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Sunday, November 22, 2009

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Bates FurnitureBates FurnitureBates FurnitureCentennial BankCentennial BankCentennial BankCiao Bella SalonCiao Bella SalonCiao Bella Salon

Conway Auto Conway Auto Conway Auto Rental & DetailRental & DetailRental & Detail

Conway SymphonyConway SymphonyConway SymphonyOrchestraOrchestraOrchestra

Dads-N-LadsDads-N-LadsDads-N-LadsEmergeEmergeEmerge

Everything Under Everything Under Everything Under the Sunthe Sunthe Sun

Factory Return Factory Return Factory Return OutletOutletOutlet

First SecurityFirst SecurityFirst Security BankBankBank

HambuchenHambuchenHambuchenLightingLightingLighting

Helton’s WreckerHelton’s WreckerHelton’s Wrecker ServiceServiceService

High MaintanenceHigh MaintanenceHigh Maintanence Day Spa & SalonDay Spa & SalonDay Spa & SalonHometown ATVHometown ATVHometown ATV

Jo-La-RuJo-La-RuJo-La-RuJRs Hobby HorseJRs Hobby HorseJRs Hobby Horse

Kordsmeier FurnitureKordsmeier FurnitureKordsmeier FurnitureLeflers FashionsLeflers FashionsLeflers Fashions

Lumber OneLumber OneLumber OneM’AntoinettesM’AntoinettesM’Antoinettes

O’Henry’sO’Henry’sO’Henry’sRestaurantRestaurantRestaurant

Quitman CatfishQuitman CatfishQuitman Catfish BarnBarnBarn

Randy’s AthleticsRandy’s AthleticsRandy’s AthleticsShear EnvyShear EnvyShear EnvySmith FordSmith FordSmith Ford

A Very Merry A Very Merry A Very Merry Christmas StoreChristmas StoreChristmas Store

American Furniture American Furniture American Furniture OutletOutletOutlet

Associated FarmersAssociated FarmersAssociated Farmers CoopCoopCoop

Audio ExpressAudio ExpressAudio ExpressAustin Brothers TiresAustin Brothers TiresAustin Brothers Tires

Bargain Hunters Bargain Hunters Bargain Hunters WarehouseWarehouseWarehouse Stitchers GardenStitchers GardenStitchers Garden

The ShopThe ShopThe ShopVintage To VogueVintage To VogueVintage To VogueYoung RazorbackYoung RazorbackYoung Razorback

MarinesMarinesMarines

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By Stephanie Witt Sed�WickSpeCiaL To The WaShiNgToN poST

Rice TuRkey Salad4 servingsHere’s a salad to serve the

day after the big holiday meal.

It has the flavors of the sea-son but a light, vinegary tang that’s a welcome change from the Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a snap to put together.

This could just as easily be made with chicken or turned into a side dish by leaving out the poultry.

Make aHead: The as-sembled salad can be covered and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

Ingredients2 cups cooked wild rice, cooled

( 2/3 cup dried, cooked according to the package directions)

8 ounces (2 cups) cooked tur-key, cut into bite-size strips (or 12 ounces raw turkey, poached, baked or broiled)

1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries

4 or 5 scallions (trimmed), white and light-green parts, cut crosswise into small pieces ( 1/4 cup)

2 tablespoons red wine vin-egar, or to taste

1 tablespoon extra-virgin ol-ive oil, or to taste

1/4 teaspoon salt, or to tasteFreshly ground black pep-

per, or to taste

STepSCombine the wild rice, tur-

key, cranberries and scallions in a large bowl; mix well.

Sprinkle the vinegar, oil, salt and pepper to taste over the salad and toss to combine thoroughly. Taste, and adjust the seasoning as needed. Serve immediately, or cover and re-frigerate for up to 2 days.

NuTRiTiON Per serving: 236 calories, 17 g protein, 32 g carbohydrates, 5 g fat, 1 g satu-rated fat, 33 mg cholesterol, 187 mg sodium, 3 g dietary fi-ber, 12 g sugar

By JOe LaMBLog CaBiN STaFF WRiTeR

A There wasn’t a “magic bullet” strat-

egy that turned Conway into a shopping destination, according to Conway Area Chamber of Commerce Pres-ident Brad Lacy, who said that attracting major retail-ers is more a matter of “hav-ing demographics a retailer is looking for in the numbers they’re looking for.”

As it turned out through this de-cade, Conway did have these

demographics and “we obvi-ously have established our-self as a regional shopping destination,” Lacy said.

“I would say we’ve got a good mix of national chains and locally owned retail that gives the consumer a lot of choices,” he said. “I seldom find myself needing to go to Little Rock for anything, be-cause I can most often find everything here.”

Lacy conceded that “brand junkies” would still need to hit the Interstate to scratch their Abercrombie and Ba-

nana Republic itches, but between the “big box” retail-ers and the locally owned shops, the non-brand-specif-ic shopper should find most anything they’re looking for.

“We’ve always had great locally owned specialty stores,” he said. “That’s al-ways been a strong suit, but for a long time we were low kind of on the big nationals that draw regional shoppers in, so my hope is that those

re-

gion-al shoppers might

be drawn here to the big box stores, then as they become more familiar with the com-munity they explore other shops in town and discover more of the great locally owed shops we have.

“That gives us kind of that unique feel,” he con-tinued. “And it’s not just a downtown issue. We have clusters of locally owned shops it in different places.”

(Staff writer Joe Lamb can be reached at 505-1238 or by E-mail at [email protected]. Send us your news at www.thecabin.net/submit.)

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1. A Very Merry Christmas Store 923 Front St. • 548-6177

2. American Furniture Outlet 201 Hwy 65 N • 764-0004

3. Associated Farmers Coop 695 Exchange Ave. • 329-2971

4. Audio Express 2455 Washington Ave. • 329-0700

5. Austin Brothers Tires 1120 Hwy 65 N • 327-4463

6. Bargain Hunters Warehouse 1238 McNutt Rd. • 450-7777

7. Bates Furniture 918 Front St. • 329-9207

8. Centennial Bank 620 Chestnut • 328-4663

9. Ciao Bella Salon 1311 Main St. • 730-0443

10. Conway Auto Rental & Detail 708 Oak St. • 513-9193

11. Conway SymphonyOrchestra 201 Donaghey Ave. • 336-0490

12. Dads-N-Lads 2326 Washington Ave. • 329-7079

13. Emerge 2585 Donaghey Ave. • 329-5123

14. Everything Under the Sun 1155 Front St., Ste. 5 • 339-6808

15. Factory Return Outlet 707 Robins St. • 505-8012

16. First Security Bank 1390 Hwy 64 • 450-9800

17. Hambuchen Lighting 742 2 St. • 329-3861

18. Helton’s Wrecker Service 710 S.Harkrider • 327-7681

19. High MaintenanceDay Spa & Salon 1010 Hogan • 513-0095

20. Hometown ATV 1265 Harkrider • 730-3584

21. Jo-La-Ru 2125 Harkrider • 327-2301

22. JR’s Hobby Horse 260 Hwy 65 • 327-3667

23. Kordsmeier Furniture 1023 Oak St. • 329-3946

24. Lefler’s Fashions 1114 Oak St • 329-3424

25. Lumber One 682 Hwy 365 S • 470-1122 Mayflower

26. M. Antoinette’s 813 Oak St. • 450-6342

27. O’Henry’s Restaurant 283 Hwy 365 S • 470-9045

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28. Quitman Catfish Barn 199 Rosebud Rd • 940-1853 Quitman

29. Randy’s Athletics 2585 Donaghey Ave. • 329-3191

30. Shear Envy 931A Locust St. • 548-9987

31. Smith Ford 908 E Oak • 329-9881

32. Stitcher’s Garden 1026 Van Ronkle • 513-1851

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By Jura kOnciuSThe WaShiNgToN poST

WASHINGTON — The second Sunday of every De-cember, you’ll find Eileen Milner pulling a filet (medi-um rare) out of her oven as 20 friends crunch on home-made coleslaw and trim her tree.

Like many people, Mil-ner has a busy job and long list of holiday chores to do between Thanksgiving and

New Year’s. But this gather-ing doesn’t come under the heading of “chore.” She and her three brothers, who ar-rive the weekend of the par-ty, make it fun: They pop in Christmas CDs as they fill window boxes with magnolia leaves, hang a Moravian star on the porch and stage an early morning Costco raid. She calls it “making giving the party into a party.”

Milner is part of a kin-ship dedicated to the annual open house, cocktail buffet or brunch. The keys to pulling it off in a time chock-full of festivities? Start early, keep the same menu.

“There’s something com-forting about a Christmas-time dinner with friends,” says Milner of suburban Al-exandria, Va., who works at the National Academy of Sci-ences. “We have a lot of dra-ma and change in our lives. This is a constant.”

For Anita Gonzalez, a wardrobe consultant in sub-urban Accokeek, Va., her tra-ditional tea for 20 girlfriends on a Saturday afternoon in December is a gift to herself.

“We get away from our busy schedules and have a wonderful afternoon of chill-ing out,” she says. Gonzalez pulls out her gold-rimmed plates from Macy’s. She col-lects interesting napkins and finds gourmet teas at T.J. Maxx. She picks up scones and tea sandwiches at a lo-cal bakery. Each guest gets a small present. Says Gonza-lez, “We spend our afternoon talking about our families, travel and what everybody is doing for the holidays.”

On the Sunday before Christmas at Maryann John-son and Ed Noonan’s house, the table is set with heirloom china, starched linens and place cards with names of 15 adults and kids who have gathered since 1995. It began as a gift exchange. “We don’t even associate it with work,” says Johnson of suburban Bethesda, Md., who works at the American Bankers Asso-ciation. “It’s pure pleasure.”

Since they married, Susan Campbell and Mark Pugliese of Washington have had a party with walnut balls and peppermint patties the Sat-urday before Christmas. Now they have four sons ages 12 to 19, and the tradition has grown to 150 people.

“At first we had only adults, but one year a friend called and said her babysit-ter canceled,” says Campbell, director of public policy for WomenHeart, a national co-alition for women with heart disease. From then on, kids

were included; 70 now turn up. Campbell starts early preparing hams and spin-ach dip. It’s always the same menu, by popular request. The day of the party, the boys clear out living-room shelves to arrange Santas, snowmen and nativities received as gifts over the years.

The party is now a re-union of school friends and parents. Campbell asks one thing of the adults: “You have to leave with the same num-ber of children you brought.”

By cOLLeen hOLtSpeCiaL To The CaBiN

A Unique gift ideas for Christmas are some-

times the hardest to find. In Conway, however, special items can be purchased in a wide va-riety of stores.

Lynda Gaiser of the Stitch-er’s Garden on Van Ronkle Street said she is “a gadget girl,” and offers many small stitching-related items as great stocking stuffers.

She said she loves “the tools and toys” that go along with cross stitching and needlework. These items include “scissors, pretty needle threaders, hand-carved needle cases and even socks that say ‘stitcher girl’ on them,” Gaiser said. All of these items are in different yet af-fordable price ranges.

At the Stitcher’s Garden, Gaiser offers cross stitch and needlepoint supplies (no knit-ting supplies, however). She said she has some pre-made kits that she sells as gift bas-

kets. “Anything I carry I can kit up for my customers,” she add-ed. Gaiser also sells gift certifi-cates which can be used for any number of items in the store.

A truly multi-generational gift idea might be the purchase of tickets to “Tutus and Tinsel,” the Conway Symphony Orches-tra’s production of “The Nut-cracker” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Reynolds Performance Hall at the University of Central Ar-kansas.

Vicki Crockett, general man-ager of the symphony, said this would be a wonderful present for grandparents to give their grandchildren, or perhaps even vice versa.

“Tutus and Tinsel” will in-clude guest artists from the Arkansas Festival Ballet. Ac-cording to the symphony Web site, “The music comes alive as dancers from Arkansas Festi-val Ballet recreate the magic of Tchaikovsky’s Christmas clas-sic, ‘The Nutcracker’. The Ballet also performs an original dance to ‘The Skater’s Waltz.’ Add in

performances of your holiday musical favorites plus a special visit from Santa, and we’ve got everything but the mistletoe to kick off your Christmas sea-son.”

A special pre-performance event will be Nutcracker Sweets!, to be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center. This event is perfect for chil-dren and their families, and will include dessert, storybook artwork and a chance to meet the dancers and musicians.

Another option, Crock-ett said, is for grandparents to create a gift certificate for their own children, offering a night of baby-sitting the grandchildren so Mom and Dad can go out for dinner and a performance of the sym-phony. Although it is too late to purchase season tickets for the current season, a gift cer-tificate for tickets to one of the remaining shows is always an option.

It seems that Christmas time calls out to folks for a family portrait, and in Conway there are a multitude of differ-ent, talented photographers to take care of that project.

At Stuart Holt Photography on Van Ronkle, customization is the key for great Christmas gifts. “We can put photos on canvas to give it a different texture. We can leave it as a

standard photo on canvas or we can give it a more ‘paint-erly’ look,” said the owner.

Other customization fea-tures include size, style and color. “We can take a standard photo and customize the look,” Holt said. “We will meet with the client and customize the look of their photo, whether it be with selective color tech-

niques or the use of text or printing it a custom size.”

Gift certificates are also available. Holt said these are nice because they can be used throughout the year, not just at Christmas time. Of course, standard family portraits also make great gifts for fam-ily members who live in other towns.

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Scared of having a holiday party with ev-erything else you have to do? Take this advice from those who throw festive gatherings every Decem-ber.

1. Make a to-do list, or jot down a schedule of when you will do what.

2. Don’t refuse any rea-sonable offer of additional food from guests.

3. Buy beverages sev-eral weeks in advance. Stockpile mineral wa-ter, sodas and whatever else you plan to serve so you’re not lugging it the day of the party.

4. Go high and low. Mix your best vintage china and serving pieces with fun additions from Target or local stores.

5. Set the table in ad-vance and arrange the bar with bottles and glasses a few days before.

6. Stick to recipes you know. Most guests appre-ciate the consistency.

7. Save money on decorations by raiding the yards of friends and neighbors for greenery and berries. (One hostess calls this “alley garden-ing.”)

8. If possible, have the party on a Sunday. That way, you get two days to prepare.

9. Take the day after the get-together off. Says Eileen Milner of Alex-andria, Va.: “A recovery day is important. Get the house back in order, eat some leftovers, savor the house and tree decora-tions, and go to bed ear-ly.”

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By racheL parker dickerSOnLog CaBiN STaFF WRiTeR

A Gift cards and gift certificates have be-

come increasingly popular Christmas gifts. Whether they provide merchan-dise or services, most local busi-nesses offer gift cards.

Kyle Proctor, spokesman for Centennial Bank, pointed out shop-pers can also pur-chase gift cards at the bank instead of giving cash.

“Gift cards have replaced traditional gifts as the ultimate gift,” he said. “Only you actually know what you want. A gift card allows the person to get what they want.”

Kristi Thurmon of Cen-tennial Bank added, “It’s ac-cepted everywhere Visa is ac-cepted. That’s the best thing about a gift card. You don’t think about what you’re going to buy. It’s better than cash because you can recoup your

money if it’s lost or stolen. You can call the bank, and we’ll help you with that.”

Proctor added a benefit of a bank gift card is it is not limited to just one store. It is also handy for sending gifts

to friends and relatives out of town.

“It takes a lot less postage to mail a gift card, and if it’s lost in the mail, you get an-other one,” he said.

JoAnn Mitchell, owner of Jo-La-Ru Salon, said gift cer-tificates are available for hair, manicures and pedicures.

“It’s a wonderful gift for people like mothers that you don’t know what to buy them,” she said. “One of the

really good gifts for a mother, grandmother or wife is nails and a pedicure. It’s something people put off. We do a full service. For Christmas that’s a really good gift.”

Cheryl Bennett of Lefler’s said, “I think the main thing is people have someone who, they don’t know their taste or they’re difficult to buy for. A lot of men will buy gift cards. They want their wife to have what they want. Men will come in ev-

ery year and buy a gift card, and their wife is so happy. She can come in and buy her own, but it’s a gift.”

She said gift cards are also useful to give to employees, friends or teens and college-age children whose parents do not know what they want.

“People are all so differ-ent, and we all have different tastes. It’s just hard to choose something personal for some-one,” she said.

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The food may be the crown-ing glory of any Thanksgiving table, but an imaginative cen-terpiece on the holiday table can whet the appetite and make a meal memorable.

“A centerpiece can also be an icebreaker for those around the table,” says Bill Cusano, who owns Devars-Phillips Florist and Antiques in Hart-ford, Conn. “People who come in will always comment about the table centerpiece. It gets a conversation going.”

Cusano is a big fan of tak-ing a walk around the yard in search of centerpiece fixings. “Twigs, branches, bark, dried grasses, berries on twigs can all be used,” he says.

He also peruses the pantry.For example, he used hol-

lowed-out loaves of round rye bread as the base for the cen-terpieces he recently created for the New Britain (Conn.) Museum of Modern Art’s “Art of Wine and Food” gala.

Using plastic liners and Oasis floral foam inside each loaf, he arranged bouquets

combining chunks of cheese, wine corks, oversize soda crackers, branches of Brussels sprouts, sprays of hypericum berries and roses.

The arrangements set the tone for the special occasion.

“You could add mushroom caps, or fruits and vegetables,” Cusano suggests. “Or take a big kitchen bowl and fill it with apples and water-tubed roses.”

A centerpiece ideally should measure about one-third of the table length, Cusano says, although some downsizing may be needed if the table is crowded with people and a bounty of food. If space is really tight, a floral, fruit or vegetable accent at each place setting could be a budget- and space-saving option.

Minoo Hersini, founder and creative director of Au Ciel Design Studio in New York, also likes to shop farm-ers markets and raid the re-frigerator to create unusual centerpieces.

Her favorite ingredients? “Quite frankly, it’s about what moves me when I walk into the market and I see them. I

love mini artichokes. I do like asparagus -- white aspara-gus or green. A whole bunch of them is very pretty to use. A pomegranate is also very pretty. ... And broccoli is very beautiful to combine with oth-er vegetables.”

In one arrangement she uses peppers, beans, green to-matoes and steel grass.

Hersini, who has been in business nearly 30 years as an events planner and floral designer, has worked for such clients as the Princess Grace Foundation, the New York Arts Fund, Bill and Hillary Clinton, David Letterman, Glenn Close and Meredith Vieira.

She says she usually avoids mixing fruits and vegetables in an arrangement, but one of her centerpieces combines kale, tomatoes, pomegranates, artichokes, winter red sedums, asparagus and quinces.

“You have to be conscious of what you’re putting together, so that it doesn’t become to-tally unrelated,” Hersini says. “The colors, textures and form should have some relation and complement each other.”

That harmony of elements is the reason one arrangement will look more pulled together and appealing than others.

“It’s all about looking at what you’re combining and being sensitive to what you’re combining, not mixing many, many different colors.”

Closely related colors work well together, such as green kale and green geranium leaves.

Hersini also likes to wrap her containers, in moss, in leaves or in bark. This time of year, she also uses weeping-willow branches.

She says a table arrange-ment that is asymmetrical will be more interesting. And

if you want to keep things simple, just intertwine berry and huckleberry branches along the table, with candles in between.

Other ideas like the one pictured above, would be to take a holiday serving dish and fill it with unique or spe-cial holiday ornaments. This

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By cOLLeen hOLtSpeCiaL To The CaBiN

A Old may be new again for some lucky recipi-

ents of fun and funky gifts this Christmas.

According to two business owners in Conway, vintage and resale items are hot sellers for holiday gifts, and items can be found for everyone in the fam-ily.

“I have everything from brand new to vintage,” said Viki Teague, owner of M Antoinette’s on Oak Street. “I also have new ‘vintage’ styles, but the majority of what I offer is vintage.” She also has Art Deco-style items.

Teague said she was watch-ing an old movie recently about the Victorian times, and she rec-ognized jewelry styles that were the same as some items she has for sale in her store. “I have jew-elry with neckpieces, earrings and bracelets all to match,” she said.

M Antoinette’s specializes in formal wear, and Teague said Victorian styling goes with formal wear of any kind. She added that “beautiful Victorian style shawls have been popular forever,” and new silk shawls with beaded embellishments make nice presents. Accessories can be mixed and matched, and vintage lace and beads can be added to an ensemble to make it one of a kind.

Teague said M Antoinette’s can outfit an entire bridal party, from the bride to the mother of the bride. She said tea dresses in “soft, filmy material” can be embroidered for a special

touch. She is working now with a bride who has brought her six photographs to help her create the perfect bridal ensem-ble. Teague said the dress is a cream-colored silk, and vintage lace is being added to the bodice.

A fun item she sells is bust-iers. “I have some old, old, old ones, that I have re-embroi-dered and embellished myself,” she said. “I know one girl who wore hers over her dress, and it looked darling, or they will go with jeans – a velvet jacket with jeans is cute.”

Help putting together a vin-tage look is available at M An-toinette’s. “A lot of times people can’t put it together,” Viki said. “They’ll see a dress they like but they don’t know how to complete it. I can help.”

At Dad’s and Lad’s on Wash-ington Avenue, quality resale items of all kinds can be found for men, women, boys and girls.

Owner Tammy Anderson said a lot of her customers are looking for jewelry that is “big and bold.” She said oversized handbags, shoes and boots are also popular, as is anything in animal print. Perpetual big sell-ers are the nice name-brand jeans that are offered for sale.

Anderson said nice men’s suits from designer names — such as Polo, Ralph Lauren and Armani — can be found for a reasonable price in excellent condition.

Most of the items for sale at Dad’s and Lad’s are no older than three to five years and ev-erything is in good condition and ready for resale. There are more than 10,000 consignors,

and all the items for sale are kept color coordinated for easier shopping. Tammy said Dad’s and Lad’s has been in business for 22 years, and the store has always worked hard to find the best items for resale.

“We get good stuff in. When customers come in here, they’re wanting things they will look good in,” she said. “We get the best things.”

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retail $715 sale $329ROLL-TOP DESK

retail $1032 sale $429

Black/CherryGrain CottageYOUTH DESK

retail $357

sale $79

6 in stock

Cherry FinishTraditional

SECRETARY retail $476

sale $239

Oak Finish Rustic

SECRETARY retail $516

sale $239

Oak Finish Rustic

DESK CHAIR retail $476

sale $199Cherry Finish

TraditionalEXECUTIVE DESK

retail $1575

sale $699

Cherry FinishTraditional

DESK w/center drawer retail $436

sale $199Medium Brown Cherry

EXECTIVE DESK retail $2591

sale $999MATCHING FILE

retail $498sale $99

SLEEPERS & SOFAS GALORE!Sofas from $299

Best Selection of Great Sofas & Groups in town!

HUNDREDS! YES! HUNDREDS OF FABRIC & LEATHER RECLINERS IN STOCK!

sale

$639

Harness Rustic High Leg Leather

RECLINER retail $1324

sale

$399

Oak Contemporary Durablend

ROCKERRECLINER

retail $852sale

$469

Sadelle Contemporary Leather-Match

ROCKERRECLINER

retail $992sale

$449

ChocolateContemporary Leather-Match

ROCKERRECLINER

retail $939

sale

$599

Burgundy Contemporary Leather-Match

GLIDERRECLINER

retail $1254sale

$219

Contemporary Micro-Fiber

ROCKERRECLINER

retail $486sale

$289

Cafe, Sage, Cocoa Contemporary

Microfiber

ROCKERRECLINER

retail $595sale

$359

Bark & Chocolate Contemporary Bicast

Swivel

ROCKERRECLINER

retail $735

in Several Colors

Stone, Sage, Brown Contemporary Duraplush

ROCKERRECLINER

sale$399 retail $875

Saddle Rustic Microfiber

ROCKERRECLINER


Mocha, Rust, Chocolate Contemporary Microfiber

ROCKERRECLINER


More SECTIONALS than all of Little RockFactory overstocks Selling at 50% & 60% offCafe Contemporary

3 pc Durablend SECTIONALReclining sofa with

Dual Massage Reclining Loveseat with console wedge

MatchingRECLINER

retail $3572

sale $1679

sale $369 retail $754

MochaContemporary 2 pc

Duraplush

SECTIONAL

retail $1855

sale $899Oversized

OTTOMAN retail $442

sale $199

Chocolate Metro Modern 2 pc

Leather-Match

SECTIONAL

retail $2826

sale $1299

ARMLESS retail $684

sale $299

MochaContemporary 2 pc

Duraplush

SECTIONAL

retail $1855

sale $899Oversized

OTTOMAN retail $442

sale $199

BarkContemporary 2 pc

Leather-Match

SECTIONAL

retail $2695

sale $1299OTTOMAN

with Storage retail $620

sale $179

Oyster or Red Contemporary 2 pc

Durapella

SECTIONAL

retail $1299

sale $599

Bark or Taupe Contemporary 2 pc

Durablend

SECTIONAL

retail $1375

sale $789Matching

RECLINER retail $607

sale $299

Harness Rustic 3 pc

SECTIONALWedge,

Recliner Sofa & Recliner

Loveseat with Console

retail $3414

sale $1599

Taupe Contemporary 2 pc

SECTIONAL

retail $1592

sale $769Oversize Swivel

ACCENT CHAIR retail $812


sale $1699

retail $2180

sale $1090

retail $400


sale $2099

retail $4825

sale $2399

was $2248

sale $1099

retail $546


sale $999

Fivein stock

Brown ContemporaryDuraplush 5 pcSECTIONAL

RecliningChaise,

RecliningArmless,

Recliner Wedge & Armless

Carmel Contemporary 3 pc Fabric

SECTIONALSofa, Armless

Loveseat/CornerChaise

Oversize

OTTOMAN

Walnut Traditional

100%Leather 3 pcSECTIONALSofa, Loveseat

& Armless

SaddleContemporary3 pc Leather-

MatchSECTIONAL

DoubleRecliningLoveseat

Wedge & Full Sleeper

BarkContemporary 3

pc Bonded Leather

SECTIONALFull Sleeper,

Double Reclining Loveseat with

Console Wedge

Chocolate Metro Modern 2 pc

Leather-Match

SECTIONAL

Oversize Accent

OTTOMAN

MochaContemporary

2 pc FabricSECTIONALwith Console &

2 Recliners

Cafe Contemporary Durapella Sofa & Loveseat


Saddle Rustic Microfiber Sofa & Loveseat

retail $2196 sale $1049Cocoa Contemporary

Durapella Sofa, Loveseat, Chair & Ottoman


Brown Contemporary Duraplush Sofa, Chair and

a Half & Swivel Chair

retail $2290 sale $1089Brindle Rustic Leather

Sofa & Loveseat


Natural Contemporary Leather Sofa, Chair &

Ottoman

retail $2840 sale $1299Canyon Contemporary

Leather Sofa & Loveseat


Chocolate & Natural Contemporary 100%

Leather Queen Sleepers

retail $1986 sale $949Multi Traditional Fabric

Queen Sleeper


Olive Contemporary Durapella Queen Sleeper

retail $1301 sale $619Rustic Microfiber Full

Sleeper


Harness Rustic Microfiber Full Sleeper

retail $1400 sale $649Stone Contemporary

Microfiber SofaBrown Contemporary

Duraplush Full Sleeper


discontinued

3 in stock

discontinued


42”-60”T.V. STANDS

sale$158 sale$599 sale$299

2pc.ENTERTAINMENT

CENTER

StoneContemporaryDuraplush

SOFA

Solid OakVinyardCURIOS

sale$299 retail $549 retail $1199 retail $882 retail $945

FINAL WEEK! SALES TAX PAID!Open Monday • Tuesday • Wednesday • Friday • Saturday THIS WEEK!

Special Hours for the countdown to Black Friday.

Beat the Crowds • 3 Extra Days to buy • Many Prices Reduced Even Further!

retail $4278




sale $299

Walnut Traditional

100% Leather 3pc.

SECTIONALSofa, Loveseat

& Armless

Oyster or Red Contemporary2 pc. DurapellaSECTIONAL

MochaContemporary

2pc. fabric SECTIONALwith console &

2 recliners

Bark Contemporary 2pc.

retail $1582

sale $789

SECTIONAL

OPEN 9-7OPEN 9-7

Matching

RECLINER

retail $4825

sale $2299

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