Ethan Allen designers offer free services, and custom draperies, floor coverings and bedding. Pictured is an equestrian-themed room setting at the new Westport store. / Photo by Gary Webster
Ethan Allen will hold a grand opening for its new Westport store at 627-629 Post Road East on Wednesday. / Photo by Gary Webster

By Gretchen Webster

WESTPORT — Ethan Allen furniture, about to celebrate its 90th year in business, has opened a new store in Westport.

The local outlet at 627-629 Post Road East has been well received since opening a little over two months ago, according to Patricia Bidwell, a Westport resident and the design center leader at the store.

“Westport has become an important location for furniture,” she said, citing several other Westport stores selling home furnishings or moving to town soon. 

“Having competition close by is not a problem … it creates a one-stop shopping community,” she said.

Bidwell, who has worked for Ethan Allen more than 20 years, said that the global company, with corporate headquarters in Danbury, became interested in opening a store in Westport after its Norwalk store on Route 7 closed.

“We have looking at Westport for several years,” she said. The new store opened Feb. 4, and the company plans to host a grand opening event at 5 p.m. Wednesday. It is the seventh Ethan Allen store in Connecticut.

Ethan Allen’s specialty is the free design services offered to customers, which can include custom draperies, floor coverings and bedding. 

Using a 3-D visual representation of a floor plan, designers can work with customers virtually, and also travel to clients’ homes, Bidwell said.

“Design services are a very important part of our business,” she said.

Ethan Allen’s new Westport store showcases the company’s best sellers in detailed room settings. / Photo by Gary Webster

The Westport store showcases samples of the company’s best-selling merchandise, organized in detailed room settings, and which can be custom ordered for delivery.

Area customers who once shopped at the Ethan Allen in Norwalk now come to the Westport store, Bidwell said, as well as others from throughout Fairfield County and even Westchester County, N.Y. 

“Our customer traffic [in Westport] has been very, very good,” she said.

The Ethan Allen store, 627-629 Post Road East, is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

For more information, visit the store’s website or call 203-221-3134.