Omaha Home: new on the block Story by Bailey Hemphill • Photos by minorwhitestudios.com (L-R) Darrel Piatt and Ben Alba
Rebecca Boylan
New on the Block
Elite Glass Services • The Frame Service
Elite Glass Services 10327 Chandler Cir (La Vista)
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lite Glass Services’ website promotes itself as “your one-stop glass shop staffed by glass experts with years of experience in custom fabrication and installation, committed to delivering high quality craftsmanship and extraordinary customer service.” Recently, Elite Glass Services opened a new showroom in La Vista. “We built a new shop and showroom to grow our business,” says Ben Alba, who co-owns Elite Glass Services with partner Darrel Piatt. “The showroom allows us to educate our clients with new and innovative ideas for interior and exterior glass applications. Our new showroom showcases all of our products. The showroom allows customers and clients to make selections from exact examples.” The glass retailer offers custom designs and fitting of shower doors, heavy glass doors, mirrors, glass shelving, glass tabletops, and cabinet glass. Elite also offers glass replacement for broken windows, “foggy” units, and upgrading, which is a much more cost-effective alternative to full-window replacement. Elite now also carries a new product called Beyond™. Designed to separate bars, kitchens, or tables, Beyond™ is a unique technology that will be a focal point of any room; and unlike granite, Beyond™ is easy to clean and has a less porous surface. For more information, visit www.eliteglassservices.com or call 402-630-3436.
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march/april • 2012
The Frame Service 3564 Farnam St (Midtown)
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hile some in the Midtown
community may not see The Frame Service as “New on the Block,” the business has had to start anew after their original building burned down in early 2011. Owner Rebecca Boylan clearly recalls the phone call she received on a Saturday night informing her that her shop had caught fire. “Over the course of seven months, we repaired the entire structure and made the inside new. “We rebuilt the entire interior, restored the original tin ceiling, repaired the windows front and back, and cut in new flooring…We tried to save as much of the original building as we could,” says Boylan. Although the outside of the shop is more or less the same, www.OmahaPublications.com