About DCI Furniture

Need help furnishing your residence hall? We'll custom craft a solution for you.

Are you looking for high quality, durable, and affordable furniture for your college residence halls or military dormitories? Do you need furnishings that will provide years of service under intensive use?

Our mission is simple. Give you the best furniture, value, and service available anywhere. But there's a catch. We do our best work in collaboration, crafting creative custom solutions for clients like you. We’re great listeners. And we value your feedback.

We are fortunate to have a strong list of existing customers all over the country. Many relationships span 35 plus years. And we rely on ongoing creative dialogue with our customers to drive product and service development. As your partner, we'll provide you with world-class solutions, service, and support

DCI Sustainable Hardwood Furniture still reflects the philosophical, thoughtful approach of its founder, practicing chain-of-custody certification to ensure that public lands are responsibly harvested for timber. Doing business the ‘right’ way means different things to different people. To Henry Kober and his family, it means making high quality products, using and reusing resources responsibly and ethically.

-USDA RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

Manufacturing

DCI offers you the best product at competitive prices because we manage the entire production process from forest to floor. This unique vertical integration allows us to provide you with the most sustainable suite of products in our industry.

We can continually monitor quality and maximize efficiencies because we control the entire manufacturing process from standing timber to final product. You can download our Guide To Sustainable Residence Hall Furniture here.

Logs to Lumber

We purchase logs directly from state regulated forests that adhere to the highest environmental standards. This ensures we are using the most sustainably grown and harvested timber available. Our sawmill in Vermont processes these logs, primarily consisting of ash, oak, and maple, into rough cut lumber. The lumber is graded by tree species, thickness, and length according to standards set by the National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) and shipped to our factory in Lisbon, New Hampshire. For organizations that own standing hardwood timber, we can provide a “chain of custody” for logs harvested from the customer’s property. We’ve been doing this at Dartmouth College. To read more click HERE.

Kiln Drying

Rough-cut lumber is placed into kilns that are heated with steam, generated from wood-fired boilers fueled by wood waste. DCI has a Zero Waste Policy, so 100% of the wood used in these boilers is either a byproduct of our sawmill or plant operations. Not burning fossil fuels makes economic sense and safeguards the climate. By using a wood boiler to run our kilns, and heat our factory and offices, we save an average of 68 gallons of oil an hour. That's more than 200,000 gallons of oil per year. The lumber is carefully dried to a moisture content between 6-8% and is then re-graded. The drying process can take up to 30 days. While our furniture facilities use much of the lumber, some is sold to wholesalers.

Rough Mill

After the drying process, the lumber enters the rough mill where it is planed, cut, glued, and processed into panels for use in furniture making. The hardwood lumber that is not graded for panel making is used for internal support pieces in our casegoods, eliminating the need to purchase additional components. Processing raw materials from origin to finished product is what separates us from our competitors, who rely on outside suppliers for dry lumber, pre-manufactured wood panels and components.

Finish Mill

UV Finishing

We use state-of-the-art ultraviolet cured urethane finishing. This is the same material and application method used on pre-finished hardwood flooring. It is more resistant to damage from abrasion and chemical exposure, as well as to the effects from temperature and humidity changes than other finishes. This finish is also applied to the interior of all cabinets to provide superior dimensional stability. Our UV finish is certified MAS Green.

Assembly

It is at this point of the manufacturing process that fully finished components can enter final assembly at either our Lisbon plant, or shipped to one of our regional assembly facilities in North Carolina or California. Upon final assembly the parts and panels are put together under pressure and glue is applied to the mortise and tenon or dowel joints. The cabinet is then clamped to ensure that all joints are tight and the cabinet is completely square before screws are driven into each joint. This is far superior to dry construction, or other methods that do not use mortise and tenon or dowel joinery.

Manufacturing

DCI offers you the best product at competitive prices because we manage the entire production process from forest to floor. This unique vertical integration allows us to provide you with the most sustainable suite of products in our industry.

We can continually monitor quality and maximize efficiencies because we control the entire manufacturing process from standing timber to final product. Read our Guide To Sustainable Residence Hall Furniture here.

Logs to Lumber

We purchase logs directly from state regulated forests that adhere to the highest environmental standards. This ensures we are using the most sustainably grown and harvested timber available. Our sawmill in Vermont processes these logs, primarily consisting of ash, oak, and maple, into rough cut lumber. The lumber is graded by tree species, thickness, and length according to standards set by the National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) and shipped to our factory in Lisbon, New Hampshire. For organizations that own standing hardwood timber, we can provide a “chain of custody” for logs harvested from the customer’s property. We’ve been doing this at Dartmouth College. To read more click HERE.

Kiln Drying

Rough-cut lumber is placed into kilns that are heated with steam, generated from wood-fired boilers fueled by wood waste. DCI has a Zero Waste Policy, so 100% of the wood used in these boilers is either a byproduct of our sawmill or plant operations. Not burning fossil fuels makes economic sense and safeguards the climate. By using a wood boiler to run our kilns, and heat our factory and offices, we save an average of 68 gallons of oil an hour. That's more than 200,000 gallons of oil per year. The lumber is carefully dried to a moisture content between 6-8% and is then re-graded. The drying process can take up to 30 days. While our furniture facilities use much of the lumber, some is sold to wholesalers.

Rough Mill

After the drying process, the lumber enters the rough mill where it is planed, cut, glued, and processed into panels for use in furniture making. The hardwood lumber that is not graded for panel making is used for internal support pieces in our casegoods, eliminating the need to purchase additional components. Processing raw materials from origin to finished product is what separates us from our competitors, who rely on outside suppliers for dry lumber, pre-manufactured wood panels and components.

Finish Mill

UV Finishing

We use state-of-the-art ultraviolet cured urethane finishing. This is the same material and application method used on pre-finished hardwood flooring. It is more resistant to damage from abrasion and chemical exposure, as well as to the effects from temperature and humidity changes than other finishes. This finish is also applied to the interior of all cabinets to provide superior dimensional stability. Our UV finish is certified MAS Green.

Assembly

It is at this point of the manufacturing process that fully finished components can enter final assembly at either our Lisbon plant, or shipped to one of our regional assembly facilities in North Carolina or California. Upon final assembly the parts and panels are put together under pressure and glue is applied to the mortise and tenon or dowel joints. The cabinet is then clamped to ensure that all joints are tight and the cabinet is completely square before screws are driven into each joint. This is far superior to dry construction, or other methods that do not use mortise and tenon or dowel joinery.

Locations

We've grown from a small shop with three employees in 1975 to a team of 200 today. Based in New Hampshire, North Carolina, and California, DCI has customers worldwide. We also run a sawmill in Vermont, managing the manufacturing process from start to finish. This vertical integration positions DCI as the leading supplier of sustainable solid wood furniture.

DCI Inc, HQ

265 South Main St.
Lisbon, NH 03585

Operations: 150,000+ square feet production space for kilns, rough mill, finish mill, finishing, assembly, shipping, and warehouse on 35 acres.

DCI South

2500 South Roberts Ave.
Lumberton, NC 28358

South production facility includes 85,000 square feet of production space utilized for milling, finishing, assembly, and warehousing on 17 acres of land.

DCI West

3804 Main Street
Unit 2
Chula Vista, CA 91911

Approximately 10,000 square feet used for assembly, warehouse, West Coast office and factory showroom.

DCI Sawmill

Waterman Rd.
South Royalton, VT

Select hardwoods from state forests processed into lumber for furniture production. The facility is 20,000 sq ft on 30 acres.

"You and your team were amazing from start to finish, from the design and consultation to pricing, and the coordination and install of the furniture. Professional, competent, creative, and friendly, I couldn’t ask for more from the experience."

— Andrew Worthley, Capital Project Assistant, Cal Lutheran University

Need help furnishing your residence hall? We'll custom craft a solution for you.

The History of

Made in the USA — 40 Years!

Manufacturing

Manufacturing

Locations

DCI Inc, HQ

DCI South

DCI West

DCI Sawmill

"You and your team were amazing from start to finish, from the design and consultation to pricing, and the coordination and install of the furniture. Professional, competent, creative, and friendly, I couldn’t ask for more from the experience."