NEWS
By Kate Shatzkin and Kate Shatzkin,Sun Staff | September 26, 2004
The home office is starting to look more like home. That's the message of collections from Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, Ethan Allen and other furniture makers that are integrating pieces that work into overall home design. They're catering to a growing market of people who work at home at least part of the time. The International Telework Association & Council says a recent survey showed 24.1 million Americans -- nearly one-fifth of the work force -- worked at home at least one day during the last year.
FEATURES
By Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun | August 17, 2012
With colorful dishware gleaming and bins stuffed to overflowing with every possible kitchen gadget, Sur La Table opened in Towson Town Center Friday. Music sung by French vocalists played and espresso was flowing as visitors surveyed the new 4,800-square-foot store managed by Anthony Harris. The store, which will employ more than 20 full- and part-time workers, is still hiring, Harris said. Sur La Table began in 1972 in Seattle's Pike Place Market with a philosophy that the kitchen is the center of the home.
FEATURES
By DEBORAH HORNBLOW and DEBORAH HORNBLOW,HARTFORD COURANT | May 20, 2006
Interior designers have always said the easiest and least expensive way to refresh a room is to paint the walls a new color. But before you pull out the brushes and paint cans, there might be a simpler solution: throw pillows. The bold, exotic styles appearing in stores and catalogs offer homeowners a splash of style for inside or outside the house, a bit of decor dynamite that's as easy as buy, bag and toss. "There's more variety than in years past," says Sheryl Green, a buyer and "one of the family" at Lux Bond & Green in Connecticut.
NEWS
By Julie Bykowicz and Julie Bykowicz,SUN STAFF | September 3, 2001
Collectors, dealers and casual buyers strolled through 550 antiques displays at the Baltimore Convention Center during the weekend united by the goal of finding a real treasure among the gobs of rugs, furniture and collectibles. But one of the world's oldest businesses -- "someone in the Bible is referred to as an antiquarian," said Frank Farbenbloom, founder of the company that has operated the Baltimore Summer Antiques Fair for 21 years -- had a distinctly modern tone. The fair was punctuated by the sounds of cell phones and Internet dial-ups.
NEWS
By Sharahn D. Boykin and Sharahn D. Boykin,Sun Reporter | June 29, 2007
Attention shoppers: Pottery Barn, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant and Lucky Brand Jeans are coming to Westfield Annapolis Mall. Mall officials announced yesterday that 21 national retailers -- 10 of which are new to Anne Arundel County -- would soon call Westfield home and gave community leaders and entrepreneurs a hard-hat tour of the expansion site, which is scheduled to be complete in November. New stores range from a variety of popular clothing retailers, such as Levi's and H&M, to specialty stores and boutiques.
FEATURES
By David Zurawik and David Zurawik,Sun television critic | February 5, 2007
No sex, much misunderstanding. Endless trips to Pottery Barn, constant second-guessing and soul-wrenching regret as well. That's marriage today, according to the great American TV sitcom. Fox has been offering its take on the institution since September with Brad Garrett in 'Til Death. Tonight comes CBS with Rules of Engagement, featuring three men and two women variously running from, tiptoeing up to or locked in a slow, sad, sexless dance on the killing floor of matrimony. On TV Rules of Engagement premieres at 9:30 tonight on WJZ (Channel 13)