quickly migrated away from merely home furniture and furniture reproducing antiques and began designing its own proprietary home furniture furnishings while remaining true to the roots of its traditional home furniture style. the result was a unique, fashion focused and desirable furniture product line. home responding to customers'' requests beginning in the early 90''s, expanded into larger pieces of furniture. staying current with customers'' needs and everyday lifestyle changes, now offers complete collections focused on the rooms that are most furniture relevant to the customer---the home office, bedroom, dining room and family rooms. in the fall of 1997, took an innovative step across the country with the introduction of an updated palm tree logo home and the opening of new and/or renovated stores, reminiscent of turn-of-the-century mercantile buildings. the new look is much more in keeping with today''s retail environment and results in a more pleasurable shopping experience for our customers. in february 1998,

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