Calico

I have received my swatch and also several calls from both the salesperson I worked with and the store manager. They are both trying to help me and I will be purchasing the fabric from Calico Corners. Once I let the store know how I felt they did try to make amends and it is appreciated.

This review is based on prices, not work done. They wanted $ 80 per seat to do a simple tack and staple reupholstery job for 6 dining room chairs. AND it would take 4 weeks. I’ve been calling around and so far I’ve gotten two return calls from local reupholsterers who quoted me $ 40 or $ 50 per seat, done in a week. I guess everything costs more in Hinsdale.

I used Calico Corners for redoing the dining room chair seats this fall. The sales lady was helpful and took my 50% deposit gladly. I was told the fabric would be in within a week and then I could bring in the existing cushions. Two weeks went by, I finally drove the chair cushions over to the store and the same sales lady acted like this was entirely new to her; i had the paperwork with me and she scrutinized it like it was fraudulent. Finally, she said, oh, I guess you’ve paid us already and took the chair seats with the promise that they’d be done within 2 weeks so an elapsed time of 4 weeks assuming she even ordered the original fabric two weeks earlier. Its been another month now and each time I call the answer is the same…‘they are in the workroom’. Sorry to have used them. A three week project has become 7 so far with no end in sight. I am getting concerned that they’ve lost my order or worse yet, the seats themselves.

I can’t believe this place is still open. In the 15 years in which I have lived in Hinsdale, I have found the service at Calico Corners to be appalling. The staff barely acknowledges you, and treats you as if they are doing you a favor by waiting on you.
The array of products is nice, but overpriced in comparison to what one can find on the Internet. There are SO many better candidates for purchasing upholstery fabric, accessories, as well as upholstering.

This place is awful. The staff are rude and dismissive. I’m working on blinds and curtains for several rooms in my house and after visiting this shop I will never return. There are much better options for this service.

This store was renovated in July 2007, but I can’t really tell the difference. Fun to go in to if you’re thinking of re-​doing a room or piece of furniture in your house and need ideas/​coordinates.
I found the staff to be somewhat absent. It took me a while to find someone to help me and at that point they didn’t know their inventory to answer my questions. I was looking for a specific color/​type of fabric. Not at all impressed by the books they had of fabric samples.