Click to see the Melange Home Furniture Collection Giveaway – By Hooker Furniture. Enter to win the Grand Prize of your favorite Melange Collection piece in the national sweepstakes! There are over 150 pieces to choose from in this fabulous collection.
South Barrington Toms-Price Interior Designer, Kathleen Newhouse, allied ASID, shares her Design Cues today. 1-Start with One Great Piece of Furniture This can apply to any room in the house but often it is the one where people eat and drink. That’s right, the holidays are coming and we want to make them as comfortable [ read more… ]
Just arriving on the dock this morning I spied the beguiling España Bunching Chest in all its turquoise glory! It was designed by Dorothy Draper who received an invitation from the government of Spain to bring attention to Spanish design throughout the international marketplace. You can order this swanky piece of furniture in many different [ read more… ]
Great news everyone! Our huge furniture and rug Warehouse Sale has been extended through September 30. Talk about instant gratification – you can take the furniture you love home with you immediately. And there are plenty of choices, too. The rug section is especially full of fine handknotted and power-loomed Oriental rugs in modern, traditional [ read more… ]
So many great finds, but they won’t last long! Our Fall Warehouse Sale is going on now at our Bloomingdale location. These photos give you an idea of the great choices, including more rugs than ever before, TV consoles and media cabinets, motion furniture and great accent pieces. We can’t predict what might sell at [ read more… ]
Where will this color take you – to the South Seas, the rain forest or the Land of Oz? All of the above, since it is a color of many moods, adding both excitement and comfort. You’ll find abundant variations to tailor this hue to your own taste. You can add a brilliant burst of [ read more… ]
Toms-Price interior designers love high quality Benjamin Moore paints. This is their 130th year in business! Yesterday, representatives of the company were at Toms-Price Furniture informing our designers about how to choose the right paint for their clients. They presented new types of paint and gave out all the goodies we love – swatch books, [ read more… ]
Over the weekend I got brave, encouraged by an eleven year old, to pick up the yellow-green fruits from our Black Walnut tree for the first time in 19 years since we’ve lived on this property. The tree was producing its lime-like nut enclosures all along but I never paid them any attention. After a [ read more… ]
Out on the Illinois prairie the luscious berries are ripening. It’s that point in summer when vines leap and branches droop, heavy with fruit. I ride my bike along the Prairie Path through Glen Ellyn and Wheaton and mulberries squish in purple splotches underneath my tires. It’s worth it to stop and pick a few [ read more… ]
You are invited to our free event this Thursday, July 18, at our Wheaton store! Event Details THE SIGHTS – 2013 Trend Room Displays THE SOUNDS – Samplings of Summer Sounds by Local Musicians Enjoy live music & light refreshments, at our Wheaton store. DATE: Thursday, July 18, 2013 TIME: Between 4 p.m. and 8 [ read more… ]