When winter settles in and temperatures plunge, embrace Nordic style! Hibernate in fur, faux fur, wool and sheepskin. Clarify your senses with glass and stone. Simplify your environment with modern shapes and uncluttered spaces. Then, when the polar vortex threatens, you can warm your thoughts with hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”), a Nordic spirit of coziness and [ read more… ]
Welcome to 2019! A new year means exciting, new design trends. It’s always fun to discover what’s hot in home design, especially when you’re thinking about updating your home or designing a new one. Why should you want to know what the latest trends are? Not because you must embrace each and every one that [ read more… ]
Can you identify with one of these generational situations? If so, take heart! Our designers work with people all the time who are experiencing small or large life changes. Your home should adapt to your needs and we are here to help. Beyond college furniture Q: Hand-me-down furniture worked for me when I just got [ read more… ]
When you snuggle in on January 3rd to watch the first episode of Downton Abbey’s sixth season – the denouement – Toms-Price will be there! We are excited to be involved in sponsoring the final season of Downton-Abbey. That’s right, we can identify with the acclaimed, totally addictive TV series on PBS channel 11, WTTW. [ read more… ]
Chicago’s own bedding and accessory maker, the fantastic Eastern Accents, makes traditional to contemporary styles, as well as Italian fine linens and luxury throw pillows. Their beautiful linens may be ordered here at Toms-Price including designer pillows, duvet covers, bed skirts and comforters. Today, Toms-Price in Wheaton welcomed our representative Lydia Pomey, shown seated, to [ read more… ]
Take a look at this incredibly well-made Stickley bedroom, now showing at all Toms-Price stores. When you try out the drawers you will understand what “well-made” really means! They all have side-hung and center-guided drawers to keep them from skewing sideways and to assure effortless gliding. These solid cherry bedroom pieces have gracefully curved serpentine [ read more… ]
These trunks let you travel as far as your imagination will take you – and never leave your chair! This East Cove Trunk, from Tommy Bahama Island Estate, has a printed map interior. You could cover a wall with fabric or create the travel mood on pillows or upholstery with these great new map [ read more… ]
These circle end tables or the Victorian bed would add a sculptural quality to an interior — something I admire in certain furniture. They are by Annie Selke for Vanguard.
Sometimes I wonder if we don’t pursue this decorating thing all backwards. We start with the big things first — the sofas, the cabinets, the beds; and only then are the smaller things, the accents and accessories that make the space our own, paid attention to. What if we started with the personal and the [ read more… ]
