The Chicago furniture store Mig and Tig donated custom pieces for the popular ABC television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
CHICAGO, IL – Chicago contemporary furniture store Mig and Tig recently announced that it donated furniture to outfit the entire house of a family in need featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. For its generous donation, Mig and Tig will be highlighted on an upcoming episode of the popular television show, which has over 1 billion viewers in more than 60 countries worldwide.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition contacted Mig and Tig because they were impressed by the furniture store’s wide product selection and style. Since 2003, the reality television show has been captivating viewers by changing the lives of disadvantaged families from around the country.
Each episode of the home makeover show centers around a needy family and a dedicated team of contractors, designers, and workers who race against the clock to completely rebuild an entire house in just one week. Now starting its sixth season, the show airs Sunday nights on ABC at 8 p.m. EST.
“We are so excited to be part of such an amazing show. As avid viewers for many years, we have been moved to tears by watching the joy that the makeover team provides for families. By partnering with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, we were truly able to make a difference in a needy family’s life,” says Vicki Semke, owner of Mig and Tig Furniture. (http://www.migandtig.com)
Mig and Tig’s unique product offering gives customers an opportunity to create personalized rooms through the use of customized pieces. The Chicago living room furniture store specializes in pieces with intricate details and standout features that can transform any living space. The store is also well known for its wide selection of quality fabrics, which are made from the finest materials provided by both local and international suppliers.
For its contribution to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Mig and Tig partnered with many of its fine vendors to outfit the newly built home with a beautiful collection of customized furniture. The unique pieces will draw attention from viewers worldwide, and the Chicago custom furniture store is dedicating a section of its website, www.yourfurniturelink.com, to highlight the manufacturers of the donated products.
Although Mig and Tig can not service customers outside of the Chicago area, by featuring the vendors on its website, shoppers from around the world will have the opportunity to contact the manufacturers directly to source local retailers, reducing shipping costs as well as energy consumption. “With this addition to our site, Mig and Tig is truly your furniture link to unbelievable collections of custom furniture.”
“Our vendors’ partnerships helped make our experience with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition possible. Even if customers do not make purchases through Mig and Tig, we are featuring our vendors on our website as a way of thanking them for their generosity and supporting them through this tough economic time,” says Semke.
About Mig and Tig: Offering a wide selection of customized pieces, the Chicago furniture store Mig and Tig (http://www.migandtig.com) is committed to helping customers create personalized living spaces. The store has a creative custom furniture team on staff to help customers build unique, stylized rooms through the use of beautifully designed furniture pieces and fabrics.
Media Contact:
Vicki Semke
Mig and Tig
540 N. Wells
Chicago, IL 60610
1-312-644-8277
http://www.migandtig.com
Los
Angeles and Chicago Custom Furniture Designers Offer A Design Grant
For A Doozie Of A Design Challenge! [9/19/08]
Students from the Harrington School of Design are getting ready
to compete for a design grant funded by Chicago custom furniture
store Mig and Tig of Chicago and Mortise and Tenon of Los Angeles.
These furniture stores specialize in custom designer furniture from
contemporary to traditional.
CHICAGO, IL - Forty students from Harrington College of Design
will soon compete for a design grant jointly funded by custom furniture
store Mig and Tig of Chicago and Mortise and Tenon of Los Angeles.
The grant will help two students further his or her studies at the
Harrington College of Design.
The 40 students that study at Harrington will introduce themselves,
find an object of inspiration that will ultimately incorporate into
their product design.
"This will be a tough design competition, as students must
meet difficult requirements provided in a tight timeline. Students
will understand the realities of what manufacturers, retailers and
consumers demand in today's rapidly changing market place,"
says Harrington graduate, Vicki Semke and owner of Mig and Tig Furniture.
Mig and Tig Furniture specializes in custom furniture, but that
wasn't always their focus. The company's name derived from welding
terms when their business was solely making custom iron furniture.
On the West coast, sister store, Mortise and Tenon, similarly, focused
on wood products, as their store name derived from a wood joint
and are also a custom furniture boutique.
Make a weekly visit to checkout the Project Lounge at http://www.migandtig.com
and http://www.mortisetenon.comto share the ups and downs of the
design process. See Harrington students tread toward the finish
line of this grueling competition these two boutique furniture retail
leaders have set the high bar for.
Media Contact:
Vicki Semke
540 N. Wells
Chicago, IL 60610
312.644.8277
migtigwells@sbcglobal.com
http://migandtig.com/
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