Mel Pomroy started Kahului Carpet & Drapery with his own hands in January 1973. His daughter Michele is Vice President today, with the next generation working in the business alongside her. Generations of the same family — same values.
Mel Pomroy was 25 when he flew over from Oahu and landed on Maui in 1971. Cane fields from the mountains to the harbor. Trade winds off the channel. A small community where a handshake still meant something. He fell hard for the Valley Isle and never left. Two years later, in January 1973, he opened Kahului Carpet & Drapery. Built it by hand — one job, one handshake at a time. Pride. Service. Aloha.
Fifty years of Maui homes, hotels, schools, and government buildings. His daughter Michele Pomroy Fraser is Vice President. She grew up in this business and runs it the same way her father did: pick up the phone, show up on time, do the work right. The next generation of the family works here too. Generations of the same family — still at it.
Today Kahului Carpet & Drapery is licensed across every Hawaiian island, operating under DBA Olona Building Solutions. Flooring and window coverings on O'ahu, Maui, Hawai'i Island, Kaua'i, Moloka'i, and Lāna'i. The showroom is in the Old Kahului Shopping Center — a place the Pomroy family has deep roots in. Some things don't need to change.
Hawaii Contractor License: AC-13379 | C-7 | C-21 | C-51
DBA: Olona Building Solutions
E komo mai — Welcome.
We're glad you're here.
The Pomroy family built Kahului Carpet & Drapery, but it runs on people who've been here for years. Both Mike and Marilyn joined the team in 2007 — and they're a big part of why customers keep coming back.
Sales — Flooring & Window Coverings
With us since 2007Mike is our go-to expert on every type of flooring and window covering we carry. Helpful, knowledgeable, and reliable, he'll walk you through the options, explain what actually holds up in Hawaii's climate, and help you land on the right product for your space and budget — no pressure, just straight answers.
Receptionist & Customer Care
With us since 2007Marilyn is the warm voice on the phone and the first friendly face in the showroom. She knows the business inside and out, and there's no one better at pointing you in the right direction — getting your questions to the right person and making sure nothing falls through the cracks.
E mālama —
Take care of the places
you call home.
Kahului Carpet & Drapery grew up alongside Maui. Here's a little of what we remember.
Long before Kahului Carpet & Drapery moved here, the Pomroy family already had roots in this place. Ah Fook's Supermarket — a Kahului institution founded by Chinese immigrant Tam Ah Fook — had anchored the center for generations. By the time the company moved in, it felt less like arriving and more like coming home.
In 1971, Mel stepped off a plane from Oahu into plantation Maui. The HC&S cane fields ran from the mountains to the harbor. Kahului was small and tight-knit — everybody knew everybody, and a handshake meant something. Mel felt it the moment he arrived. He never left.
The Kahului Railroad hauled sugarcane from the fields to the harbor for decades — the lifeblood of plantation Maui. By 1973, it was already history. But the work ethic it carried wasn't. Show up. Do the work. Take care of your neighbors. That's the same ethic Mel brought to every floor he ever laid — and that we still bring today.
January 1973. Mel opened with a simple promise: do good work, treat people right, bring aloha to every job. Maui was growing fast — new homes going up across Central Maui, young families putting down roots. And Mel was right there, down on his hands and knees, making sure their floors were something to be proud of. Fifty years later, that's still the promise.
Come see us at the Old Kahului Shopping Center, or just call. We answer the phone. We return messages. That's been true since 1973.
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