Philly Magazine Best Places to Live

Phoenixville rated one of the 10 most awesome places to live in the Philadelphia area by Philly Magazine.  Our store was highlighted in the article with an awesome picture (which I'm looking to find on the web).  Check out part of the article below or go to any store that sells Philly Mag and check it out yourself.

10 AWESOME NEIGHBORHOODS TO CALL HOME

BY LAUREN MCCUTCHEON & CHRISTINE SPEER

The Crossroads
Phoenixville, Chester County

Pre-war twins sit cheek-to-jowl with Victorians and new condos in a borough where CEOs and construction workers all shop at the same organic grocery. The small but flourishing downtown and a recent flood of young people up the cool factor, too.

Schools: High-ranking Phoenixville Area High School has a 15:1 student-teacher ratio.

Commute to Philly: 40 minutes by car; 20-minute drive to the Villanova train station, then 25 minutes on the R5.

Things you get: Housing from $150,000 to $600,000-plus; parks galore, including neighboring Valley Forge; 32 places of worship; Civic Center family nights; neighborhood hangs (Pickering Creek Inn, Iron Hill Brewery … ).   

Things you don’t:  A train stop. Every township along the 422 corridor wants a line, but it hasn’t happened yet. Also, good Chinese food.

Betcha didn’t know: Oft overshadowed by Colonial Theatre’s BlobFest, the Firebird Festival bonfires a locally crafted sculpture of a phoenix.   

Residents you ought to know: David Friday and Lindsay Herman, owners of Bridge Street’s stylish Hipster Home (meet ’em on First Fridays); Dan and Marge Lejeune, who built Phoenixville’s private golf club, Rivercrest.

The future: More momentum behind Project Train. In the meantime, more bike paths and off-trail bike parking. 

Meet the neighbors: “We bought 20 years ago,” says Greg Cordes, who lives with his wife, Linda, in a 1938 colonial, “and it turned out to be a gold mine. Down the street is Holy Family school, where our daughter went. We can walk to the theater, shopping, to eat. We’re selling our house — it’s too big for us now — but we’re staying here. Forever.”

Wanna buy here? “Prices are reasonable, especially with so many community amenities,” says Joseph Scott McArdle, of Prudential Fox & Roach. “But places priced the same can be in vastly different condition. Look at everything, and make sure your agent knows Phoenixville and knows a deal from ... what’s not.”

Just sold: A new-construction one-bedroom condo with garage parking, hardwood floors and an eco-friendly kitchen, for $165,500.

You might also like: Manayunk … hardscrabble historic, community-oriented, close to Center City, and ready for a rebound.

The Geneva Sound System S Unit Arrives in Hipster Home

The new GenevaSound S iPod/iPhone speaker system now at Hipster Home 

GenevaLab is best known for its high-end iPod-compatible sound systems that bring superior sound quality and components to consumers, home theater fans and audiophiles with iPod products carrying suggested retail prices ranging from $699 to $1,999. Now, we're trying to bring some of that technology down to earth by announcing the Geneva Sound S, offering high-quality sound reproduction, iPod dock, plus a choice of table-top or on-stand presentation for just $299.  That's right, only $299

The GenevaLab S features two 3-inch drivers (we know it looks like there is just one speaker: all the GenevaSound products look that way and they’re all stereo) along with a class D energy-efficient amp that pushed 15 watts to each channel. The unit offers an iPod Universal Dock that supports a wide variety of iPod devices (nanos, minis, classic, touch) plus the iPhone, and also packs and alarm, an FM radio with six station presets, touch top control pad and a line-in connective for non-iPod sound sources. Customers also get a remote for controlling music playback that is equally as sleek as the mini unit itself.

The GenevaSound S itself is a single cabinet made from high-density composite fiber with a piano-gloss finish—white, black, and red models will be available. . The GenevaSound S uses the company’s EmbracingSound technology and digital signal processing to optimize audio output.  What about the sound you ask?  Well, lets just say it will blow the doors off of any product in the market in a similar category of sound systems.  It is crisp.  It is clear.  And it ROCKS!

The unit is available for order and will deliver right to your door.  So stop into Hipster Home and check out the mini sound system/radio/alarm clock for yourself (we have a model in red ready for your listening pleasure).  You will not be disappointed.  

Cheers!

Hip Holiday!

We have worked extra hard to offer some of the most unique holiday gift selections and holiday decor.  Look around in our holiday shop and explore our hand made products that include  hand-made/mouth-blown glass ornaments with feathers inside that add a soft light touch to the cool and hard glass ball.  We also have feather trees, birchwood bark trees, birchwood bark stars, laser etched snowflakes, laser etched garland, ughhhhhhhh! I'm running out of breath!

Our great gift selection includes hand made products such as buffalo horn rings, mother of pear rings, horn earrings, brass bracelets, manzanita branch jewelry stands dipped in silver, copper and silk thread scarves, candles, cutting boards, Geneva Sound Systems, furniture, art and much more.  But you get the idea......... Hipster Home offers very unique gift and home accessory items.  Stop in soon to our store in downtown Phoenixville or shop online at www.HipsterHome.com and we'll ship it to you for FREE!  Now, what could be better than that?.

Cheers!

Dave & Linday

Hipster Home

Hipster Home Feedback

Since we're always (and I mean always) in the store we rarely get to see our pieces at their final destination point.  So you can understand that we were pretty excited when our friend Chris sent us this picture of the James Lounge Convertible Sofa and the Chicago 8 Shelving Unit in his loft at the Byrne Building Lofts.  Also pictured is the Bishop (C) Table over the sofa that wraps around the seat to provide a stable and fashionable setting for you drinks, food or just the remote.

The James Lounge Sofa converts into a single bed and is a sturdy, ultra comfortable piece and is versatile.  With a welded stainless steel base and support there are no screws that can loosen with time and use.  The fabric is a micro fiber weave (so you know it's durable) and it resembles a mens suite in look and feel.  Rarely will you find convertibles that are intelligent looking, elegant and functional.  

The Chicago 8 Shelving Unit is from Blu Dot and has multiple possibilities and can easily convert to whatever needs you have whether it be a shelving unit, bookcase or entertainment unit and is visually pleasing as it uses both positive and negative space, exposing portions of the area behind it for a unique visual and textural sequence.  The possibilities are endless and the quality is superior to anything else on the market.  The Chicago 8 Series is one of Blu Dot's most popular pieces.  Check it out at www.HipsterHome.com

Cheers!

Dave & Lindsay

Hipster Home

The Truss Chair by Gus Modern

Wikipedia definition:  In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units constructed with straight slender members whose ends are connected at joints referred to as nodes. External forces and reactions to those forces are considered to act only at the nodes and result in forces in the members which are either tensile or compressiveforces. Moments (torsional forces) are explicitly excluded because, and only because, all the joints in a truss are treated as revolutes.

Geometry class is back!  Get your protractors out and sharpen your pencils because we're rolling out the new Truss Chair by Gus Modern.  This mid-century styled chair features a solid natural wood oak frame with an interlocking truss base and finger joint detailing on the arms.  The craftsmanship is outstanding and the look is very retro.  This chair is gonna steal the show and will not settle for being called an "accent chair" in any room.  Bottom line this chair is stylish, sleek and sexy.  Get yours now at http://www.shop.hipsterhome.com/product.sc?productId=1103&categoryId=35 or stop into the store and check it out for yourself.

Awesome Deal!

Spiegelau Vino Grande Bordeaux Glass Set - 5 pc

The Vino Grande 5 pc. Bordeaux Set includes four bordeaux wine glasses and one casual entertaining decanter. Bordeaux glasses are ideal for large complex wines. The elegant full-sized bowl reveals the rich aromas of a full, highly tannic red wine but also works beautifully as an all-purpose glass. Wine decanters are an essential part of enjoying wine, allowing oxygen to make contact with the wine and enhancing the flavor and aroma. Made in Germany. *Spiegelau is dedicated to producing the very best crystal wine glasses possible *Highest quality materials and aesthetics as well as durability and value *While Spiegelau recommends careful hand-washing, all Spiegelau glasses are dishwasher safe with no scratching, markings, loss of brilliance, foggy shadows, change in color or brilliance or build up of water chemicals and residue.

All this for only $59.00 (giftboxed) and FREE SHIPPING.  So Stop into the store or go online at www.HipsterHome.com

The Tea Stick for the Tea Connoisseur

 New to Hipster Home and our family of products is Gamila's Teastick.  Stylish, innovative and completely functional these tea stick infusers will make your relaxing moments even better.

The Teastick is a sleek one-cup infuser that combines the quality of loose leafe tea with the convenience (but not the waste) of a tea-bag. Simply scoop, slide, steep and stir to enjoy your favorite flavor with ease and modern style.

The Teastick is made entirely of kitchen-grade 304 stainless steel and is dishwasher sage. Proven in the demanding environments of resaurants and tea shops, The Teastick is made for a lifetime of home use.

The Teastick: the ultimate infuser for tea connoisseurs.

Check it out at www.hipsterhome.com