Real Workrooms

Two thumbs up and a smile lights the room — that’s Susan Gillen looking at the business she has built over 20 years. She’s feeling the satisfaction of knowing that her business is the best it can be, for her clients AND her. In this REAL WORKROOMS tour, Susan talks...

If you are a one-woman show, you know it’s easy to feel isolated in this business. But when you see the light and memory-filled workroom Jean Lawes of HomeStyle in Jarrettsville, Maryland, has created, you will know how to side step the ‘all alone’ pitfall. Keep your...

Donna Skufis of Dondar Designs is a Window Treatment Engineer. That’s her niche, and it’s where she finds the satisfaction she knows she needs from her work. She’s happiest when she has a problem to solve. Ginger Thoerner of Interior Window Design is the muse who...

Take a tour of Jill Ragan Scully’s TWO eye-catching workspaces. First, visit the beautifully designed showroom of Impressive Windows and Interiors in historic, downtown Hastings, MN. With views of the Mississippi River, travel down the road to Jill’s home-based...

Follow co-owner and gracious host, Steve Landis, as he leads the WCAA Southeast Pennsylvania chapter on a tour of drapery manufacturing workroom, Merrill Y. Landis, Ltd. Explore what it takes to keep a large-scale workroom functioning smoothly and learn how they help...

Get ready to drool! Grant Trick’s Design Industry Workroom in Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this drop-in REAL WORKROOMS tour. Take notes for your wish list as Grant shares trade-only tips on specialty machinery, frame-up upholstery, and his February 2016,...