Extended Holiday Hours!

Starting Monday, December 14 we will be open later in the evening to help you with your holiday shopping.

• December 14 - 19 (Monday - Saturday), 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• December 20 (Sunday), 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• December 21 - 23 (Monday - Wednesday), 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• December 24 (Thursday), 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

We're happy to offer unique suggestions for everyone on your list. Visit us for great gifts of good design!

Shop Where Your Heart Is

Happy Thanksgiving! November has been an exciting month at Ideal, with shipments from our summer New York trip arriving weekly. We are busy rearranging and getting the store looking festive for holiday shopping. Rest assured there are many new beautiful objects of good design for people of all ages and interests.

Starting Friday, November 27, we are participating in Downtown Bellingham Partnership's Shop Where Your Heart Is, a week-long series of holiday events encouraging shoppers to support Bellingham's unique, local stores. Pick up a passport, collect stamps from all participating shops, and you will be entered into a raffle with dozens of great prizes. Please visit us during the week of November 27 - December 4 to have your passport stamped and check out what's new in the shop.

Here's to a happy, healthy holiday season. Our heartfelt thanks to you for supporting our locally-owned business.

Art Walk, November 6 - Form Function by Jason Morris

Join us Friday night as we feature two screenings of Jason Morris's short film "Form Function." Jason is Associate Professor of Industrial Design at Western Washington University. His film follows 12 WWU students through a design process from start to finish, with fascinating results.

In Jason's words:

This short film shows a design process that begins with abstract form creation and ends with unique and fantastic designs of furniture, vehicles and spaces. Twelve selected projects are exhibited from the industrial design students at Western Washington University from March 2009. It is highly visual and dreamlike, with no dialogue and an ambient soundtrack by Moby. (9 minutes running time)

Screenings will be at 8 and 8:30 pm. Jason will be on hand to answer questions about the project. We'd love to see you!