no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2012 sunnyland patio furniture type private industry furniture outdoor founded 1970 headquarters dallas tx usa key people david schweig president website www.sunnylandfurniture.com sunnyland patio furniture co. is a middle to upper end outdoor casual furniture company with headquarters in dallas texas . it has been voted 1 outdoor furniture store in the usa and received the prestigious apollo award on numerous occasions . 1 sunnyland carries many high end brands of outdoor and patio furniture in their 35 000 square foot 3 300 m2 showroom . sunnyland is also the winner of the 2015 governor s small business award awarded by texas governor greg abbott s office for the corporate social responsibility category . 2 contents 1 history 2 world s largest patio chair 3 governor s small business award 4 references 5 external links history edit sunnyland started as an indoor furniture store many years ago and became a casual furniture store back in the 1970s . 3 in the 1980s sunnyland added baby and children s furniture in addition to outdoor furnishings . in 1990 the reconstruction of central expressway forced sunnyland to find a new location . sunnyland moved to the northwest corner of spring valley and coit road in 1991 . in the mid 1990s sunnyland sold off its children s furniture business and expanded with an on site clearance center . in 2003 sunnyland added a new 10 000 showroom to its existing space and moved its distribution center on site right behind the store . world s largest patio chair edit sunnyland furniture is home to the world s largest aluminum outdoor patio chair . 4 this chair is a replica of a tamiami chair by brown jordan and has been at sunnyland on display for nearly 20 years . people come by from all over to get their picture taken in the chair and it has been featured in advocate magazine wfaa tv and flash news wire . the chair has also been cited as one of the reasons why dallas fort worth is the 38th craziest city in the united states . 5 governor s small business award edit in 2015 sunnyland received the small business award for corporate social responsibility as chosen by texas gov. greg abbott s small business forum . the award is presented by the governor s office to a company that has demonstrated a positive impact on society contributing to the social or environmental well being of the community . it recognized their helping hands committee which has organized events such as food and toy drives in the winter partnering with organizations such as carter bloodcare the north texas food bank and collin county humane society . references edit 1 2 http www.sunnylandfurniture.com info history.htm http www.roadsideamerica.com tip 21179 3 external links edit sunnyland official page roadside america world s largest patio chair retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sunnyland furniture & oldid 743419578 categories furniture retailers of the united statesamerican companies established in 1970companies based in dallashidden categories orphaned articles from march 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view