Within Reach

I go to each of Long Grove’s fests (Apple, Chocolate, and Strawberry) each year and always find a new store to peruse. I happened upon this store during Long Grove’s Apple Fest and instantly fell in love. There are different sections in the store: holiday, baby, etc. gifts, and an upstairs sale section that is 40% off! If you ever spent time in a Francesca’s store, this is very similar except Within Reach focuses more on home décor accent pieces rather than clothes. A few scarves and a couple dresses are in this store, but this is not a clothing store.
After spending some time reading the humorous coasters, I looked at all the home décor accents. My friends and I couldn’t count how many times we said «Oooh look at this!» There are a lot of fun things.
— Bird lovers rejoice as there are several bird related accents (cages, birdbath jewelry holder which I LOVE, etc.)
— Anyone attending a baby shower soon? Unique baby items are here!
— Fall décor that I have not seen anywhere else.
— Christmas!!! I love this holiday and they designated a section of their store to some really unique accent pieces. See the image I added for a ‘Frosty the Snowman top hat Christmas tree topper’ (whew that is a mouthful). I plan on adding this to my Christmas collection.
— Various wall pieces.
— 40% off sale section on the second floor.
Most prices are fair, but if you’re looking for a bargain check out the sales section. Nothing in the store seems unreasonably high in price. I really enjoyed spending time in this store and the sales lady was very nice. I asked and she says they have been in business for thirty some years so that tells you they’re doing something right. My friends and I plan on visiting again.

This is a store that is, best described, a store my mother would love. There are scarves, decorative things that are not cheap, candles, jewelry, picture frames, a section of baby and kid stuff (that I didn’t even bother to look at) etc BUT there is an upstairs «sale» section where I surprisingly found three things and bonus, they were all 40% off.
One was a piece of canvas artwork that is obviously meant for a kids bedroom. It has a rooster on it but since my brother’s high school era mock rap group had him named «Da Roosta» I thought it would be a funny thing to buy. I plan on giving it to him for Christmas. Perhaps he will hang it in his daughter’s bedroom or maybe they’ll end up giving it straight to the Salvation Army, but I find it at least slightly humorous. I found a little artsy fartsy thing for myself and then a little wallet with a peace sign for my sister for her birthday which is less than a week away. I paid like $ 29 for everything, which I considered to be a victory in a store like that.
The woman working there was very nice. As she calculated my purchase, she commented on how cute the rooster thing was. I told her I agreed and that it was even better because it had a double meaning for me. I didn’t get into the whole rapper thing with her but she seemed to be glad I found appreciation in it.