It’s time to rejoice Retail Stars! Home Accents Today‘s annual function celebrates unbiased house décor retailers who excel in making local business work. This has by no means been a simple process, however in a very difficult enterprise local weather just like the one we’re experiencing in 2025, they’re shining examples of what’s doable.
Retailers are listed in alphabetical order. This isn’t a rating and there was no price to be included. Dwelling Accents Right this moment editors compiled this record with some enter from trade observers.
ABC Carpet & Dwelling, New York and Greenwich, Conn.
ABC Carpet & House is an iconic luxurious house design retailer with two locations, one in New York and a newly opened retailer in Greenwich, Conn.
The retailer began within the late nineteenth century as a push-cart enterprise promoting carpets and has developed to supply a various assortment of artisan décor, rugs, furnishings items and residential collections from across the globe.
With the opening of the brand new retailer in Connecticut, ABC goals to extend model consciousness, interact the native design neighborhood, and increase its presence past the flagship retailer in Manhattan. There’s additionally an ABC outlet in Brooklyn.
After rising from chapter a number of years in the past, ABC Carpet & Dwelling has additionally drastically elevated its e-commerce commerce and invested in new know-how starting from quick-ship carpet customization to view-in-room options to 3-D shade and fabric renderings for upholstery.
The corporate additionally plans to increase its retail presence in some unspecified time in the future by coming into the Los Angeles and Miami markets. — Anne Flynn Put on
Agoura Vintage Mart, Agoura Hills, Calif.
The Agoura Vintage Mart, primarily based in Agoura Hills, Calif, is a classic market that features greater than 40 distinctive distributors. Eighty-three % of the gross sales from the Agoura Vintage Mart come from equipment, which is its focus, based on Strategic Insights analysis. The mart expanded the 9,000 square-foot retailer to 11,300 sq. ft final summer time. Every sales space affords detailed shows that includes an eclectic mixture of classic furnishings, subtle industrial parts, architectural parts, lighting and textiles, in addition to a broad choice of one-of-a-kind equipment for the house and backyard. Merchandise adjustments on a weekly foundation, which permits the mart to supply real perception into the most recent traits. The Agoura Vintage Mart is a ‘one-stop store,’ mixing influences from American primitives and rural European, to informal home furnishings. The retailer’s vignettes are displayed alongside fashionable house décor and tabletop. We consider mixing previous and new offers our prospects with an enormous choice of concepts and inspiration. —AFW
Alcott and Bentley, Louisville, Ky.
An establishment in Louisville, Ky. since 1979, Alcott & Bentley, owned by John and Allyson Mokhtarei, took the chance to rebuild a memorable showroom full with lighting, house accents and décor after the unique retailer burned to the bottom in 2006. Situated in Louisville’s historic Highlands purchasing district, the Mokhtareis stated they do enterprise “the old style method” by incomes the belief and respect of their prospects and cultivating relationships that final a lifetime. Though Louisville’s buyer base leans towards a standard design aesthetic, designers right here say they know the way to push the envelope by recurrently altering out shows and deciding on art work, equipment and accent furnishings to enhance the most recent lighting traits. The corporate’s designers additionally enchantment to present and would-be prospects by way of the showroom weblog, a group of deep dives into latest initiatives and academic articles that showcase the workers’s talent and breadth of trade data. —AFW
Completely Fabulous, Huntington Seaside, Calif.
Completely Fabulous, a repeat Retail Star, one among sister publication Items & Ornamental Equipment’ Gifted Retailers, and the recipient of a number of ARTS Awards, has been in enterprise since 2006 and continues to be going robust. Founder Diane Silverstein was a nurse for 20 years earlier than turning into disabled and unable to try this sort of labor anymore. Someday, on her solution to get her nails finished, she noticed a “for lease” register an empty storefront and three weeks later, she was within the reward and residential décor enterprise, the corporate stated. The shop’s house and backyard assortment reveal a way of fine enjoyable and humor: celebratory objects marked with cheeky sentiments, loads of kitchen and eating items for house leisure, and many presents for weddings, anniversaries and engagements. The shop can also be well-known for its eye-catching window shows. “Our visible shows within the home windows have induced two fender benders within the automobile park, they’re that good,” Silverstein advised GDA a number of years in the past. – Allison Zisko
Canteen Way of life & Design, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
The founders of Canteen Way of life & Design, situated in Thousand Oaks, Calif., say their enterprise embodies the fervour of doing what they love for folks they like to work with. Combining house furnishings retail with inside designs providers, Canteen leans into its southern California design aesthetic, taking a life-style method to house décor with such classes as Discovered, Kitchen and Eating, Way of life, Textiles and Dwelling Accents. On the design facet, Canteen’s focus is creating significant areas that mirror its shoppers’ personalities, however with a definite stamp.
With a brick-and-mortar and digital retail presence, Canteen has been in a position to increase its aesthetic past its California roots. The retailer’s profitable method has been honored with an ARTS nomination for Dwelling Accents Retailer — West. — Diane Falvey
Christopher Todd Design, Nashville, Tenn.
Christopher Todd, the founding father of Christopher Todd, relocated his retail retailer from Las Vegas to Nashville in 2024. The inside designer nonetheless has a design workplace in Las Vegas, and he splits his time between the 2 cities. Christopher Todd Nashville had been a thought for a very long time, and when Christopher Todd has a thought for too lengthy, it in all probability will get finished, the designer stated on Instagram when he introduced the brand new retailer opening.
The shop is greater than only a design enterprise; it’s an extension of Christopher Todd’s private values and affords tub and physique, house fragrances, vacation, floral design and males’s merchandise. It additionally has an intensive on-line presence. —Lauren Roses
calls “one of many jewels of the US.”
Clive Daniel Dwelling, Florida
With residential and industrial design providers and 4 retail showroom areas all through Florida — Naples, Fort Myers, Sarasota and Boca Raton — Clive Daniel Dwelling covers all bases with luxurious house furnishings showrooms and inside design providers. The multi-pronged firm has been lauded for its work, which is each “modern and measurable,” with a number of inside design and retail ARTS awards.
Along with its ongoing success in its core companies, Clive Daniel is happy to announce the launch of Clive Daniel Dwelling Automation powered by Daisy this month. This new initiative marks the designer/retailer’s dedication to turning into a one-stop store for all its consumer wants — from inspiration to set up. The brand new franchise partnership with Daisy permits Clive Daniel to seamlessly combine good house options into its luxurious design choices, making certain shoppers take pleasure in each model and fashionable comfort of their dwelling areas. —DF
Coco & Sprint, Dallas
Coco & Sprint, the Dallas-based retailer run by the delightfully irrepressible mother-daughter design staff of Teddie Garrigan and Courtney Garrigan, added to its lengthy record of accomplishments the opening of a wholesale enterprise in January. Its 4,000 square-foot showroom on the Dallas Market Heart is an open-daily vacation spot for designers and different trade professionals who wish to faucet into Coco & Sprint’s timeless design model combined with panache. Its product lineup consists of its personal pillows in addition to items from companions comparable to Thibault, Schumacher and Pooky Lighting, with extra partnerships deliberate for this summer time. The colourful new house consists of an attention grabbing and crowd-drawing tented space within the center for occasions like trunk exhibits and e book signings. Not identified for resting, the Garrigans additionally host retail panel discussions with and for trade friends through the semi-annual Whole Dwelling & Reward Present in Dallas. Coco & Sprint is a a number of retail ARTS Award winner. – AZ
Dominion Lighting, Arlington, Va.
Dominion Lighting, with its flagship retailer in Arlington, Va., has undergone fairly the transformation previously 5 years. The lighting retailer, which has a second location in Chantilly, Va., has up to date its retailer merchandising and method, streamlining choice and including know-how to facilitate buyer engagement and training. Along with stellar buyer expertise, Dominion helps native artists, in addition to offering social house for occasions. The pre-COVID adjustments made to the Arlington location have been prolonged to Chantilly a number of years in the past, garnering Dominion a number of awards. The corporate has gained a number of Lightovation Showroom of the Yr Awards in addition to an ARTS award for lighting retail in 2024.
Because the retailer has not too long ago grow to be a division of Border State, the skilled workers proceed to pivot towards a service-based mannequin, providing fee-based enhanced design session, documentation and visualization instruments. Dominion Lighting is forward of the curve because it focuses on its goal to promote partnership, inspiration and belief slightly than simply product. —DF
Divano Designs, Columbia, Md.
Divano Designs, in Columbia, Md, isn’t your typical furnishings retailer. Established in 2009, homeowners Nittoo and Ginny Signh’s method to house furnishings retail had been so profitable, Divano doubled its house to nearly 20,000 sq. ft inside its first years of enterprise.
In line with the Signhs, Divano doesn’t simply promote furnishings; it builds relationships. “Relationships are extra vital than gross sales,” the corporate stated. The retailer has a ardour for nice design in addition to a dedication to providing accessible furnishings at costs inside attain. With an eclectic mixture of distinctive furnishings that embody a number of kinds and classes, Divano Designs can customise a lot of what it affords to swimsuit dimension and shade preferences, additional cementing these all-important relationships.
Divano retains its choices recent with incessantly up to date product and merchandising, permitting it to be a always evolving accomplice for its prospects’ house initiatives. —DF
D’Amore Interiors, Denver
Frank and Marilyn D’Amore started their retail and design journey in 1980 promoting handcrafted bedding and pillows in Florida. After the beginning of their daughter, who’s now in enterprise with them, they visited after which moved to Colorado. In 2013, D’Amore bought its personal constructing within the Denver Design District the place it continues to serve the house furnishings and design wants of its clientele. By the years, the corporate has grown its showroom and consumer base by way of a ardour for furnishings and design. This household affair has confirmed profitable for the D’Amores, with Marilyn and daughter Gina receiving accolades for his or her design aesthetic by way of journal articles and awards, together with a number of NKBA Design Competitors Awards and an ARTS Award nomination for furnishings retailer, single location.
D’Amore is understood for its means to deal with design initiatives massive and small, in addition to delivering a complete and fantastically merchandised retail showroom in Denver’s Design District. —DF
Duo Dwelling, Springfield, Ohio
Duo Dwelling, a boutique retailer that focuses on house manufacturers not sometimes present in Ohio, is an outgrowth of a to-the-trade art manufacturing firm referred to as Itinerant Studio. In 2014, it bought its constructing, a greater than 100-year-old warehouse-style constructing in downtown Springfield, the place it maintains its artwork studio on the principle flooring and painstakingly refinished the second flooring for Duo Dwelling. It carries manufacturers comparable to Norwalk Furniture, Skovby, American Leather-based and Crimson Egg whereas in tabletop it carries Opinel, Peugeot, Guzzini and Nordic Ware. This 12 months, co-owner Vicki Rulli stated she plans so as to add extra tabletop, desk linens and cookware. In January, the shop started internet hosting a month-to-month Annex Get together with an open bar, appetizers and a “tremendous cool NYC loft vibe.” This month it’s partnering with a neighborhood distillery for a tasting get together. The shop can also be internet hosting a fundraiser for the native nonprofit theater and continues to work on different occasion concepts and collaborations. – AZ
Dwell Dwelling Furnishings & Inside Design, Coralville, Iowa
A one-stop store for the residents of Coralville, Iowa, and surrounding areas, Dwell Dwelling Furnishings & Inside Design has made a reputation for itself by specializing in high quality slightly than traits, and comfy luxurious.
With a mixture of furnishings, lighting, décor and inside design providers, this firm has house design coated. Dwell encourages its clientele to make use of all 5 senses when purchasing. Its objective is to supply luxurious, purposeful furnishings that really feel comfy, too. This focus has led to the corporate being a finalist on the 35th Annual ARTS awards, amongst different accolades.
Most not too long ago, Dwell added a fantastically designed kitchen vignette to showcase the timeless model and distinctive craftmanship the corporate delivers. Aligned with different thoughtfully curated areas all through the showroom, the brand new kitchen space highlights the important mixture of perform and wonder, serving to shoppers perceive how they’ll elevate their very own areas. —DF
Elan Studio Lighting, Metairie, La.
Elan Studio Lighting brings its lighting and design experience to Metairie, La., and past with a brick-and-mortar location and on-line retailer, each of which supply an intensive assortment of high quality lighting. The retailer additionally offers specialists who can clarify know-how wants in addition to design significance.
Whereas lighting is that this showroom’s focus, its connection to Elan Design Studio, based by Heather Somers, offers inside design providers, giving this lighting retailer an edge for purchasers seeking to carry skilled design to their properties. Somers’s method to design combines creativity, consideration to element and a deep understanding of her shoppers’ wants, one thing the lighting retailer focuses on as effectively.
With an academic weblog platform designed to assist potential prospects higher perceive lighting and its significance in design, in addition to devoted lighting specialists to increase on that data, Elan Studio Lighting elevates lighting retail and offers a data heart for its clientele. —DF
Embellish Dwelling, Bowling Inexperienced, Ky.
Inside designer Lisa Marshall together with Natalie Hughes, who had a few years of expertise as a retail retailer supervisor and yearned to open a retailer of her personal established Embellish Dwelling in 2016. It’s an inside design studio and residential décor boutique whose assortment consists of distinctive furnishings, rugs, luxurious bedding, artwork and ornamental equipment – one thing for each room of the home. The shop affords in-stock and {custom} choices for all its merchandise. “Not solely do we offer distinctive objects, but additionally a novel private expertise the place prospects really feel proper at home in our showroom … they’ll look, get concepts, store and speak with us in regards to the complexities of constructing a home the house of their goals,” Hughes advised Bowling Inexperienced VIP journal final 12 months. – AZ
Georgia Lighting, Sugarhill, Ga.
Frank Therrien took an opportunity in December 2020 when he opened Georgia Lighting, in Sugarhill, Ga., on the top of the COVID pandemic. The gamble paid off, and Georgia Lighting has greater than doubled its income since opening, has gained two Showroom of the Yr Awards, and has been a finalist within the ARTS Awards.
Honoring the legacy of the unique Georgia Lighting, which closed in 2006, Therrien’s Georgia Lighting focuses on a dynamic ambiance and an intensive choice of lighting and residential furnishings, balancing the most recent design traits with conventional tastes.
In a unbroken effort to wow its clientele, Georgia Lighting pays shut consideration to the way it handles its friends — particularly in-store prospects. Therrien has carried out a three-tier low cost program to drive prospects to higher-margin suppliers — Highlight Producers — by providing low cost ranges, offering vital financial savings to in-store prospects. Therrien can also be working to focus on his showroom’s complete pre-tariff stock to increase financial savings for Georgia Lighting’s buyer base. —DF
Inexperienced Entrance Furnishings, Farmville, Va.
Headquartered in Farmville, Va., Inexperienced Entrance Furnishings is situated on a campus within the metropolis’s historic principal road space and options practically a million sq. ft of showroom house all through 13 renovated tobacco warehouses and revitalized department shops. The retailer has two further areas in Manassas, Va., and Raleigh, N.C. Established in 1968, founder Richard “Dickie” Cralle and Den Cralle, the present president, stated the retailer’s objective is to supply prospects with a “large, but curated and ever-changing choice” of house décor, rugs and furnishings. However the Cralles say Inexperienced Entrance can also be about making an influence in the neighborhood. All through the years, Inexperienced Entrance has partnered with organizations such because the St. Jude Youngsters’s Analysis Hospital, the Richmond and Southside SPCA and the Blanton Home in Richmond, Virginia. As the corporate appears to be like towards the longer term, it has additionally carried out a digital stock and point-of-sale system to enhance buyer expertise and effectivity throughout all three areas. —AFW
Home.ol.o.gy, McKinney, Texas
What do prospects need to say about Home.o.lo.gy in McKinney, Texas? “Arms down the very best furnishings retailer and design in North Texas… no have to go anyplace else.”
Based in 2015 by Ricky Phillips, home.ol.o.gy affords high-end furnishings, {custom} upholstery, house equipment, lighting, {custom} draperies, linens and extra. The house designs showroom additionally affords full-service inside design with award-winning professionals and prides itself on delivering a “artistic journey expertise like no different.”
Home.ol.o.gy curates its house with the highest-quality house furnishings, personally handpicking all objects within the retailer to supply a wide selection of kinds designed to fulfill discerning buyer wants.
That focus to element has been met with approval from prospects (see above) in addition to accolades from the trade, having garnered design awards and nominations at such occasions because the ARTS Awards in Dallas. —DF
Homemakers, Des Moines, Iowa
Homemakers, in Des Moines, Iowa, has a protracted historical past in furnishings retail. Following a household custom of excellence because the Forties, Carl and Ina Merschman opened Homemakers in 1974. In 1985, the Merschmans opened their second location in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines.
Whereas established, Homemakers has not rested on its laurels. Since inception, it has frequently up to date its areas, discovering methods to ship a stellar expertise for its prospects. The Merschmans have expanded warehouses, added cafes, been forerunners on sustainability efforts — Homemakers was the location of one among Iowa’s largest photo voltaic panel installations — and has not too long ago up to date its web site.
Having celebrated its 50th anniversary final 12 months, Homemakers is increasing as soon as once more, breaking floor this 12 months on a brand new retailer in Tiffin, Iowa. This growth will add a 200,000-square-foot house furnishings showroom and create roughly 200 jobs within the area, based on the corporate. —DF
Home and Dwelling, Dover, N.H.
Christina Van Blake is the proprietor of Home and Dwelling, which is predicated in Dover, N.H. and at present has two areas with a 3rd location opening this month. The primary store is referred to as Dwelling and is extra inside design ahead. Van Blake then added Home & Dwelling to incorporate extra ornamental equipment in addition to presents. The third location consists of 9,000 sq. ft of furnishings and décor that features rugs, upholstery, case items, lighting, artwork, botanicals, window therapies and equipment. The shop affords vignettes which have distinct kinds from coastal to city to provincial, and all the pieces in between. All areas additionally host occasions for his or her native communities and not too long ago had a domestically well-known cookbook creator are available in to advertise her newest e book. In addition they host candle making, floral bouquets and calligraphy workshops. Van Blake stated she makes positive the workers is enjoyable, talkative and useful, so whether or not a buyer buys something or not, they’re positive to depart blissful. —AFW
Hunter’s Furnishings, Foley, Ala.
Hunter’s Furnishings, situated in Foley, Ala., options house décor and equipment together with front room, eating room, house workplace and leisure furnishings. Proprietor Malcolm McLean opened Hunter’s in 2009. He stated he solely hires workers who provide “pleasant, low-pressure help in guiding prospects by way of the method of selecting the best furnishings”. The retailer additionally affords distinctive equipment to spherical out the combo and a design heart with educated inside designers to assist shoppers customise their furnishings. Hunter’s Furnishings can also be very concerned in the neighborhood by sponsoring occasions such because the Cardinals within the Courtyard Annual Public sale and Gala, Hoopalooza and the annual Sundown Supper on the Lighthouse. The corporate can also be a member of the native South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce and incessantly hosts Enterprise After Hours and different occasions. —AFW
HW Dwelling, Denver and Fort Collins, Colo.
Colorado-based HW Dwelling prides itself on providing an eclectic mix of house décor and furnishings from around the globe together with many one-of-a-kind items. The corporate began in Boulder, Colo., in 1999 however has now added areas within the Cherry Creek part of Denver and in Fort Collins, Colo. Equipment make up about 18% of whole gross sales for HW Dwelling, based on Strategic Insights analysis. Firm proprietor Ron Werner believes that everybody has their very own distinctive model and so affords a variety of customizable choices together with all kinds of materials and leathers for ottomans, chairs and sofas. The shop additionally has a Make It Mine program, which permits prospects to create personalised chairs and upholstered beds. Whereas HW Dwelling’s up to date furnishings may be considered in-store, all objects on the corporate’s web site can be found for direct delivery. All three areas even have a devoted staff of design consultants who’ve years of experience in inside adorning. —AFW
Inside Illusions, West Hollywood, Calif.
Primarily based in West Hollywood, Calif., Inside Illusions additionally has showrooms in Palm Springs and Palm Desert, an outlet in Cathedral Metropolis, and an indoor/outside showroom, referred to as Exterior Illusions in Rancho Mirage. The corporate, which affords each retail shops and design providers, stated its main aesthetic is derived from the blending of correct stylistic substances and proper proportions to create a uniquely storied design taste that provides hints of recent, up to date, regency, rococo and even natural styling. Proprietor Mike Valles began as a designer and solo proprietor in 1999 and now employs a workers of 20. The Nationwide ART committee has awarded Inside Illusions with its “Greatest in The West” award and Valles is named the go-to enterprise for all of Hollywood, from the set designers to celebrities. Inside Illusions is also referred to as a product outlet and is on each main community record of locations to go to for set design. —AFW
Ivy Cottage, Morrisville, N.C.
Since 1995, Ivy Cottage has been part of the Cary/Morrisville, N.C., neighborhood. The retailer is a small unbiased enterprise that’s dedicated to providing its devoted prospects high quality house furnishings, curated presents and classy ladies’s trend equipment.
Ivy Cottage began as a small family-led reward store and has grown and expanded to a significant reward and residential furnishings useful resource within the Triangle space. Together with its product assortment, Ivy Cottage affords skilled and distinctive design and décor providers. There is no such thing as a hourly cost for these providers at Ivy Cottage, and it takes on shoppers with real looking budgets and time frames with a willingness to be artistic.
Ivy Cottage has gained many awards comparable to Cary Journal’s greatest inside design firm, Cary Journal’s Greatest house décor and furnishings and Cary Journal’s Greatest place to discover a reward. —LR
J&B Dwelling Décor & Items, Elkhart, Ind.
J&B Dwelling Décor & Items is a 1,700 square-foot retailer, situated in Elkhart, Ind., that provides house décor, accent furnishings, connoisseur treats and distinctive objects that always change.
Brad Priest is proprietor and founding father of J&B Dwelling Décor and Items, which was initially often known as Garber’s Inside Design. When he misplaced his husband and accomplice, Jonathan Tuft, in 2021 he took his grief and re-opened the shop, a smaller and extra intimate house décor and reward store, and renamed it J&B Dwelling Décor in honor of Tuft. He credit the neighborhood of Elkhart for supporting him by way of his loss.
J&B Dwelling Décor & Items guests are all the time greeted by Priest’s Austrian Blue Heeler, Miss Piper, together with dance music upon coming into the shop. The retailer additionally hosts non-public purchasing events. —LR
Jes & Grey Residing, Alabama
Alabama-based Jes & Grey Residing is a joint endeavor between Rockford Wholesale (now often known as RW Collective) and Inventory & Commerce, a five-store house furnishings chain within the Southeast. Jes & Grey describes itself on its web site as “way of life design, waterscape impressed … with a recent and salty perspective.” It affords a full assortment of house décor starting from mirrors, wall artwork and ornamental equipment to candles, baskets, tabletop and kitchen objects. Amongst its manufacturers are American Leather-based, Atelier Dwelling, Past Borders, Pom Pom at Dwelling, Threads Republic and its personal model, Jes & Grey. The retailer additionally affords inside design providers and a to-the-trade enterprise. It operates three shops, in Miramar Seaside, Fla., Alexander Metropolis, Ala., and Spanish Fort, Ala. – AZ
Kathy Adams, Dallas
The 23,000-square-foot house furnishings showroom this retailer occupies in north Dallas serves Kathy Adams and her clientele effectively. Providing a full assortment of house furnishings in addition to inside design providers, Adams’ prospects know the place to go for trendy, timeless furnishings and cultivated interiors that displays their aesthetic.
Kathy Adams showcases a few of the most revered furnishings and residential décor manufacturers within the trade, designed to supply {custom} choices for her inside design and retail shoppers.
Merchandising that showcases room settings right down to the final element and a strong social media presence maintain Kathy Adams prospects within the loop. With greater than 30 years in enterprise, the trade has rewarded Kathy Adams with an ARTS Award in 2024 and a number of other nominations, proving this inside designer/retailer has gotten the system appropriate for delighting her buyer base. —DF
Kenneth Ludwig Chicago, Chicago
Kenneth Ludwig isn’t one to relaxation on his laurels. The repeat Retail Star and a number of ARTS Award honoree continues to hunt out new partnerships and alternatives for his Kenneth Ludwig Chicago retailer and to-the-trade-showroom. Two years in the past, Ludwig moved his retailer one block west to a two-story house that allowed it to separate its commerce division from retail.
Final 12 months, Ludwig launched a group of classic furnishings and equipment from Le Cochon Royal, an antiques enterprise owned by longtime buddy and Howard Elliott product designer, Jody Ossman. Ludwig has additionally managed a strong Chairish account for greater than 10 years with greater than 2,000 merchandise that drop ship from distributors. He’s an lively member of ART and takes time to present again to his Chicago neighborhood with occasions like pet adoption days. -AZ
Lee Douglas Interiors, Omaha and Lincoln, Neb.
“Distinctive house design ought to create a sense. It ought to let you know one thing about the one that inhabits the house.” Design is private based on Lee Douglas Interiors. That sentiment has confirmed profitable for the inside design agency/house furnishings showroom, which has two Nebraska areas — Omaha and Lincoln.
Taking over initiatives from new builds to remodels and merchandising its showrooms to assist shoppers envision the corporate’s aesthetic has helped Lee Douglas Interiors to encourage its shoppers in addition to its friends. The retailer gained the ARTS Award for Furnishings Retailer, a number of areas, this previous January.
Lee Douglas fastidiously selects its educated workers to make sure initiatives and purchases are seamless for its shoppers. Co-founder Lorele (Laura ‘Lee’) Lesoing credit her workers for the corporate’s success. Along with her husband, Doug Dittoe, the couple has constructed a design and residential furnishings agency that may proceed to enthtrall its clientele. —DF
Leon and Lulu, Clawson, Mich.
Husband and spouse staff Mary Liz Curtin and Stephen Scannell opened Leon & Lulu in Clawson, Mich., in 2006, rehabbing the historic Ambassador Curler Rink and making it a vacation spot for consumers. The 15,000 square-foot rink affords furnishings, antiques, clothes, presents, books, video games and connoisseur meals in an eclectic atmosphere. Curtain stated Leon & Lulu is severe about distinctive design, fabulous service and enjoyable – however in addition they have a humorousness about all the pieces else. The Clawson Theatre marquee marks the facade, however what’s happening contained in the revamped film palace is a lot extra. In 2016, the couple opened what they name The Present with a full inventory of Michigan merchandise, classic objects, distinctive greeting playing cards and extra house furnishings. That very same 12 months, they added Three Cats Cafe the place small plates and baked items are served on classic china. Detroit Journal has named Leon & Lulu Greatest Furnishings, Reward and Dwelling Décor store a number of occasions over time, and it’s a a number of ARTS Award winner within the retail phase. —AFW
Mild & Day, Frederick and Ellicott Metropolis, Md.
Mild & Day is a domestically owned and operated full-service lighting retail showroom with two areas — Frederick and Ellicott Metropolis, Md. This family-owned retailer has established itself as a frontrunner in lighting design and implementation by specializing in the wants of its prospects. The shop’s representatives are educated and might help in all lighting initiatives, the corporate says. The Frederick retailer opened its doorways in 2008 and following that retailer’s success, the Ellicott Metropolis location was added. Additionally showcasing its success, Mild & Day was honored with an ARTS Award nomination for Lighting Showroom East/Atlantic Area.
Each retail showrooms show merchandise from greater than 60 leaders within the lighting trade, that includes such manufacturers as Hudson Valley, Visible Consolation, Kichler, Artcraft, Hinkley, Hubbardton Forge, Elk Lighting and extra. Mild & Day’s objective is to ship the correct high quality merchandise at reasonably priced costs to its prospects. —DF
Lightopia, Los Angeles and Orange County, Calif.
Lightopia has been a fixture in Southern California since 2006, opening its first showroom in Laguna Seaside, sharing that locale’s appreciation of advantageous artwork, structure and sustainable dwelling. The lighting retailer shortly grew to become concerned in design initiatives all through Orange County and Los Angeles. It added an internet site two years later, increasing its attain. In 2016, Lightopia moved into its present, bigger location within the southern California Deign Heart of Costa Mesa.
This lighting showroom has thrived by assembly its prospects the place they’re and offering the experience wanted for these prospects to unravel their architectural and ornamental lighting wants. The “Concepts” part on its web site, for instance, showcases simply digestible info for all kinds of lighting functions.
Acquired by house décor group Elevated Manufacturers in 2022, Lightopia continues to serve its neighborhood with an exemplary lighting choice. In 2024, the lighting retailer was honored with an ARTS Award for Lighting Showroom within the West. —DF
Lightology, Chicago
Lightology, a standout lighting retailer based in 2001 in Chicago’s design-centric River North neighborhood, has gained a number of awards throughout its tenure, showcasing it as a premier vacation spot for contemporary lighting, industrial lighting and residential décor. With three tales of awe-inspired designs and art work from across the globe, this ever-evolving lighting showroom is designed to serve the specialty wants of architects, designers, contractors, commerce professionals and owners, supported by accredited associates and a lighting studying heart. Encased in glass, the 20,000-square-foot showroom flows round a central atrium and options catwalks full of interactive options and high-end fixtures, creating a novel expertise for its friends.
About these awards … Whereas Lightology’s showroom awards date again to its early days, most not too long ago the lighting retailer has gained consecutive ARTS awards in 2024 and 2025, together with an ASID Design Excellence Award and a number of Showroom of the Yr awards for excellent merchandising. —DF
Magnolia Lighting, Mississippi
Household-owned since 1984, Magnolia Lighting has developed from its begin as a lighting and electrical provide enterprise right into a four-store retailer that spans the northern half of Mississippi and attracts from the Memphis, Tenn., and jap Arkansas markets with its assortment of lighting and residential décor. Lamps and art work are the best-selling classes within the latter. A winner of a 2025 ARTS Award for lighting showrooms within the East/Atlantic area, Magnolia Lighting has constructed its enterprise on new building exercise within the space, but it surely has diversified its assortment and tries to focus on new owners who come for lighting however hopefully return for house accents, based on firm principal Pam Whitfield. – AZ
Megan Molton Design Studio, Charleston, S.C.
Inside designer Megan Molton, the founder and chief artistic officer of Megan Molton Design + Store, is predicated out of Charleston, S.C. In 2022, the Megan Molton store opened its doorways to the Mt. Nice, S.C., neighborhood and has grow to be a vacation spot for native lovers of recent coastal design to buy all the pieces from furnishings, house equipment and extra.
The store’s objective is to be an area for folks to buy but additionally be impressed. The retailer affords equipment, artwork, mirrors, mattress, tub, furnishings, kitchen, lighting, native distributors, pillows, rugs and Molton’s private designs and collaborations. When you can’t make it to the shop in particular person, the retailer affords a digital purchasing concierge with a devoted Megan Molton stylist who will assist discover items to raise any house. —LR
Metro Lighting, St. Louis, Mo.
With near 50 years in enterprise, Metro Lighting started as Metro Electrical Provide, after buying St. Louis Electrical Provide from its authentic homeowners. In 1978, the brand new homeowners bought {an electrical} distributor that additionally housed a 2,500-square-foot lighting showroom, and the corporate grew to become Metro Lighting. From there, development was swift, and by 2011, Metro Lighting had 9 areas within the larger St. Louis, Mo., space, and was successful awards, comparable to Power Star Excellence in Retailing and ARTS Awards.
In 2021, Metro Lighting was offered to Graybar Electrical, holding the lighting retailer firmly rooted in St. Louis, the place the corporate maintains six areas. Metro continues to face out domestically and past with its dedication to the atmosphere, making certain its workers is well-versed in power environment friendly lighting and controls. Because of this, Metro Lighting has been honored with an Power Star Companion of the Yr Award – Local weather Communicator. —DF
Minkology, Asheboro, N.C.
Minkology got here to life in January of 2021 within the coronary heart of downtown Asheboro, N.C., within the historic Cox Lewis constructing. It was acquired by Wendi and her husband Ross Mink who beloved purchasing on the retailer earlier than they took an opportunity on it in 2021.
They rebranded the shop shortly after buying it, and Minkology got here to life. The Minks needed to current themselves as suppliers of something their prospects is perhaps on the lookout for, from furnishings to clothes to house items. To this point, Minkology has continued to increase its manufacturers from Annie Sloan Chalk Paint to Barefoot Goals. The stock is diversified and consists of furnishings, ladies’s objects, clothes and accessories, tub and physique objects and houses items. The shop attracts in guests from throughout North Carolina and cherishes together with native distributors. —LR
Combine it Up Dwelling, Coeur d’Alene, Id.
Combine it Up Dwelling has shortly made a reputation for itself within the coronary heart of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. An offshoot of Combine it Up Reward, its sister retailer that’s simply two blocks away, it affords a full assortment of house décor and is understood for a variety of occasions, from wine tastings to e book signings to artwork reveals.
When it opened in 2023, the retailer went “calmly” into the furnishings enterprise along with intensive house décor, based on proprietor Beth Wealthy. As a result of so lots of its prospects are both vacationers or locals with a number of residences, it grew to become crucial to work with furnishings distributors who might drop ship. It was a very good determination, stated Wealthy, however the retailer, situated within the coronary heart of the downtown district, generated such excessive site visitors that it was onerous to have sufficient one-on-one time to inform the entire furnishings story. So, it poured extra power into house accents that prospects might simply take house with them or ship. It has launched a brand new pillow wall, a throw wall, a big tabletop show and a lighting part. – AZ
Mountain Consolation Furnishings and Design, Frisco, Colo.
Mountain Consolation Furnishings and Design is a domestically owned retailer of distinctive, sustainable and quality-driven mountain-style furnishings in Summit County, Colo. It has further showrooms in Frisco, Colo., and Truckee, Calif., within the Lake Tahoe space. The retailer prides itself on providing curated picks of house décor and furnishings from trusted manufacturers, and distinctive finds which can be unique to its showrooms.
The retailer is dedicated to sourcing sustainable and American made merchandise and supporting native artisans. Its inside design staff is on the market for the whole course of, from the clean canvas to turning the important thing to maneuver in, and affords white-glove supply and elimination choices. – LR
Mustard Seed Market & Dwelling, Blowing Rock, N.C.
Mustard Seed Market & Dwelling acquired its begin in 1992 when its homeowners Robb and Danielle Stewart left their full-time jobs and residential in XXX to maneuver to Blowing Rock, N.C., to begin their first enterprise, a backyard heart referred to as Mustard Seed Market. Thirty years after opening Mustard Seed Market, the couple opened Mustard Seed Dwelling with the assistance of their daughter-in-law, Madeline Stewart, in 2022. It acsells house décor and presents together with furnishings, art work, lighting, houseplants and floral preparations.
The retailer has been voted Greatest Dwelling Décor & Greatest Reward Store in Watauga County for 2023 and gained an ARTS Award in 2024.- LR
The Atelier Dwelling + Design, Winter Park, Fla.
The Atelier Dwelling + Design, based by Christina Marie Kairis, is a premier full-service boutique design agency and luxurious house décor store, primarily based in Winter Park, Fla. Kairis started her design agency journey as Tina Marie Inside Design in 2009, rebranding as Atelier Dwelling & Design when she opened her store on Winter Park’s Designer Row in 2022.
With a give attention to mixing kinds from various areas to provide bespoke and expressive designs, Kairis’s work has been featured in a number of inside design publications. Her house décor retail showroom, with a brick and mortar and on-line presence, offers a various mixture of décor and reward objects that mirror her aesthetic.
The Atelier Dwelling + Design has a number of designers on workers, however maybe her most well-loved worker is Teddy, her VP of “Pup-Lick Relations,” aka her English Cream golden retriever, who affords up some canine consolation. —DF
Shoppe Marché Dwelling, Kennett Sq., Penn.
Situated in Kennett Sq., Penn., Shoppe Marché is alleged to be like visiting a very good buddy’s house — a very good buddy who occurs to have beautiful style. Proprietor Deana Johnson welcomes consumers inside her eclectic however polished, worldly however intimate, aesthetic. The retailer carries an assortment of furnishings, linens, house décor, ladies’s clothes and accessories sourced from across the globe.
Marché now has a design heart and offers designer-only entry to custom-ordered product and inside design providers by way of Deanna Johnson Interiors. —LR
Southernite Interiors, Canton, Ga.
Nestled in historic Canton, Ga., Southernite Interiors affords a refined purchasing expertise. The retailer affords custom-designed furnishings in addition to house accents. Every furnishing and décor merchandise is personally chosen and vetted by its skilled design staff.
Southernite Interiors strives to create a purchasing expertise that captures the Southern appeal and hospitality of Canton’s historic downtown. Its showroom is curated with hand chosen, {custom} items and significant décor. The retailer additionally affords limitless customization choices for tailor-made sofas and chairs along with rugs, artwork, bedding, draperies and tables.
The Southernite staff says it stands by vital classes that its Southern moms taught: integrity; trustworthy, onerous work; and doing it proper the primary time.
Southernite is engaged on its on-line store which can open quickly. —LR
Texture Dwelling Interiors, Johnson Metropolis, Tenn.
Nicole Teal, proprietor of Texture Dwelling Interiors in Johnson Metropolis, Tenn., based the corporate in 2019 as a house staging firm. The situation has now grown right into a showroom filled with equipment, décor and furnishings that mirror a love for pure supplies, impartial palettes, and vibrant accents to assist shoppers customise their properties and mirror their distinctive personalities. Teal is a mother of six and stated she has witnessed lots of the aspects of house life, from chaos to tranquility, so she appreciates the influence of well-designed environments. Teal stated the mission at Texture House is to carry properties to life by layering them with persona, so they’re consumer targeted, design-inspired and quality-driven. The shop grew to become a member of the Rowe Furnishings household in 2023. The retailer engages with the neighborhood by internet hosting workshops, lessons and fundraisers. —AFW
The Association, Dallas and Houston, Texas
For nearly three a long time, The Association, based by Katherine Snedeker, has targeted on handcrafted furnishings that’s customized or gathered from the far corners of the world. The corporate has two award-winning showrooms — Dallas and Houston — that Snedeker says are “nothing in need of memorable or magical.” For patrons on the lookout for one-of-a-kind items, Snedeker provides that The Association is the place to go.
Past its eclectic mixture of product, The Association places a robust give attention to sustainability, with accountable wooden sourcing for product improvement and manufacture, and curatorial buying. The Texas retailer has been a proud member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council since 2008, setting a optimistic instance for its friends and doing its half to guard the world’s forests. For its efforts, The Association has acquired a number of awards together with being acknowledged with a Excessive Rating two years in a row on the SFC’s Wooden Furnishings Scorecard. —DF
The Atelier Dwelling + Design, Winter Park, Fla.
The Atelier Dwelling + Design, based by Chrstina Marie Kairis, is a premier full-service boutique design agency and luxurious house décor store, primarily based in Winter Park, Fla. Kairis started her design agency journey as Tina Marie Inside Design in 2009, rebranding as Atelier Dwelling & Design when she opened her store on Winter Park’s Designer Row in 2022.
With a give attention to mixing kinds from various areas to provide bespoke and expressive designs, Kairis’s work has been featured in a number of inside design publications. Her house décor retail showroom, with a brick and mortar and on-line presence, offers a various mixture of décor and reward objects that mirror her aesthetic.
The Atelier Dwelling + Design has a number of designers on workers, however maybe her most well-loved worker is Teddy, her VP of “Pup-Lick Relations,” aka her English Cream golden retriever, who affords up some canine consolation. —DF
The Collective, Dallas, TX
Whether or not its full inside design providers or discovering that distinctive piece that may anchor a room, The Collective, in Dallas, TX, has it coated. Showcasing the identical luxurious aesthetic as in its design providers, The Collective’s retail staff helps its prospects discover the correct items for his or her properties, whether or not handcrafted or thoughtfully sourced. Specializing in a {custom} expertise for its friends, The Collective affords {custom} furnishings, {custom} bedding and pillows, artwork consultations and commissions, and material and wallpaper providers.
Sarah Hargrave based The Collective in 2013, which embodies her ardour for selling native artists, crafting {custom} furnishings and curating distinctive classic items, all rooted within the perception that house needs to be inviting, attainable and private. With its distinctive model, The Collective has been featured in a number of regional and nationwide shelter magazines, comparable to Houses & Gardens, Home Stunning and Martha Stewart. —DF
Extremely Design Heart, Denver
Household-owned Extremely Design Heart began out as a door and cupboard {hardware} firm serving principally builders and designers. When it entered the lighting class in 2019, it approached the enterprise as a clean slate that could possibly be offered in a compelling method with devoted and dedicated salespeople, based on managing accomplice Kevin Castelo. The Denver-based lighting showroom, which carries manufacturers comparable to Allegri, Allora, Kuzco, Eurofase, Currey & Co., David Trubridge and Visible Consolation, amongst many others, acquired a retail ARTS Award in January for its efforts.
It’s at present engaged on constructing a brand new 3,000 square-foot house devoted to wellness merchandise comparable to the primary solar-powered sauna within the U.S., along with steam and chilly plunge. “So far as I can inform, there isn’t something like this within the U.S., which can make this showroom a real vacation spot for Colorado and past,” Castelo stated. – AZ
Whites Mercantile, Nashville, Tenn.
Whites Mercantile is named a basic retailer for the trendy tastemaker.
In 2013, the retailer opened as an try to fill a purchasing void in Nashville, Tenn., save an iconic previous gasoline station and revitalize the idea of a basic retailer, and the way has changed into a retail phenomenon that boasts 5 areas throughout the southeast and extra on the horizon.
The retailer guarantees an unforgettable purchasing expertise that covers all of the bases – from Bloody Mary mixes to canine treats, handcrafted leather-based luggage to traditional cleaning soap bars to the intensive apothecary and residential décor. All areas now embody art work by Chris Coleman and authentic antiques. Necessities for each member of the family may be discovered at Whites Mercantile. —LR
Wishbone Dwelling Design, Lake Oswego, Ore.
Searching for house inspiration in Lake Oswego, Ore.? Look no additional than Wishbone Dwelling Design. Based in 2014 by Kim Nilles, Wishbone was pushed by Nilles’s ardour for inside design. From presents to full-service design, Nilles and her staff come along with quite a lot of design skills to help new and repeat shoppers of their neighborhood and throughout the nation.
The fantastically curated retailer and on-line purchasing expertise delivers all the pieces from jewellery and books to house décor and furnishings, giving prospects a number of causes to come back again and store once more, bringing magnificence to their lives and houses.
On the design facet, Wishbone affords providers that vary from house accessorizing and styling to {custom} finishes {and professional} set up. The corporate’s mission is to create design that displays its shoppers’ imaginative and prescient and way of life. —DF
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