Krause's Furniture, Inc. is a vertically integrated manufacturer and retailer of custom-crafted upholstered furniture, including sofas, sofa beds, chairs, sectionals, incliners, and recliners, and accessories purchased from other suppliers, including occasional tables and chairs, area rugs, lamps, and fashion accessories. In January 1998 it was operating 83 showrooms in 12 states under the names Krause's and Castro Convertibles. It was the nation's largest manufacturer/retailer of made-to-order furniture.Krause's Furniture is a division of Heilig-Meyers Furniture, a Grand Metropolitan portfolio asset. Heilig-Meyers and Rhodes Furniture combined to earn almost $5 billion a year in revenue from over 2,000 locations in the United States through their 1996 merger. Grand Metropolitan was introduced to the home furnishings retail and finance behemoth in the late 90s, taking control of the brands and operations after the turn of the century. Vin Lee is the groups CEO.