At McCready Interiors / Norwalk: The Furniture Idea, it is our desire and goal to allow our customers to create the furniture and room of their dreams. We offer hundreds of styles and thousands of fabrics and leathers to choose from, so that our clients can create the upholstered furniture that is “just right” for their home. Additionally, we provide quality, affordable casegood pieces, tables, rugs, lamps, artwork and accessories to complete the room.
Our design team is qualified to complete any aspect of residential projects, from new build to remodeling of existing environments. We are also capable of assisting in commercial projects and specialize in dental and medical facilities.
Our Team
The McCready Family
Third Generation: Tom & Julie McCready (Left)
Fourth Generation: Graham McCready (Right)
Delivery & Service Team
Tom Smollen (Top Left) Nic Stiteler (Top Right)
Cody Hamilton (Bottom Right)
Kyle McCombs (Bottom Left)
Our Designers
Kathleen Shaughency
Senior Designer, Kathleen, has spent the vast majority of her time since 1996 being a part of our team. She briefly left the area to extend her design talents to Las Vegas and Florida and returned later to continue her high level of customer service to her client base. Kathleen offers extremely detailed, well-designed rooms for her customers. Kathleen has won a variety of National Awards for sales achievement as well.
Audrey Lunsford
Audrey has also been a senior designer with McCready’s/Norwalk since 2001. She enjoys designing the “challenging room,” finding all the possible options for designing and finishing the space with the perfect accessories. She prides herself in her ability to listen to her clients’ needs and design a perfect room for them that is comfortable, stylish, and functional. Audrey’s passion is putting the finishing touches in a room to give it that “WOW” factor.
Holly Darsee
Holly has been a designer at McCready’s/Norwalk since 2015. Having studied Art & Design in California, Holly has worked in residential and commercial design since 1985. “Making the world a more beautiful place – one room at a time” is her mantra.
Katherine Remy
Katherine is our newest member, having started with us in the Summer of 2020 after she graduated from Chatham University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Architecture and was a member of their volleyball team. She is from the area, having grown up in the Mansfield/Ontario area and graduated from Ontario High School in 2017.
Julie McCready
Julie, along with her husband Tom McCready, owns and operates McCready Interiors/Norwalk: The Furniture Idea. Julie has spent over 24 years in the furniture industry, managing and training her design staff, as well as providing corporate sales training for other furniture stores as well. Julie specializes in commercial design work of medical and dental facilities as well as assisting her clients with residential and commercial projects, nationally and internationally.