Brandon, our Home Reserve fabric Inventory manager, told me yesterday that we now have 150 fabrics available on the web site! Casey and Jen (our designers) keep him very busy adding new colors and the latest seasonal trends.

Here’s a photo of a sectional in one of the new materials. This photo will be showing up in our summer photo catalog.

This is the time of year when the weather can cause damage in a moment. Last night we had a bad storm in my home town.Here is a picture of our Town Hall.

I was impressed  by the unity of our town and how everyone came together to help. While this isn’t a home, several homes were damaged and the contents blown away or soaked by rain and debris. My home was spared, but others weren’t so lucky. I got to thinking about what I would do if my furniture was wet and dirty and realized that again I am lucky to have Home Reserve furniture that is renewable,just like our town.

We are really excited to let all of you  LaPaz Leather fans know that we will be adding WHITE! Yes, you read that right we’ve been searching high and low and Brandon finally found a not only white, but white leather. How cool is that? Now close your eyes and picture this in White, I’ll post a picture as soon as I have one.

Thanks for being so patient and such loyal fans,

Sandy

We don’t often send out an email, but we’re doing so over the next couple days letting folks know about some of our new spring 2010 fabric additions. I was surprised when Byron told me that the number of people on our mailing list is over 30,000! These are all people who have signed our “let me know about new fabrics” request form. (We don’t send email to anyone that hasn’t asked us to do so.)

Here’s some of the new colors: (The colors are shown here on throw pillows, but they are available on the furniture as well.) You can see them all in our furniture shopping area.

We know how excited you are to get your new furniture and how hard it is to wait, so we’ve added a link on our Home page called Order Tracking. All you need is your e-mail address and your shipping zip code. Enter those and TA DA!

There are all the orders you  have placed with us. Choose the one you want to see and  click on the info. If it has shipped there will be a UPS tracking number and the scheduled delivery date. How cool is that?

Byron just finished writing the code for a “Furniture Favorites” tool in shopping.  You can add your favorite images to a collection for review. Lot’s of people have asked for this, in order that they might be able to do “side by side” comparisions of furniture and pillow selections. You’ll find the links right under the shopping images. Give it a try!

Some of you may have noticed that there is no e-mail in the ask our designers page and that the name has changed. Casey and Jen feel that this format will be much easier for all of you. This way they can focus on what is up beat and really fresh right now.  Rest assured if your have specific questions you can still call customer service. Here is a picture of how one of our customers used our designs.   

This is a show stopper. The elegance, character and smooth texture of these new bonded leathers are impressive. The back of the material is the real thing, (even has that sweet scent), while the facing is a bonded textured polyurethane. So when your friends ask, “Is this leather?” We’ll just leave the answer up to you and your good judgement. LaPaz Coffee(shown) LaPaz Black and LaPaz Saddle. We’ve heard your request for the “leather look” and here it is at last. Enjoy!

Here’s the link to the leather shopping gallery.

Sandy
Customer Service Lead

Jenny and I just finished putting together a little PDF guide on how to get started with a room design. Sometimes the hardest part is simply getting started! We’re also at work right now on more videos to show how Home Reserve can help with your project.

Here’s the link:  How to Design a Room

Enjoy your Decorating!  Till next time….Casey.

A few week ago, I wrote that one of our most frequently asked question is, “Is it comfortable?” As they say sometimes a picture speaks more than words.

Casey and I were working in our showroom studio this afternoon and noticed that Sarah’s daughter Aliyah had fallen asleep on one of the loveseats over in the corner. Sarah works in sewing here at Home Reserve and told us it would be alright if we posted this adorable photo.