Top Showrooms: Marcus Lumber

Marcus Lumber, based in Marcus, Iowa, might be in a small community, but its show-stopping showroom would turn heads in any metropolis.

According to Grant Leavitt, part-owner of Marcus Lumber, the company's showroom expansion was driven by goal of "becoming a true destination retailer." 

"Our store not only competes with other retailers in larger towns, but also with entertainment aspects of those larger towns. Many patrons will go to the larger towns to shop, eat, and be entertained. We needed to create something so different and so impressive it, of itself, was worthy of a 45-minute drive. Something of a Cabela’s effect," he says.

Leavitt adds: "We’re a bit unique in that we’re located in a town of 1,200 people but have a store close to 26,000-sq.-ft. – nearly half of which is a product showroom."

See it in action in the gallery below. 

Marcus Lumber's showroom boasts:

• 11 kitchen displays

• 1 fully operational kitchen (which the company has known to use to make cookies for customers on occasion). This feature kitchen is equipped with a camera and 12’ projected screen so it can host cooking classes and seminars. 

• 27 vanity displays 

• 60+ Delta faucets

• 30 installed window displays 

• 69 doors (36 interior doors & 33 exterior doors) 

• 14 storm doors 

• 7 patio doors 

• 20 composite decking colors

• 3 working fireplaces

• Fully constructed 12’ x 14’ four-season room

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