Q: I am looking to redo my dining room. Can you guide me with today’s styles and dining room trends? A: Absolutely. Thanks to the plethora of home decorating internet sites and TV shows, we are exposed to so much information that it can be difficult to sift through all the choices. But I’ve simplified [ read more… ]
Q: Can you tell me how to mix patterns and prints when designing my new room? A: Sure. Here are some tips for mixing patterns: 1. Choose three or more patterns for one room, typically you would use up to 5 fabrics or patterns. Odd numbers are better. They’re more pleasing to the [ read more… ]
Q: What do I do when my spouse’s decorating ideas differ from mine? Can we create a beautiful space without getting a divorce!? A: It may seem like you are born on different planets when it comes to decorating, but really, you two can come together! The solution is to marry your ideas so you [ read more… ]
The chair that was originally created for the Dalai Lama’s appearances is now available in a limited edition series from Stickley Furniture. You can see (and sit!) in this handsome “Limited Anniversary Edition Eastwood Chair” at our Wheaton location. It’s a wider, deeper version of the Stickley Eastwood Chair. History of the Chair The chair [ read more… ]
Shelley Schneider, a Toms-Price designer in our So. Barrington store at the Aboretum, clues us in on a few wine storage ideas in the “Ask Our Designers” series. Q: I’m interested in uncorking some wine storage ideas. Can you help? A: Yes, I can! Whether you’re a true wine connoisseur or a budding wine enthusiast, [ read more… ]
Toms-Price was recognized in 2014 as the world’s largest Stickley dealer at an annual gathering of Stickley retailers. Toms-Price has been a Stickley retailer since 1985, and this is the second time such an honor has been awarded to the store. Since the reissue of the historic Mission Oak and Cherry Collection in 1989, Stickley [ read more… ]
We are sad to say that our really fun youth furniture line, Young America, is soon to be history. The factory in Robbinsville, N.C., is closing. You can read more about it in this article in Furniture Today, an industry trade publication. We have enjoyed their colorful, all American-made furniture over the years. The good [ read more… ]
Congratulations to our own Bonnie Williams! Bonnie won the Grand Prize in the national American Leather Comfort Recliner Sales Contest. She is an interior designer at Toms-Price in Skokie at Old Orchard Center. Within a given amount of time, Bonnie Williams sold more American Leather recliners than any other sales associate in any furniture store [ read more… ]
Join us for a summertime arts sampler with live music and refreshments! The Wheaton College Artist Series, in partnership with Toms-Price and Prairie Path Books, invites you to join us on Tuesday, July 22, at Toms-Price in Wheaton for a summertime Arts Sampler with live music and refreshments. Representatives of the Artist Series and Prairie [ read more… ]
