Posts Categorized: About La Lune Collection

Everything You Wanted to Know about La Lune Collection – and More!

(A CBS Sunday Morning Spotlight Story) Every business has its own unique story to tell, and La Lune Collection is no exception. Founded almost 40 years ago by Cathy and Mario Costantini, the story of La Lune Collection’s beginnings and subsequent development is punctuated with references to college romance, Italian opera arias, Ralph Lauren, urban… Read more »

New Year, New Choices – and La Lune’s New Features!

Who doesn’t love to start the year with something fresh and new? We certainly do at La Lune Collection, and we’ve got THREE new features on our beautiful website to tout – check out below the expanded options on our Fabric, Leather, and Finish pages.  And, be sure to click on the images to explore these… Read more »

La Lune Collection’s Top 5 of 2015

As we look forward to 2016, we’re excited to consider the new opportunities, experiences – and beautiful new rustic furniture designs – that the new year will bring. At the same time, what  fun it is for us to recall the full year that we have just left behind! And so, in the spirit of reflection, we’re delighted to share here our most popular articles of 2015:… Read more »

Hot Off the Presses – There’s Something New at La Lune Collection!

We’re excited to announce that La Lune Collection’s brand-spanking new brochure has just rolled off the presses – and we think it’s beautiful, if we do say so ourselves. We’re guessing you will, too. If you’d like your own copy, so you can check it out for yourself, just click here and let us know where… Read more »

La Lune Collection Throws its “Doors Open”!

During one special weekend in September, over 100 buildings in Milwaukee allow their doors to be thrown open, much to the delight of the curious guests who take a peek at what’s going on inside. The weekend event, dubbed “DOORS OPEN”, was inaugurated by Historic Milwaukee, Inc. in 2011, and La Lune Collection has enthusiastically participated in… Read more »

At La Lune it (Still) Begins with a Drawing…

At La Lune Collection we’re very proud of our lovely website, which features hundreds of photographs and a wealth of interesting things to read about our company and our people, as well as about our work “outside” of La Lune. And, of course, the highlight of our website is our beautiful and unique handcrafted rustic furniture! However, many years before La Lune’s website… Read more »

Nature’s Color Palette: Wood Finishes from La Lune Collection

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson   19th century American poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once wrote that “nature always wears the colors of the spirit”.  At La Lune Collection we take these words to heart, and have made all of our unique rustic furniture designs available in a striking array of nature’s own… Read more »

Work Hard, Play Hard – Partying with a Purpose at La Lune Collection

At La Lune Collection we’re proud of our hardworking team of artists, craftsmen, and sales professionals – it’s thanks to their dedication and skill that we’re able to create the most beautiful rustic furniture available anywhere. However, as the old proverb goes, “all work and no play make Jack a dull boy” – so, we also… Read more »

La Lune Collection at the “Showhouse for a Cure”

At La Lune Collection we’re delighted to have created a space in the 2015 Wisconsin Breast Cancer Showhouse, which opened to the public this month and marks the fifth straight year in a row of La Lune’s participation in this important project. The WBCS group of dedicated volunteers presented its first showhouse in 1998 to raise funds for cancer research… Read more »

Looking Ahead… and Looking Back: The Top 5 La Blog Posts of 2014

Happy New Year wishes to all from La Lune Collection! As we look forward to 2015, we’re excited to consider with anticipation the new opportunities, experiences – and beautiful new rustic furniture designs – that the new year will bring. At the same time, what  fun it is for us to recall the full year that we have just left behind!  And so, in… Read more »