About Great Blue Heron
Mathew Tammen’s father, Fred Tammen, started the business in 1991 selling Navajo rugs and blankets based on Judy Tammen’s love for the style of the southwest and her vision of a home furnishings business serving that market. The business evolved quickly into making simple upholstered furniture in the barn at the Tammen’s property. Great Blue Heron grew slowly for the first several years and then Mathew bought our first furniture factory out of bankruptcy in 2014.
After a lot of re-tooling and training we started growing quickly and producing consistent, high quality upholstery staying true to the original vision brought forth by Mathew’s parents a decade before.
Today, our passion and core competency is still high quality upholstery in Americana styles from southwest to mountain modern, where we continue to design and build the finest quality luxury western leather and cowhide bespoke furniture at our factory in Texas. We use only the highest quality and most unique full grain leathers and exotic brindles from around the world in our upholstery.
Great Blue Heron’s designers will take the time to understand your vision and providehelp guiding you to the perfect pieces for your space — whether it’s a single statement chair or a fully furnished ranch or lodge, Mathew and his teammembers are there everystep of the way.
We invite you to shop our inventory of designs, or let us customize any type of furniture from western to contemporary style uniquely built just for you.
Learn more about our custom furniture manufacturing process by clicking HERE, or book an appointment to visit us in person by clicking HERE!
