Better Than Diamonds: Valentine’s Day Gifts to Love

The Cupids Wing Sculpture from Cyan Design is the perfect accent for your home this Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day is just weeks away. This is your year to give a gift that will really wow: a custom furnishings or accessories package!

No matter if you budget is “accessories” or “over-the-top”, our talented team will help you put together a custom package your beloved can open on Valentine’s Day. Then the two of you can come to our Houston furniture store so she or he can pick out exactly the right items. (gift item + time together = perfect valentine’s day)

How to Create Guest-Worthy Living Spaces for the Holidays

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When it comes to interior design, the dining room gets the bulk of the attention at Thanksgiving.  But after the big meal – or when you gather your family to pull presents out from under the Christmas tree – the … Continue reading →

How to Get your Dining Room Thanksgiving Ready | Part 2 – The Goldilocks Dilemma AKA Finding the Perfect Chair

As part of our continuing series on how to get your dining room Thanksgiving ready, today we focus on finding the right chair for your dining room.  With the hundreds of options available through James Craig Furnishings, you are sure to not only find the right style for your home, but you can customize the smallest details to make sure the seat fits you like Goldilocks.

There are so many options when it comes to dining chair/table combos that it can be hard to choose.  Fortunately, the team at James Craig Furnishings can help you pick just the right style.  Visit our Washington Ave showroom in Houston to test drive a few models and work with our team to choose the perfect design.  Our immense selection of dining chairs include offerings from Dinec, Saloom, Stanley, Vanguard, Lee Industries, Brownstone, Sam Moore and many more.  And our in-store experts can help you choose the right upholstery, leather, trim and other details to finish your seats in style.

Farmhouse Flair

You: a lover of rustic style.  Your dining room table: rustic farm table. Your chair: the Belmont Dining Chair from Brownstone.

Brownstone Belmont Dining Chair

How to Get your Dining Room Thanksgiving Ready | Part 1 – Dining Tables You’ll Love

Even though it’s only the beginning of October, it’s already time to start preparing for the coming holidays. If you are hosting Thanksgiving this year, not only do you have the menu to consider, but how to accommodate a house full of guests. Of course, as we start to ponder what it is that we are most thankful for this year, we are also pondering the perfect dining room scene.

Save 20% on Vanguard: Home for the Holidays

Leader in custom-crafted style? Check. American made? Check. Founding member of the Sustainable Furniture Council? Check. On sale now? Double check.

That’s right: spruce up your interior decor before your family gets to Houston for the holidays and save 20% on Vanguard at James Craig Furnishings.

Lee Industries 20% off sale – Order Now to Have your Home Holiday Ready

The holidays are just around the corner and James Craig Furnishings can help you get your home ready for a house full of guests with our special pricing on Lee Industries.  Through the end of October, save 20 percent on Lee Industries upholstered furniture, bedroom, dining and outdoor living.  A stylish home filled with guests and enough savings to put gifts under the tree! What’s not to love?

On the Walls: Giclee

Everyone wants gallery style art but sometimes delays finishing their space because of the gallery art prices. If you have been looking for wall decor for your home or office, giclee [pronounced: zhee-KLAY] might be a great solution.

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Now Trending: Uber-Personalized

I attended High Point Market in April and then hosted Vanguard President, Andy Bray, recently in the showroom to aquaint ourselves with all of the new offerings from our nation’s top furniture manufacturers. There is no doubt that uber-personalization is a big trend of 2013. Consumers and interior designers have so many more options than just ‘fully custom’ and ‘off-the-rack.’  I wanted to highlight three of my favorite trends with these designers.

TREND ONE: Vanguard has introduced some great new extreme personalized finishes that I’m really excited about …

Designer Spotlight: Pamela Hope Designs

We don’t just get to help people transform their house into a dream home, we also work with some of the most talented interior designers in the country who are based right here in Houston. And we don’t think they get enough recognition. Houston has been touted for his livability, culture, food, business and now it’s time we add design to the mix.

So we’ll take some time each month to recognize some of great designer’s and their projects. We started doing this on twitter as #ProjectWednesday but the amazing projects just got too big for 140 characters, so now we’re sharing them on our blog.

Kicking it off with this dreamy bay house furnished by Pamela O’Brien with Pamela Hope Designs.  “We fell in love with the Stanley Coastal Living Collection and ordered some of the first pieces to hit Houston.  We used it in every bedroom in our client’s bay house and highlighted it with beach-hued linens and his colorful art and photography collection.”

Hello beautiful! I assume our house-warming invite is in the mail.

Be Our Stanley Valentine

We love stylish furniture that lasts for decades. And we love you. So what better way to celebrate this month of love than 20% off Stanley Collections now through Feb 26?! Well, we don’t think there is a better way.