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Is there a unique story behind the business, or the business name?

The story behind the business name is it’s the first few letters of our last names.   We call ourselves ‘birds of a feather’, so we added a tag line of home décor to feather your nest, because we considered our homes were our nests.

How are the designs created? How do they come to life?

We come up with an idea, create or have a graphic created and then look at how we can embellish it.  We have had to learn that not everyone likes pillows with as much detail and embellishment as we do.   So, we’ve been working to create lines that are more basic in embellishments and more pronounced in the graphical design.  Some of our designs are a result of gifts we need to give, things we want in our own homes or a crazy idea we come up with over a glass of vino or a cell phone conversation on the road.  And to be honest…we’ve had a lot that just don’t work!

What style do your pillows capture? ex. contemporary, traditional, country.

What we’re finding is burlap is such a hot home décor element because it works in all decorating styles.  We’ve even sold to people who have contemporary homes.  But, we find that the majority of our customers love rustic, traditional, shabby chic, ecletic or Tuscan.

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