EXHIBIT 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS We consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated December 9, 1998 relating to the financial statements of Olympic Cascade Financial Corporation as of September 25, 1998 and for the year then ended. Feldman Sherb Ehrlich & Co., P.C. Certified Public Accountants February 12, 1999 New York, New York