Meet Jean, Our...

Furniture Guru.

Jean came to us a few years ago after working many years at Storehouse... just across the street! Being involved in the furniture business for over twenty years, Jean has a vast knowledge in all aspects of the industry, including design and fabrics. She knows her way around the furniture markets in North Carolina and is instrumental in purchasing furniture for our store.

She is excited about the new corduroy fabrics that we offer in several colors. She says the feel of the fabric gives a comfortable feeling that would be a welcome addition to your home.  

Rowe, Norwalk, Bruce, Four Seasons and Bramble are five of the most popular furniture lines that we carry at Casabella. We also have hundreds of fabric samples that you may take home to help you with your decisions.

With the holidays approaching and an on-going furniture sale, this is a great time to consider a new look in your home. Jean loves assisting clients with their furniture needs and desires. With her knowledge and your ideas, together we can help you, as Jean says, "embrace your space."

Welcome !

I'm so excited to start this blog. I hope to share with you a multitude of ideas that you can use in your own home. If you've been to our store you've seen the various vignettes showcasing our furniture, dinnerware, table linens, artwork and many other decorative items too many to mention here.

But before I share how and why we design certain vignettes, I thought you might want to see how we actually start with the bones. (That's Ann talk for the first step in creating a vignette.) For example, we had several natural bookcases located throughout the store. I thought they needed a new look so I decided to pull out the paint brush...or I mean, roller. The first part of the process involved removing objects from the shelves and moving them into the warehouse. After getting them in place, I had to remove the shelves to paint them first.  That was the easy part.

Sanding and priming came next. I like to use oil based paint for display pieces in the store. Although it has a terrible odor, it seems to "hold up" with all of the wear and tear it gets around here.

If you're going to paint, you need to dress for it! Obviously I didn't go into the store looking like this!

Then it came time to pull out the roller. I chose this beautiful shade of gray, called Amazon Stone by Behr, that blends with our existing colors.

Finally, done!

I think they look great as a display for our new line of bags by Two Loops.

See you soon!