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New Birth

Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

Every year at this time our stores go through a transformation. Furniture arrives sporting new trendy fabrics and fresh colors, and little by little, week by week, the store begins a metamorphosis before our very eyes. I like to think of it in terms of that old Hans Christian Anderson tale of the ugly duckling [ read more… ]


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Time to Reflect

Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

As we prepare to leave 2007 behind, and our curiosity becomes peaked at what 2008 might have in store for us, it is a time to reflect on where we’ve been and where we want to go. Every year we start out with the best of intentions and strive to “do” better or “be” better, [ read more… ]


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All is Calm, All is Bright

Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

I’m going to sign off for the holiday now. Here’s wishing all of you a beautiful and inspired season wherever you are. Thinking about home makes me wonder about those who don’t have one at the moment. If you are inclined to give this Christmas, here are a few good places to help around the [ read more… ]


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Comfort and Joy

Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

When we renovate or decorate to bring out the qualities we’d like to have surrounding us at home, it’s kind of like Christmas. It’s about looking forward to the wonder of exquisite things about to happen; making an extra special place for someone; giving gifts of comfort and joy; adding more light and sparkle to [ read more… ]


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Putting It Back Together

Posted on December 20th, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

Most furniture stores slow down dramatically at the end of the year as shoppers flock to malls and specialty stores for holiday gift buying. For us, the remainder of December will be a whirlwind of outgoing deliveries and incoming furniture and accessories, as we work to put Humpty back together again for a new year [ read more… ]


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Decking the Hall…for the Very Small

Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

What would holiday’s be like without children? The word “Christmas” has always evoked in me a sense of home and family. That’s really what holidays are all about. Whether your children are young, in their teens, or are married with children of their own, holidays have always meant spending time surrounded with the people that [ read more… ]


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Cultivating Creativity

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

Each of my children had their own little tree in their rooms. It was theirs to decorate as they wished. When they were very young, I would help them and we would make ornaments for it out of cardboard and Styrofoam. These would be decorated with beans and macaroni that was glued in place and [ read more… ]


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Design Calling

Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

I used to teach second grade and knew I had picked the wrong profession when I took more delight in decorating the bulletin boards in my class room then teaching my second graders weights and measures. Eventually they learned how many cups in a pint and how many pints in a quart, but not until [ read more… ]


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Giving Memories

Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

Something that you new grandma’s or grandma’s-to-be can do, is every year give your grandchild an ornament that has some significance to the child’s age or current interest. I usually write the date on the back of it. By the time that grandchild is married, think of all the wonderful ornaments and memories that he [ read more… ]


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Guest Blogger – Part 1

Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Toms Price Home.

I’m an interior designer at Toms-Price, filling in for our regular blogger who is a display designer in our stores and VERY busy at the moment. I’ll be sharing some ideas about decorating for children. They so look forward to the holidays and getting them involved in it, and the planning, can have special meaning [ read more… ]


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