Gat Creek manufactures solid wood furniture in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. The company states its furniture is "made to order in the USA" and that each piece "is signed at the bench by the artisan who builds it." The catalogue covers bedroom, dining, living room and home office furniture — beds, dressers, tables, chairs, bookcases and cabinets — built from Appalachian hardwoods including ash, cherry, maple and walnut.
The company describes its production model directly: "Gat Creek manufactures solid-wood furniture in our own shop and through domestic partners. All finishing, final inspection and packaging work is completed in our Berkeley Springs facility."
The shop's lineage runs back to the mid-1950s, when Tom Seely opened a small workshop in Berkeley Springs to restore, repair and refinish furniture, later expanding to manufacture reproductions of antique designs. Gat Caperton bought the company in 1996, straight out of business school. The company doubled its production capacity in a 2022 expansion. Reported workforce characteristics include average tenure of over ten years and a workforce that is 53% women.
Gat Creek offers a Performance Finish option and supplies wood finish samples and fabric swatches for review. A "To The Trade" program serves designers and dealers. The company is a member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council. The site posts a rolling ship-week for new orders rather than a fixed lead time.