About The Wood Furniture Factory

Founded in 2007, The Wood Furniture Factory was built on a simple idea: furniture should be made to last.

Owners Bret Qua and Raymond Mendoza saw that many furniture stores were moving toward imported products made from veneers, particle board, and other composite materials. For homeowners looking for quality solid wood furniture, the choices were becoming increasingly limited. Drawing on more than 75 years of combined furniture-making experience, Bret and Raymond set out to create a local San Diego company focused on craftsmanship, durability, and personalized service. Every project is built in our National City workshop and designed to meet the specific needs of each customer.

Whether we're building a custom bookcase, Murphy bed, bathroom vanity, home library, media center, or one-of-a-kind furniture piece, our goal remains the same: create furniture that will still be serving its owners decades from now. Today, we remain a small three-person shop. Unlike larger manufacturers, every piece that leaves our shop has been touched by every member of our team. From design and CNC machining to assembly, finishing, delivery, and installation, we take pride in every detail and stand behind everything we build. Thank you for considering The Wood Furniture Factory. We would be honored to build something for your home.

From Idea to Finished Furniture
One of the most rewarding parts of what we do is helping customers turn an idea into a finished piece of furniture.
The process often begins with a conversation and a simple pencil sketch. Much like a police sketch artist working from a witness description, Bret will often sit down with a customer and sketch out a design based on their ideas, needs, and the space where the furniture will be installed. Sometimes Raymond joins in the design process as well, helping translate concepts into workable furniture designs.
From those hand-drawn sketches, Raymond creates detailed CAD drawings that allow dimensions, proportions, and construction details to be refined before a single piece of wood is cut. Depending on the project, we can also create photorealistic renderings to help customers visualize how the finished piece will look in their home.
By combining traditional furniture-making skills with modern CAD, CNC, and visualization technology, we're able to take an idea from a rough sketch to a finished piece of custom furniture built specifically for your home.

Meet the Owners

Bret Qua

Bret is a native San Diegan who began working as a teenager in his family's 50,000-square-foot furniture manufacturing facility, where solid wood furniture was produced for the unfinished furniture industry. By 1980, he was managing the operation and was involved in every aspect of the business, from product design to manufacturing processes and quality control.
Today, Bret designs and engineers virtually every piece we build. His focus is creating furniture that combines beauty, functionality, and durability. With more than four decades of furniture-making experience, Bret brings a wealth of knowledge to every project that leaves our shop.

Raymond Mendoza

Raymond got his start in the furniture industry right here in San Diego. Already bringing a strong wood working background with him, his tenure allowed him to learn the fine nuances of quality furniture, the importance of customer service, and how to put a good looking finish on a piece of wood. Raymond is also our CNC operator, a key process that allows us to build furniture with very tight tolerances, and the dovetail drawer specialist. And the webmaster, so it feels weird talking about myself! : )

Meet Our Craftsman
Evan Qua

Continuing a family tradition that spans generations, Evan is following in the footsteps of both his father and grandfather by learning the craft of fine woodworking. His dedication, attention to detail, and willingness to take on every aspect of the building process make him an important part of our team. As a member of the next generation of furniture makers, Evan helps ensure that the values of quality craftsmanship and customer satisfaction remain at the heart of The Wood Furniture Factory.

Every piece of furniture we build is touched by every member of our three-person team.
Together we bring our combined experience in making quality, well built furniture, that is designed to last a lifetime. We take pride in our work and stand behind everything we make, it would be our privilege to build your furniture.