Crate & Barrel made it's debut in 1962 when husband and wife founders Gordon and Carole Segal set up their business with their houseware finds from Europe. Aiming to remove the middleman, the couple hoped to offer fabulous designs at affordable pricing. In the 1980s, Crate & Barrel expanded to become a complete home store offering furniture in select stores. The name came from necessity -- due to lack of money for display shelves the goods were stacked on shipping crates and barrels.
Today, Crate & Barrel has more than 160 stores and is growing strong. The local Crate & Barrel is located at the Westfield Annapolis Mall with an exterior entrance in addition to access from within the mall. With 28,000 square feet of shopping space on two levels featuring a display balcony so you can picture the outdoor furniture on your own patio or deck.
Mill End Shop is a fifth-generation family-owned business serving the Washington, D.C., and nearby Virginia and Maryland areas since 1933. You'll find a wide array of fabric selections waiting for your next project -- whether it's for draperies, slip covers, upholstery, shades, blinds or bedroom ensembles. Mill End Shop offers free design assistance, a great amenity. When you can't make a decision, why not defer to the experts?
Whimsicality is located in the Cape St. Claire shopping Center and offers unique, affordable and fun gifts and accessories. It carries Eliza Byrd slippers, Pine Cone Hill Willow Knit pajamas, Niki bracelets, Mark Roberts's limited edition fairies and a huge selection of unique and fun holiday ornaments. It also sells stylish stems wine markers, stationary, reed diffusers, monogrammed thermal mugs and koozies and all kinds of barware, including some hilarious cocktail napkins. The staff will even wrap your gifts free of charge and send them home with you ready to give as a gift.
