Shopping in Union City

Given how much time the average person spends in bed, the team at Select Sleep Mattress believes everyone should be entitled to their own personalized mattress. Instead of selling premade mattresses, they have a three-step custom building process that lets sleepers to create their ideal bed. Customer circulate through the shops, selecting their foundation, support level, and comfort level, or waiting while assembly takes place in the on-site factory. Crews then deliver the finished product, and the comfort guarantee gives customers a six-month option to have their mattress rebuilt if it isn’t comfortable enough or if it makes them have that dream where the mailman unravels into a pile of hair.

Studio Seven Arts, voted Best Art Gallery of 2011 by Diablo magazine's readers, is bedecked in one-of-a-kind fine art, handcrafted jewelry, and eclectic crafts, fostering an inspiring backdrop to their custom-framing services. The staff members curate a collection of American art pieces, including locally made creations, displaying handcrafted fine jewelry and skillfully made crafts that can be both functional and decorative—much like a scarecrow in a sundress. The gallery’s in-house framing artisans draw upon 25 years of experience to build custom frames for such treasures as paintings, photos, diplomas, and mirrors of any shape or size. Frames can be outfitted with wood to match any room’s décor, and with a variety of glass options that can block the bleaching effects of sunlight and scribblings of pets who feel they ought to be in all the family photos.

At Bloomies on Main, a two-woman team strives toward a single goal: to create classically beautiful floral arrangements as unique as the events they celebrate. Designer Sorayah Azadan’s floral and interior-design degrees give her aesthetic expertise that she uses in her work alongside manager and head designer Sarah. Together, the two work hard to avoid the cookie-cutter bouquet look, and instead create fresh and tasteful arrangements for any occasion. Their best sellers include the Fashionista Blooms—a bouquet of yellow and pink roses and pink daisies. Another popular choice is the Fruit and Blooms basket—a handful of purple blooms atop a pile of bananas, apples, and oranges. They can also assemble flowers for anniversaries, new babies, birthdays, and the anniversary of a new baby, also known as a birthday.

Since 1993, Sweet Celebrations has helped hosts maximize festivities by carrying decorations and accouterments for any variety of shindig. In-house printing services run off custom invitations, banners, and candy-bar wrappers for birthdays, weddings, and baby's first dentist appointment. Sweet Celebrations' delivery service can bring balloon bouquets or arches directly to a local party venue, eliminating the risk of a party host popping balloons or floating to the moon instead of making it home.

Romi Boutique's wide range of head-turning garb spices up any wardrobe without dousing it in a chipotle marinade. As they shop, visitors will enjoy a charming interior packed to the brim with a variety of fashion-forward styles teleported back from the future, including designer selections such as Red Engine denim, Charlotte Tarantino sweaters, Kim Culture jewelry, Beryll sunglasses, and steel armor blouses. The carpeted dressing room's billowing curtains allow for dramatic unveilings as you model fetching scarves ($40–$250), edgy T-shirts ($30–$140), and sexy jeans ($150–$260). Romi's style-conscious staff of fashionable advisors will help customers discover the most eye-catching threads among its overstuffed inventory, and will also make sure less fashionably intuitive customers don’t leave wearing a pair of handbags as shoes.

Charmelle 28 features high-quality lingerie from renowned European designers such as Aubade, Marie Jo, Lise Charmel, and PrimaDonna. Delicate camisoles, lacey bras, and seamless panties fill the store’s racks and tables at two area locations, where expert staffers are on-hand to make recommendations and take measurements. Charmelle 28’s stock of underthings also includes low-key sleepwear as well as hosiery and more risqué bustiers.