We have one left here in Michigan, about 45 minutes from me. I go there fairly often. Just went last weekend for a huge sale and bought a KitchenAid warming drawer for my island (23% off!). There are no closing dates yet, but watch for sales!

I was disappointed to see them close also. I liked going in there and wandering around, "window shopping". :)

I will miss wandering around TGI too....I stop in once a week when I hit Costco. Doesn't surprise me tho...way too much space and always an empty parking lot. The Starbucks inside didn't make it either.

But - eyes out for the sales for sure.

Yes, another nice chain is being shut down by Sears Holding Co. All of the Southern California Standards of Excellence appliance stores were closed recently. I picked up all of my kitchen appliances (except the range hood) at substantial discounts over an 8-month period as various locations closed and the floor models were sold off through the local outlet.

They were selling the model kitchens for 50% off. I actually counted cabinets to see if it was economical for me.

Sadly, I need a bunch of strange sizes.

Mugsy

Too bad they are closing but I might snag a few bargains.
Deb - don't grab all of the Michigan bargains!

We bought all of our kitchen appliances and our pendants at The Great Indoors. I love that store. Our store closed several months ago much to my dismay.

The coffee shop in our TGI didn't make it either and was eventually run by some Russian or Turkish coffee place.

Jodi-

We stopped in one day this week at the store in Novi MI and the tile lady told me they're open til 4/15 ish, then it's closed for regrouping and mark downs! Yeah! Looks like I'll have some competition for the bargains with fellow GWs!

I was just down the road from the Gaitherburg store today, looking at granite. I wish I had stopped in to check out the deals.

I was just at the Novi, MI store last night. Everything is 10%-30% off. It seriously felt like they would be closed in another week or two. I wanted to check out the bathroom vanities, and was seriously disappointed to see that they would be closing. As others have said, I enjoyed window shopping and just wandering around in there.

I am considering buying a vanity from them. It was something like $1299 marked down to $1039. Do you guys think it'll be marked down any further than that? I'm kind of leery of buying from a place where I know I have no real recourse if something goes wrong.

About 10 days ago I went to the Gaithersburg, MD store and prices were not really marked down yet and one salesperson said they had not gotten word yet on exactly when they were closing. It's only 10 minutes from me, so I may pop in every other week or so just to see....they don't really have what I am looking for at the moment for powder room redo..but may pick up towels and such once they are marked down substantially.

The one 20 minutes from us closed their doors about 2 months ago. We were able to snag 3 pendants that were listed originally for almost $1000 for only $150!

Per this thread I called the other that is 30 minutes away and found out for sure it is ALL Great Indoor stores :( We'll watch for the sales but I sure wish one of them could have stayed open. Great ideas, great products and great customer service.

I haven't been in a couple weeks. Looks like there are 3 of us Michiganders on here. I don't think you lose all recourse buying from them. They are a Sears company, so I would think you could still go through Sears (which, in fact, is owned by Kmart).

Make that 4 Michiganders here. I'm about 20 minutes from the one here in Michigan. Rats. I'll have to keep visiting to check out the deals.

5 michiganders, I went on Friday and got some stuff. stopped by yesterday, no better deals yet. The girls in the store said they don't know when the deals get better, the liquidator decides that. I live about 10min from the one in Novi. Will report back when the deals improve!

Make that SIX MICHIGANDERS :)

But we are about 2 hrs. north of Detroit (Bay City/Midland/Saginaw area) and have never even head of this store!! Tho I had been to the Design Expo store a few times (near Troy)

jody