CopperWood furniture closing after three years

By BECKY THOMAS

Staff Reporter

CopperWood Furniture Gallery is going out of business after three years in Cheney.

Owners Ron and Micki Sebold said business has been slow since the economic downturn late in 2008 and they can no longer afford their rent.

“How many days do you go to work with a smile on your face and not get paid?” Ron Sebold said.

The Sebolds, who live near Tyler, opened the store in August 2007 after another furniture store went out of business. Ron Sebold said they thought they could make a furniture store work in Cheney by providing higher quality pieces and strong customer s...