Having just furnished the model condo shown below, now we will be dressing up a place in the newly-renovated historic courthouse building. If you look out this window, above the stuff, you can see the old courthouse clocktower across the railroad tracks from our Wheaton store — that’s where we are headed. The Wheaton Center [ read more… ]
On Saturday, Oct. 6, in support of Pleasant Home Foundation’s “Beautiful Bungalows: A Celebration in Oak Park”, we will be giving a seminar. I know this information is kind of last minute, but it would be great to see everyone there. Also on Sunday, Oct. 7, there will be docent-led tours of six Oak Park [ read more… ]
At the Toms-Price Wheaton store we’re about to begin renovating an older section just in time for our hundredth anniversary. Like a new kitchen or bath remodel, it will cause people to adjust their routines and tolerate the noise and obstacles that will come with it; but no one doubts that in the end it [ read more… ]
Labor Day weekend…sigh. A few more summer-inspired places before we tumble into fall.
Was there anything that got you more excited as a kid than the fourth of July fireworks? Years later it’s still a thrill to look up at the exploding sky and realize that, at that very same moment, millions of people in four different time zones are doing exactly the same thing and feeling exactly [ read more… ]
Ordering custom upholstery can be a daunting process for the uninitiated. Many companies will give you a choice of arm style, skirt style, length and cushion type, all on the same piece; but perhaps nothing will affect the long-term satisfaction with your new sofa or chair as much as the appropriate choice of fabric. There’s [ read more… ]
