Kids today - July 1, 2009

When children enter many of Art Van Furniture’s 30 full-line stores across Michigan, they are inevitably drawn to “The Castle,” a large structure that includes a pit of balls, a TV room for cartoon watching, coloring tables, and most importantly, supervision. The average size of The Castle is 1,400 square feet, which is amazing, considering the first Art Van store that opened...

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