Wood-Mode Showrooms Reception

August 14, 2007- Chicago Home + Garden hosted a forum discussion for 25 representatives of area Wood-Mode showrooms at The Chopping Block. A cocktail reception preceded the discussion moderated by Chicago HOME editor, Jan Parr. Parr gave guests insider tips on how to best promote stores and products to receive optimum editorial coverage. Photos by Randy Belice

Q. Our old house has a beautiful turret with curved window sashes but flat glass. Is it a big deal to replace flat glass with curved?

How do you bend glass, anyway? A. “Everyone does it the same way—with heat,” says John Curran, owner of Curran Glass Studio (6507 Ogden Ave., Berwyn, 708-795-8620; www.curranglass.com). Heat softens the glass, which is then molded into a curved form. Artisans at Curran do all this and more right in their shop; they are trained … Read more