• “Best Furniture Store in the City!”
• “Excellent service…best place for furniture in Chicago”
• “_{A Hidden Gem}”
• “Buy your couch at Coles… ”
• “Best Prices, Selection & Service”

Cole’s Appliance & Furniture
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Lincoln Park home furnishings store showcases exotic furniture, plants and garden accessories.

• “Decorate in Style – Flowers and more”

Tips: The shop features a Hunter Douglas showroom displaying blinds, shades, shutters and other window treatments.

Jayson Home & Garden

Company sells, installs and cleans blinds, drapes, shutters and window treatments, in addition to cleaning upholstery, leather, carpets and rugs.

Eddie Z’s Blinds & Drapery
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Company install carpets and a variety of flooring for residential and commercial clients.

• “Fast and friendly customer service”
• “Knowledgeable clerk”
• “no need to consult anyone else”
• “Great place for tile, flooring and carpet”
• “amazing service. great product selection. ask for rosie.”

Tips: Catalina, Evans Black, Constantine and Bigelow brands are all available here.

Home Carpet One
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These fully-insured expert painters can handle both commercial and residential paint jobs with detail and care.

• “Fantastic painters – VERY highly recommended”
• “Best painters in town! Professional, personable, perfectionists!!”
• “Solid company from start to finish”
• “Great service and friendly!”
• “Find someone else for your painting needs!”

Chicago Painters

Avondale business specializes in customized picture framing and highlights the work of local artists.

• “good prices; nice selection of frames”
• “Very accommodating…”
• “Poor quality workmanship and not very creative”
• “Best Kept Secret”

Tips: Artists are welcome to submit their portfolios for review via mail or e-mail at mspear@peterson-picture.com. In-person appointments can also be arranged via phone at (773) 463-8888.

Peterson Picture Co.

Residential interior design services offering furniture, area rugs, custom window treatments, accessories, designer wall coverings and more.

Tips: Check out the company’s website to see their project portfolio.

Designs Of The Interior
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Urbanites and out-of-towners mingle in search of upscale, occasionally avant-garde, home decor.

• “Shop Elsewhere”
• “Worst home furniture service and on-time commitment”

Tips: When making a major purchase, remember that customers are given seven days after delivery for defect-free returns.

Bloomingdale’s Home + Furniture Store

In addition to interior and exterior residential painting, company also handles wallpapering and drywall.

• “Great professional painting service”
• “Very Professional Painting & Decorating Service”
• “Prompt, Friendly & honest.”
• “Superior work, on schedule and fair price! ”
• “Good painters hard to find but not in this case.”

Tips: Free estimates are available from Avlis Painting & Decorating.

Avlis Painting & Decorating

Unique gifts and one-of-a-kind furniture from around the world set this home decor store apart from the big chains.

• “Creative and unique gift ideas”

Tips: Material Possessions does a big business in wedding registries, probably because of the enormous selection of dinnerware.

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