Article: GARDEN RIDGE: TREND-RIGHT HOME DECOR AT SHARP PRICES.

HOUSTON-The home decor business is alive and well at Garden Ridge, the growing specialty chain based here.

Home accents, silk florals, pottery, crafts, candles and scents, baskets, pictures and frames, party supplies and holiday decorations are among the store's "category killer" departments, and account for the lion's share of the business.

Silk florals, merchandised in 25,000 square feet, constitute Garden Ridge's flagship department, and account for one-quarter of the company's sales. The company has since further expanded into a total home merchant. (See story, page 8.)

Garden Ridge's approach to the home decor and accent furniture business is to ...

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