J.M. Beatty opens new showroom at Oneida Valley Road property
WASHINGTON TWP — Despite its geographical challenges and the rising costs of goods and labor, J.M. Beatty Furniture and Mattress in Washington Township continues to grow and recently added a new 50,000-square-foot showroom to its Oneida Valley Road property.
Fourth-generation owner Chad Beatty said the new location which opened Saturday, Aug. 26, is at the site of the former Trader Horn at 2760 Oneida Valley Road, and will serve as a showroom for the business’s mattress and bedroom showcases.
“We put a couple million dollars into renovating it,” Beatty said. “It's a lot different from what the old Trader Horn was. Those buildings were rough. We had to do siding, the roof, the windows — practically everything there got redone.”
The new building at the Oneida Valley Road property is one of five buildings, which includes three warehouses and another 70,000-square-foot showroom full of furniture and other home décor.
“We have the largest selection in the middle of nowhere,” Beatty said.
Originally named J.M. Beatty Merchandise, the business was started in 1914 by Joseph Martin Beatty with the goal to provide a place for locals to buy school supplies, paint, cars, groceries, toys and furniture.
Beatty said the reason he and his family have been able to stay in business for over a century is because of the large selection of products they offer and the fact that about 98% of the products they sell are made in the United States.
“A lot of our competition only sells imported furniture,” Beatty said.
Selling imported furniture is one of the reasons Beatty said he believes a lot of the local competition closed down in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic putting a strain on overseas shipping.
A lot of other local furniture stores were not able to keep their shelves full.
“In the past 10 years we have lost about 15 furniture stores here in Butler County,” Beatty said. “But we keep adding on and growing. We don't sell imported furniture. I think some of these other guys were trying to get stuff from overseas, and during the pandemic we didn't have that issue because we were buying stuff domestically.”
