Join HM Oliver Interiors and Marvin Gardens From June 1-6 for Their Moving and Consolidation Sale in Wilton

The week-long sales event will feature all regular retail at 20%-50% off and will take place at 632 Danbury Road. As part of the consolidation of HM Oliver Interiors and Marvin Gardens, we will incorporate furniture from different sources, warehouse and industrial furniture and bulk sales. All sales are final.

“If the warehouse/over stock sale works, we’ll create an urban market monthly (or biweekly) and invite other dealers to participate (Eleven Shades of Grey),” said HM Oliver Principal Amabel Chan. “It’s been done in Houston and Atlanta — maybe we can reinvent that type of retailing here on the East Coast.”

Doors will only be open from 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. For more information, contact Amabel at
(203) 856-0309

Please note that Marvin Gardens’ location at 713 Danbury Road, Wilton remains the flagship location.

What Types of Risks Do You Take When it Comes to Your Home’s Design?

“At HM Oliver, style is created and there are forcible efforts to move away from trends,” says Principle Amabel Chan. “Our design philosophy encourages risk-taking on the homeowner’s part and the willingness to incorporate unusual and unexpected elements.”

We’d like to hear from you and find out what types of risks you take when planning out design ideas for your own home? Do you like to experiment with combining different fabrics? Perhaps you incorporate bold color schemes into your home’s overall look? However you distinguish yourself from the pack, we’d like to know!

Below are some of our favorite examples of work from homeowners around the web that have decided to incorporate some of those more unusual and unexpected elements.

Something Fun for the Little Ones

There are few things that children enjoy more than getting their hands on some nice sharp crayons and a blank canvas. Unfortunately and all too often, the nice clean walls in our homes are mistaken for that “blank canvas”.  And as we all know, once a crayon even so much as touches the surface of a wall — especially a white one — the chances of completely removing every trace of the waxy substance is virtually hopeless. That’s why we’ve fallen completely in love with the idea of chalkboard paint. It’s not the newest of interior trends, mind you, but it is one of the most useful and practical ones around.

This is how it works:

• Choose a wall (or section of a wall) in your home that you’d like to paint. While many people choose a child’s  room, keep in mind that kitchens, patios, play rooms and garages are great rooms for chalkboard paint, too.

• Once you’ve chosen the wall, take a damp cloth and dust it off to remove and loose dirt and debris.

• Then, begin painting! That’s right, walls that will be painted with this type of paint don’t need to be primed because the paint it self is so dark.

Once it had dried, kiddies can grab all the chalk they want and go to town on this very appropriate blank canvas!

Photo Credit: Bloesem Kids

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