Draperies & Window Coverings magazine honors Stevenson VestalDraperies & Window Coverings has named Stevenson Vestal its first Workroom of the Year.
Workroom of the Year"Congratulations to Stevenson Vestal, Draperies & Window Coverings first-ever Workroom of the Year!" says Howard Shingle, introducing
the cover story for the September 2008 issue of Draperies & Window Coverings. "Today, perhaps more so than ever before, workroom talent and craftsmanship is so important to the custom window coverings industry. Beautiful treatments are a joint effort involving decorators, dealers, suppliers and installers, but right at the center is the workroom."
From working with designers to managing projects"The company works with designers across the country on custom products from draperies to valances to bed coverings and accessories. It even provides a complete project management program that can offer consultation, estimating, measuring, fabrication, delivery and installation—all to-the-trade-only," Shingle writes.
The ideal balanceEditor Howard Shingle continues, "Workrooms stand at the very center of an increasingly important segment of the window coverings industry. They work with suppliers, designers, decorators, retailers, installers and even end-customers to ensure the success of any custom project. They need to be businesspeople, artisans and technicians."
"Successful workrooms find this balance at many levels: large scale, small scale; wholesale, retail, some combination of both; alone, with partners, with a large family of employees."
"In selecting our first Workroom of the Year, Draperies & Window Coverings finds the ideal balance in Stevenson Vestal, Burlington, NC."
Paying attentionShingle writes: "For 23 years Stevenson Vestal has worked to achieve a high degree of excellence in custom window and bed coverings, which incorporates quality workmanship, customer service and specialty support including turnkey project management and installation. For all but the first two years, the company has concentrated solely on its to-the-trade business helping small workrooms with large, unique or complicated projects as well as working with national chains and in the high-end hospitality market.“
"As the company likes to state, Stevenson Vestal is large enough to handle any project, but small enough to pay attention to all the details."
Workroom of the Year - Stevenson VestalRead Howard Shingle's full article in Draperies & Window Coverings
here.
