Greer’s Best Buys:

Fans of the arts and crafts movement and mission-style furnishings will be thrilled to know that von Hemert Interiors is exclusively carrying Stickley furniture in Orange County.

And von Hemert’s offering a drawing for your chance to win one of two incredible prizes. First prize: a $1,000 Stickley shopping spree in a von Hemert showroom. Second prize: Stickley’s 2009 limited-edition Poppy Table.

To enter, e-mail stickley@vonhemertinteriors.comand enter Greer’s Best Buys in the subject line, your name, address, and phone number! Beginning in 1900, the beloved line of American-made furniture has set the standard of excellence in the furniture industry.

Stickley hand-selects lumber from renewable sources, hand-dyes and hand-rubs each piece of furniture. Stickley says its furniture will last for 300 years.

Von Hemert is carrying Stickley’s popular collections, including Mission, Metropolitan, 21st Century, John Widdicomb and more. It’s the resource for Stickley’s timeless, clean lines and solid craftsmanship furniture for every room in the house.

Stickley, 1595 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, is open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more, call (949) 642-2050.

Stickley, 345 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. For details, call (949) 494-6551.

Stickley, 23649 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance, is open 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more, call (310) 373-0442. Or go to www.vonhemertinteriors.com.

Art for diabetes

Here’s an art exhibit I can’t wait to see. From 6 to 11 tonight Type One Clothing and the Light Gallery in Costa Mesa, host an art exhibition, entitled “Pre-Existing Condition.”

This show is an artist’s perspective of Type-1 diabetes. All participating artists are affected or connected to diabetes.

Participating artists include Shepard Fairey, zoey stevens, Demar Douglas, Sean Brannan, Big Toe, Vincent Burkhead, Thomas J Novy, Christina Christos, David Stoupakis, Anna Impullitti, Andreina Davila, Alone One, MarkGeorge, the Molten Brothers.