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14 The Baltimore Sun | Sunday, July 16, 2023
BALTIMORE SUN’S BEST READERS’ CHOICE 2023 HOME & GARDEN
Jarrettsville Furniture, which has been named Baltimore’s Best Furniture Store, carries many styles of furniture such as this classic leather living room.
BARBARA HADDOCK TAYLOR/BALTIMORE SUN
BEST FURNITURE STORE
JARRETTSVILLE FURNITURE
3743 Federal Hill Road, Jarrettsville. 410-557-7961. jarrettsvillefurniture.com
Purchase a mattress and the staff will deliver it, remove the old one and
even make the new bed. Drag a reluctant spouse here to shop and watch
the mood change: There’s a big-screen TV where one can watch sports, eat
popcorn and down a beer or two.
Customer service is paramount at Jarrettsville Furniture, said Frank
Avena, co-owner of a family-owned business celebrating its 50th year. The
showroom, one-eighth of a mile long, is filled with bedroom, dining room and
living room sets on parade for the company’s 10,000 clients. As Maryland’s
top politico, Larry Hogan outfitted several bedrooms and sitting rooms in the
governor’s mansion. Former Orioles manager Buck Showalter and his family
are patrons, as are several judges, who have dressed up their chambers with
high-end tables and desks.
“We have furnished entire homes, more than we can count,” Avena said.
His staff of 25 includes 6 designers who visit clients’ residences to scope out
the premises and chat with buyers before signing off.
“The more we learn from our customers, the better we can help them,”
Avena said.
Furniture, from love seats to lounge chairs, hails from artisans in Ohio,
North Carolina and Pennsylvania, among others. In the four years since they
bought the business, the current owners have quadrupled annual sales to
more that $7 million. A big slice of that comes from moving mattresses which,
curiously, weren’t on the menu before.
“If people come for bedroom sets, we want to sell them something they can
sleep on, as well,” Avena said.
Stepped-up advertising, on TV, radio and social media, has brought a
new set of shoppers to the showroom which, when built half a century ago,
Owners James Stiars, from left, Angie Stiars and Frank Avena stand in one of the
showrooms at Jarrettsville Furniture, which has been named Baltimore’s Best
Furniture Store. BARBARA HADDOCK TAYLOR/BALTIMORE SUN
flanked farmland and pastures. Last month, the business began making its
pitch on the scoreboard behind home plate at Camden Yards.
— Mike Klingaman
CLEANING SERVICE
HOME SECURITY
INSTALLATION
DAVE’S CLEANING
CONSULTANTS
ELITE HOME
ENTERTAINMENT
Honorable mentions:
Cornerstone Cleaning
Butts’ Best Cleaning
Molly Maid of Hunt Valley
Honorable mention:
Westminster Security Co.
HOME STAGING
ELECTRICIAN
KATE WUNDER INTERIORS
DAN FLOWERS ELECTRIC
Honorable mentions:
Studio A Staging
Urban Interiors
Staging Solutions, LLC
Honorable mentions:
Constellation Home
Clinton Electric Co.
Brothers Services Co.
HOMEBUILDER
PYLE FENCE CO. INC.
KEYSTONE CUSTOM
HOMES - EVA MAR FARMS
Honorable mentions:
Long Fence
Abbey Fence & Deck Co.
Fence Masters Inc.
Honorable mentions:
Brockton Homes Inc.
Point Modular Homes
Gemcraft Homes
FLOORING AND CARPETING
HVAC REPAIR
BODE FLOORS
CLARKSVILLE HEATING
AND AIR, LLC
FENCE INSTALLATION
Honorable mentions:
Jason Brown Wood Floors
The Vertical Connection Carpet One
Floor & Home
Jim Boyd’s Flooring America
Honorable mentions:
BTR HVAC Services
Krause Companies
A.J. Michaels
FURNITURE STORE
INTERIOR DESIGN
JARRETTSVILLE FURNITURE
ANNA GRAHAM
INTERIORS
Honorable mentions:
Urban Interiors
Su Casa Furniture
Second Chance Inc.
Anna Graham’s business Anna Graham Interiors was voted Best Interior Design.
KIM HAIRSTON/BALTIMORE SUN
Honorable mentions:
Kate Wunder Interiors
Urban interiors
Jenkins Baer Associates
GARDEN CENTER
VALLEY VIEW FARMS
LANDSCAPER
Honorable mentions:
Green Fields Nursery
Kroh’s Nursery
Sun Nurseries
VIN’S TOTAL CARE
LANDSCAPING, LLC
Honorable mentions:
Lazo Landscaping
Rhine Landscaping
Oaklawn Landscaping
HANDYMAN
CLARKSVILLE
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
INC.
LIGHTING
JONES LIGHTING
SPECIALISTS
Honorable mentions:
Brothers Services Co.
Ace Handyman Services Columbia
Just-IN-Time Roofing & Renovations
MOVING COMPANY
VON PARIS MOVING &
STORAGE
Honorable mentions:
Thompson’s Moving Inc.
Senior Transitions
Perry Moving & Storage
HARDWARE STORE
COURTLAND ACE
HARDWARE & HEARTH
Honorable mentions:
Clarks Ace Hardware Ellicott City
Falkenhan’s Hardware
Kendall Hardware Inc.
Customers shop along one of the many colorful rows of plants available at Valley
View Farms in Cockeysville. JERRY JACKSON/BALTIMORE SUN
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Editor’s note: Winners and honorable mentions were determined by popular vote. Readers were invited to nominate and vote online from April to June. The results are generated solely by readers’votes. The Baltimore Sun does not take responsibility for the services offered or advertised by those listed.