Kensington Furniture is still a family business, and it's now in its fifth generation. In this short video, Michael, who works inside the Northfield showroom, talks about what it means to carry on a store that's been in his family for 114 years, and to do it alongside his nephew Dan, who handles the store's social media.Is Kensington Furniture a Family-Owned Business?Yes. As the video's title puts it, Kensington Furniture is 114 years old and now run by the fifth generation of the same family. Michael counts it out on camera, almost in disbelief himself: "Number four, number five. Five. That's a lot of generations."Five Generations Under One RoofMichael traces the line back through his father, Stanley, and Stanley's own grandfather, who started what's grown into today's store. Michael imagines what that ancestor would make of the business now: "My father, Stanley, his grandfather, is smiling from heaven knowing that Dan is here working in the store."He jokes that the idea of a "social media journalist" would be completely foreign to a man who built the business generations before the internet existed. But Michael is confident the reaction would still be a good one: "He wouldn't understand what he's doing, but he'd be happy." It's a small moment, but it says something real about a family business that has had to change with the times in order to still be standing after this long.From the Showroom Floor to Social MediaThe video draws a clear line between two generations working side by side right now. Michael is on the floor of the Northfield showroom, talking with customers and running the store day to day. Dan, his nephew, is building the store's presence online. Michael calls it one of the real pleasures of being in a family business this old: getting to hand pieces of it to the next generation and watch them make it their own, even when that means a completely different kind of work than the business has done before.What This Means for Shoppers in South JerseyNone of this is a sales pitch inside the video itself, but it's the kind of thing shoppers across South Jersey and the Shore ask about when they're deciding where to buy furniture: who actually owns this place, and how long have they been around. The answer here is straightforward. Kensington Furniture is still owned and run by the family that started it, five generations in, with the current generation showing up both in the Northfield showroom and on the store's social media channels. Key takeaways Kensington Furniture is now run by the fifth generation of the same family. Michael, who appears in the video, works day to day in the Northfield showroom. The business is 114 years old, tracing back to Michael's father Stanley and Stanley's grandfather. Michael's nephew Dan represents the newest generation and handles the store's social media. Michael describes passing the business to the next generation as one of the real pleasures of family ownership. Questions people ask How many generations has Kensington Furniture been family-owned? Five generations, according to Michael in the video, who traces the family line from his father Stanley's grandfather down to his own nephew Dan. How old is Kensington Furniture? The video states the business is 114 years old. Who runs Kensington Furniture today? Michael works inside the Northfield showroom, while his nephew Dan handles the store's social media. Is Kensington Furniture still family-run? Yes. The video is built around the fact that it remains a family business five generations in.
