Did you know Toms-Price carries over thirty furniture brands that are crafted right here in the United States? During our American Craftsman Sale we are featuring these well-built, durable furniture selections at our stores in Lincolnshire, Wheaton, Skokie at Old Orchard and South Barrington at the Arboretum. Toms-Price has, in the recent past, been awarded [ read more… ]
For all of you NEW traditionalists – celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with the Brits this weekend! Here is Chelsea Club, from Century Furniture, inspired by the rich history of English hunt clubs. It has both the grandeur and ease which epitomize the country house lifestyle. The Queen, at 86, has been on the throne [ read more… ]
Century Furniture has a new line called Milan that follows the natural direction found in Nakashima’s work (see below). Century describes it this way: “As environmental consciousness grows, furniture design has also become more organic. Century, with a lot of help from Mother Nature, follows this natural direction to create Milan an eclectic collection featuring [ read more… ]
Leaves are a favorite design on fabrics, with their rich colors and graceful shapes. These photos are all of fabrics from Wesley Hall and I’m pretty sure you’ll find them in Chicagoland only at Toms-Price. They would really make a room glow this season, or any season, wouldn’t they? Leaves can be embossed on leathers [ read more… ]
So where are we now? It’s always easier to look back and summarize than to figure out the present, but I get the feeling we’re in a kind of stylistic holding pattern. If there is a single unifying theme out there, it’s hiding itself well. Style expresses who we want to be as well as [ read more… ]
I’m going to continue talking about the process of establishing your style direction. You may want to scroll back and read or reread the last few posts. Another thing that will help you is a lot of looking. Magazines, internet, showcase home tours and stores all present opportunities for you to learn your style preferences. [ read more… ]
I’ve been out of art school for many years, but this weekend I got an education. From the kids. You might think that chaperoning forty six high school choir kids on retreat would be chaotic and tiring, and it was; but it was also inspiring in a way that I had not anticipated. Somehow, the [ read more… ]
From our own little corner of this industry called “home furnishings”, we can size up a progression down the road that led us here. Our challenge has been to adapt to current expectations trained to instantaneous gratification and ever increasing percentages off the price. But fine furniture isn’t like technology. It can’t materialize in an [ read more… ]
