Akins Furniture of Rainsville

Akins Furniture of Rainsville is a furniture store in Rainsville, Alabama. The store sells furniture and mattresses, buying its products straight from the factory to eliminate distributors and middle men. It often buys by the truckload and container, which reduces freight costs and lowers prices. The land and building belong to the business, so there is no downtown lease or rental payment to pass on to customers. The store carries sofas, loveseats, power reclining sofas, rocker recliners, lift chairs, and panel beds with storage. Many pieces are upholstered in top grain leather or water repellent faux leather, and some include zero-gravity mechanisms, adjustable headrests, and USB plug-ins. Akins Furniture holds a rating of 4.20 from customer reviews.

The business began in 1922, when Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Akins opened a general store. E.F. Akins and his son W.A. Akins came to the area in the early 1920s, purchased land and a building that still stands, and opened a general merchandise store. After World War II, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Akins began selling used furniture from the living room of their house next door, and a furniture room was eventually added to the general merchandise store. Additions over the years brought the store to more than 150,000 square feet. The Akins family now spans four generations and more than eighty years of furniture experience in the community.

Akins Furniture sits on Main Street West in Powell, about a tenth of a mile from East Main Street and under a mile from Main Street West. Powell City Park is roughly 1.3 miles away, South Sauty Creek about 1.7 miles, and Northeast Alabama Community College about 2.4 miles from the store.

The store serves customers at three Alabama locations, with the Rainsville store open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 5:30pm and Saturday from 9am to 5:30pm. It is closed Thursday and Sunday. Customers can call, click, or come in, and some items are special ordered to the store.

With more than eighty years of furniture experience behind it, Akins Furniture brings factory-direct buying and four generations of family ownership to Rainsville.