Though Jubilee Furniture might not be an obvious inclusion in the standard all American list – there are lots of reasons why it should be.
The growth of this great country was through immigrants – and our customer base is incredibly diverse. You’ll hear multiple languages spoken at any given time and many of our customers are newly arrived to DuPage County from all over the world.
The very concept of Jubilee Furniture – recycling, repurposing – is consistent to our thrifty fore-fathers who threw little away and would be horrified if they looked in my garbage can every Friday (and I think of myself as being fairly garbage frugal).
Though our farming ancestors would have had little time to volunteer – our mainly volunteer staff would make a helping-simply-for-the-sake-of-helping minded nation smile.
Along those same lines, the fact the proceeds of what we sell at Jubilee Furniture (minus our expenses) are benefiting those most in need in DuPage County would make a baby US of A proud. Caring for the poor, the widow and the orphan would have been woven into every day life of most of our ancestors. Unfortunately, we’ve somewhat moved away from that but now have excellent organizations – like Outreach Community Ministries – to help meet the need.
Though you could argue about some of my “facts” (simply taken from having lived in the United States for 52 years and what I can remember from 8th grade history class) – the overarching principles are fairly accurate and, I think, rather compelling reasons to stop in at Jubilee Furniture either today from 1 to 8 or tomorrow from 9 to 4!
In case that didn’t shay you – how about a few photos of some of the amazing furniture you’ll find if you do come out! (Note – I had to pick up my husband from the train station last night so had to leave before I could complete all my pricing –I’ll arrive early today and finish – but which means I didn’t take photos of a lot of stuff because it wasn’t priced yet)
I would call these two swivel rockers a peachy melon color and they’re in excellent condition and priced $85 each
this is a way cool, gorgeous marble table with five chairs (chairs are grimy) – priced $395
fantastic old white wicker rocker for $95
amazing – pale yellow – side chairs priced $75 each
totally fun, retro oval, smoked glass top (base has same fabric as the chair seats) table and six chairs manufactured by Howell and priced $85 (yep, you read that correctly – only $85!) for the whole thing
six gorgeous Hitchcock chairs for $175 for all six
very fun three piece rattan sectional priced $95
wow – what an amazing matching set – starting top left – gorgeous sofa priced $175; love seat for $135; chair for $95; coffee table priced $60; end table for $40
these are two Rowe sofas – great neutral tone on tone stripe, very comfortable – one is priced $85 the other $125 (the $85 one needs complete cleaning, the $125 just spot cleaning)
nice Pennsylvania House sofa for $65; matching love seat for $25 (problem with the back frame on the love seat)
extremely comfortable, excellent condition, pleather rocker/recliner priced $135
pretty muted rose color on this lovely wing back priced $85
this is a sweet desk priced $95 (color is that antique orange type of finishing)
gorgeous solid cherry dresser with mirror by Kling for $125
retro orange sleeper sofa priced $35
old telephone table/chair priced $125 (“Hello Sarah – get me Floyd at the barber shop, please”)
As you plan your 4th of July weekend I hope stopping at Jubilee Furniture will be part of the celebration. There’ll be plenty of free cookies, lots of smiles and tons of fabulously priced furniture – the only thing missing is the fireworks!
God bless America and you too, dear reader!
