they opened a restaurant adjacent to the station. During this time, they also started to dabble in furniture sales and even sold the first television sets in the area. However, when an 18-wheeler plowed through the front of the restaurant, they decided to take the business in a new direction. George left to open up a furniture store in Auxvasse.  Once the store was up and running, Emmett closed the gas station and joined his son.

Old Truck Driven Through Baumgartner’s Restaurant

Baumgartner’s Old Store

After years of serving customers out of our Auxvasse store in 1999, Mattress World By Baumgartner’s was added in Columbia to offer more products and services to our customers.  Currently, our Columbia store offers a La-Z-Boy Gallery along with a state-of-the-art mattress gallery.  Our pledge was, and continues to be, providing quality products and unparalleled service.

Currently, Baumgartner’s Furniture has two stores in Auxvasse and Columbia, Missouri.

Baumgartner’s Furniture

Auxvasse Store

Columbia Store

The Service

We are far more than just a ‘logo.’ We are committed to creating a unique shopping experience from start to finish.  This ensures the satisfaction of our customers and lets them know they are so much more to us than another sale.  As part of maintaining this philosophy, our sales associates are here to help you in any way possible.  Our goal is to get our customers what they really want and need.

Alan and Jake Baumgartner, 3rd and 4th Generations

Not only that, but our sales associates have years of experience in the furniture business.  They are knowledgeable of our products to help shoppers find the perfect piece to add to their homes.  Our associates make it their priority to make the customers feel safe and comfortable in their shopping environment, turning the entire experience into a friendly one.  With a small town atmosphere like ours, customers are our best advertisement.

The Products

When your family name is on the business, customers can expect more.  Our customers can trust they are receiving the finest products and care possible.  Our store offers big city selection without having the drive to Kansas City or St. Louis.  Baumgartner’s is a complete home furnishings store, including furniture, bedding and flooring.  We are truly a company that stands behind our product.

Baumgartner’s

La-Z-Boy Living Room Group

At Baumgartner’s, we have promised since the beginning to treat you with courtesy and respect and this promise hasn’t changed in our more than sixty years of operation.

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Living Room – Does yours feel warm and cozy?

Do you have a living room that just doesn’t feel very cozy?  Your living room should be the place where you can sit and relax, or entertain when friends and family come to visit.  What are some ways to help make your room feel a little cozier?

Living Room

Living Room Picture from Baumgartner’s Customer

Here are Five tips that may help:

1. Seating Arrangement.  Are your chairs and sofas in a manner where everyone can see each other if they are sitting?  This makes conversations easier to hear and engage.  A living or family room is normally a place where people talk and socialize.  The seats should be organized in a way it is accommodating to others, not accommodating to where the television is in the room.  Sure, people may watch television in the living room, but it is not the main focus.
2. Accessories.  Sometimes, something as simple as lamps can really make a room feel cozier.  There are so many lamp options; it will be easy to find one that goes with your décor.  There are also different types of light bulbs.  You can get light bulbs that are soft, bright, 3-way, or energy-efficient.  Depending on the room tone you want to have in your family room, the lighting of the room can really help make that statement.
3. Do you not have a green-thumb?  That’s okay, there are artificial flowers and trees that look very real, and will not need the tender loving care real flowers and trees need.  Did you know, depending on the type of flower or tree, having real flowers and trees can help with the oxygen in your room?  So, not only does it help ‘look’ good, it also ‘feels’ good, too!  Many people also mix real and artificial in the family room and throughout the rest of the house.  The artificial plant stays in the house year-round, while the real flowers come in for the winter, but go outside on the porch or deck during the summer.  This often helps fill the gaps or voids behind chairs or end tables.
4. Pillows and Throws.  Something so small can have such a big impact on a family room.  Pillows and throws are small enough you can go bold if you would like.  This can liven up a room without completely changing your room (painting walls, etc).
5. Picture Frames.  What better way to make your room feel cozy than the love of friends and family?  Take some of your favorite pictures, print them in a variety of sizes, and place them on the end tables next to your lamps in your family room.  Also, don’t think that having all the pictures printed in the same color or same frame is needed.  It adds more character to your room when you have different picture frames.

Living Room

Living Room Picture from Baumgartner’s Customer

A living room should be just that, a place for family and friends to visit.  These small tips can really help make your family room inviting, cozy, comfortable, and a place where everyone wants to be.

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