You’ve seen the headlines. New York City’s infested. They’re coming this way! Actually, they’re already in California. Here’s a bit about bed bugs that you should know. Continue reading ‘Beat Back Bed Bugs! An Update From Scheuer Linens’
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Ever wonder what a linen retailer puts on their New Year’s resolution lists? Here are my top five resolutions for 2011 here at Scheuer Linens: Continue reading ‘Five Resolutions for Mark Scheuer, Retail Store Owner of Scheuer Linens’
Stumped for gift ideas for the hard-to-buy name on your list? Don’t know what to buy your favorite aunt, your boss, child’s teacher, mother-in-law? Scheuer Linens carries a wide range of gifts perfect for those people that are a challenge to buy gifts for. Here are some of our most popular Christmas gifts, each less than $35. And we have so much more in our store. Don’t hesitate to call us toll free at 1-800-762-3950 if you would to talk one of the sales staff about a gift for that special person. Continue reading ‘Christmas Gift Ideas under $35′
The first-ever ELLE DECOR Showhouse—a spectacularly renovated 4,500-square-foot home in the historic St. Francis neighborhood, created in partnership with the Junior League of San Francisco, opened last weekend and runs through November 21. Tickets are available at www.jlsf.org.
Scheuer Linens was thrilled to do the bed linens for the guest bedroom for Tucker and Marks, a San Francisco–based interior design firm founded by Suzanne Tucker and Timothy F. Marks in 1986. The Renaissance embroidery pattern was done in green and yellow on ivory percale by Hamburg House. Matouk’s Dakota diamond pique scalloped coverlet in ecru was selected for the top of the bed.
Suzanne’s first book, Rooms to Remember: The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker, was published in 2009, and in January, she launched her textile line, Suzanne Tucker Home, in Paris. Her work has been featured in ELLE DECOR, House Beautiful, Town & Country, and numerous books. She has been featured in Architectural Digest’s “AD 100.”
Giants World Series fever has hit San Francisco and we baseball fans at Scheuer Linens are truly excited. So excited that we just had to do something in our front window to help celebrate, so we took a small corner and did a Giants display. We wanted to include at least one or two products in the display that we actually sell and used towels with the Giants colors of orange and black.
The other item is a stuffed toy panda from our children’s section. In case you don’t know, third baseman Pablo Sandoval is lovingly nicknamed the Panda because of his round build. We knew it might happen and it did — people have already come in and wanted to buy one of the pennants hanging on the wall, but those are not for sale at our store.
Some of us will be wearing Giants t-shirts when the World Series starts in San Francisco this Wednesday, the first time in 40 years that I have worn a t-shirt to work. Go Giants!
We’ve revamped our web site to enhance our customers’ online experience. We’ve always been committed to providing an outstanding customer service as customers shop for the finest linens from around the world. Now we have enhanced our customers’ online shopping experience to make it even easier for them to find what they want.
We now have four times as many products on our web site, www.scheuerlinens.com, and offer free shipping on orders over $100. Our web site enhancements include improved product order screens, a user-friendly search function, and suggested items for cross-merchandising on many product pages, as well as improved product information on fabrics and fabric care for on each product. Free swatches are always available for any of our bedding products.
Since our inception in 1935, we have been committed to carrying the finest and most luxurious linens from around the world. In 1953, we opened our first stand-alone store in San Francisco and moved to our current location near Union Square 16 years ago.
Customers can still call the store on our toll free number,
800-762-3950, for information or to receive expert advice from our experienced staff in creating unique, fashionable ensembles for any décor or style.
Are paper bags really better for the environment than plastic bags? Apparently, they’re both bad. Both can be made from recycled materials and are recyclable. It takes more water and energy tomake paper bags than plastic bags. Paper-bag production kills 14 million trees a year and creates more air and water pollutants than plastic-bag manufacture. The best thing you can do is use reusable cloth bags or totes instead.
And what about those plastic bags that keep our dry cleaning nice and fresh? The dry cleaner we use, Holiday Cleaners in San Francisco, now uses plastic bags that can be recycled. The New York Times now uses bags that clearly say, “This bag is recyclable.”
The infamous blue and white striped plastic shopping bags we use here at Scheuer Linens are 100% recyclable. Consumers shouldn’t stress too much, as long as they’re recycling or reusing store bags, whether by filling paper with newspapers for recycling or carrying their lunch in plastic, according to Chris Newman, an environmental scientist with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In celebration of Barbie’s 50th birthday, we held a contest here at Scheuer Linens in San Francisco (www.scheuerlinens.com) to see who could make the best Barbie using unclothed craft doll forms of various sizes (as well as actual Barbie forms) and recycled materials and discontinued products from our store. Needle and thread was not allowed, allowed glue, tape, clips, and tacks. Our staff of ten outdid themselves, as you can see from the pictures. Louis Cortellesso made the Bonwit Teller scene (see picture above) with 15 members of the Barbie family shown. He handmade the clothes on the mannequins in the windows after painting four Barbies black. This is truly museum quality work.
Ten other Barbies were submitted, including: (second row, from left), detail from Bonwit Teller scene, made by Louis Cortellesso; Robo Barbie, made by Mark Scheuer; (third row, from left), Barbies by: Janet Scheuer, Vichhana Leng, Helena Bui; (bottom row, from left), by: Pamela Nelson, Cindy Wang, Vanessa Arreola. A prize of a day off was to be given to the person making the best Barbie, but they were all so good, everyone who made one was given a day off.
The Barbies up will remain on display in our store for about three weeks, so please come in and enjoy our handiwork. We’re at 340 Sutter St. in downtown San Francisco, right around the corner from Union Square.
When the Obama family starts living the in the White House, they will have quite a few rooms to consider redoing…the Executive Mansion has 16 bedrooms, most notably the White House Master bedroom, but also the famous Lincoln and Queens bedrooms, as well as a number of less formally named rooms…there are 35 bathrooms in the White House, but unlike the bedrooms in the Mansion, none of the bathrooms have official names…the State Dining Room seats up to 140…so that’s a lot of new linens…by the way, the White House also has 412 doors, 147 windows, eight staircases, three elevators, and one bowling alley…I came across all of this data in the November 24 issue of Home Furnishings Now, one of the trade publications we regularly read.
It’s always exciting to go New York for any reason and today I’m off to New York for the annual gift show, which includes a home section. All of our main vendors will be showing either at the Javits, the Piers, in permanent showrooms.
Besides seeing new introductions, it’s always great to see the people you talk to on the phone all year long, as well as comparing notes with other retailers. This year should be especially interesting since most vendors and retailers consider this past year as being a very challenging one and I am curious to see how they handled it.
The number one item on my shopping list is organic sheets that really feel good. I have seen plenty of samples, but none that really compares with usual quality of our stocked cotton sheets, especially in the high thread counts. Sferra has promised a 560-count organic sheet that has me excited. I’m also looking for some geometric prints or patterns rather than the usual florals and anything else that excites me. And anything in bright, cheerful colors.
I’ll also be checking out other retail stores and vendor displays to get see how they merchandise their products. I’ll let you know in a few days while I am actually there the most exciting things I have seen.