Vignette Home Decor helps with staging, rearranging

Just three years ago Vignette Home Decor was a fledgling home-based business working with new clients looking to decorate and plan their homes.

Over the years the business grew in popularity, and soon it was time for a retail location showcasing the variety of decorative accessories it offered, and the decorative expertise as well.

This month, Vignette Home Decor opened its first retail location at 1952 W. Fabyan Parkway in Batavia.

"Vignette Home Decor is not just another home store," founder Michael Grudecki said. "Because of the business model we can offer substantial savings to customers."

The store has multiple lines of furniture, decorative accessories and floral arrangements at various price points, Grudecki said.

Vignette also offers professional design services such as space planning, color selection and furniture placement.

The business also helps with home staging.

"Our clients can also register for decorating classes and two nights a week, reserve our store for private accessory parties earning them free merchandise," Grudecki said.

Grudecki said when Vignette was looking to expand to a retail location, he wanted just the right spot. It had to be a spot that would allow clients to see all they offer in a spacious setting, and one that would offer lots of exposure to new customers.

The Randall Road corridor has proved to be such a spot, he said. Already, he said many new customers are finding the store and are curious to see all that it holds inside.

To check it out for yourself, you can visit Vignette Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Vignette is closed on Mondays.

Local author: The Borders bookstore along Randall Road in Algonquin will feature an author-signing with Theresa Schwegel at 7 p.m. on Sept. 30.

Schwegel, an Edgar Allan Poe Award winner, will be signing her latest book, "Last Known Address."

Schwegel hails from Algonquin.

Now open: The new Red Wing Shoe store along the Randall Road corridor in Crystal Lake is now open. The store is located on the east side of Randall Road, just north of Ackman Road.

If you're on the southern end of Randall, you can also stop by the Red Wing Shoe store at 1749 Randall Road in Geneva.

• Amy Williams' column covers all the news of business along the Randall Road corridor from Batavia to Crystal Lake. Contact her at randallbiz@comcast.net or (847) 894-5036.