M. Fatheree Interiors

"We've done them so long that builders hear about us from word-of-mouth," Miriam said. "That is the way your reputation grows in this business. We're always very grateful and humbled that people want us to decorate their homes."

The work with homebuyers and builders encompasses about half the store's business. The other half is walk-in customers, Miriam said.

M. Fatheree Interiors' expansive 10,000-square-foot showroom is filled with a large selection of home furnishings in a variety of prices. The store sells lamps from $100 to $1,000, for example, and rugs that are machine made to rugs that are hand-knotted.

"We hand-pick everything," Miriam said. "We take pride in finding the best items at the best price. We know everyone has a different budget."

In addition, M. Fatheree Interiors has a 10,000-square-foot warehouse for storing inventory for themselves or customers.

"We will store a customer's order in the warehouse for free for a year," Michael said. "From selling to design to delivery, we try to do everything we can for the customer."

M. Fatheree works to get to know their customers to better help them design a home that suites them well.

"We get to know their lifestyle, whether they have children, if they entertain," Miriam said. "This helps us better decide interiors and how rooms are set up."

Miriam is a licensed interior designer and Michael and Michelle are both interior design graduates of the Art Institute of Houston. They began working at M. Fatheree full-time immediately after graduation.

In addition, many of the store's 12 employees have been with the company for more than a decade, Miriam said.

"We don't have a big turnover," she said. "We're blessed with good people."

Dcor and more

The store sells a large variety of items to decorate a home:

• Dining tables
• Lamps
• Desks
• Couches
• Chairs
• End tables
• Rugs
• Paintings
• Art
• Accessories
• Home dcor
• Custom draperies
• Flooring
• Seasonal dcor
• Custom floral arrangements

M. Fatheree Interiors, 27582 I-45 N., The Woodlands, 281-296-9300, www.mfathereeinteriors.com

Hours: Mon.–Sat. 10 a.m.–6 p.m.