We delivered exhibit walls on casters to Lombard Historical Society’s museum

Near Chicago, 700 lilacs were in full bloom along with other springtime flowers when we drove from Belle Plaine to Lombard Historical Society for a recent delivery. This is a rare gem which can’t be missed if you’re in the area!

It also features newly remodeled gallery spaces and offices in a historic building, a super cute gift shop area, and a lovely history. If you’re in the area, take a tour,  and during springtime enjoy the bloom of beautiful gardens.

We had the pleasure of meeting the director and team at Lombard Historical Society, and were able to assist with assembly and set up of their mobile walls on casters. In addition to touring the grounds and museum area, we got to see firsthand how customers experience unboxing and assembly, which helps better serve future customers.

The all-women staff found it simple to unload and cart the exhibit walls and hardware with a flat furniture dolly. Our hardware kit was intuitive and organized.

Over-the-top service

The event was in just a few days, but once the walls were carried in we noticed the ceiling was visibly shorter than the walls! As it turns out, the ceiling was accidentally mis-measured, so even though the walls were customized to be shorter than our standard 8′ 3 1/2″, they were still too tall. No worries – we can fix that!

We went to the hardware store, bought some tools and got to work. The walls can be modified in a pinch with the right equipment and know-how. (If you need to know how to do this, or think it’s a good idea for us to create a video showing how this is done, let us know by contacting us here).

We worked in their gazebo to avoid the rain (yes, it rained to add to the complexity of that day!) and our finish carpenter Chris was able to use a tracksaw to cleanly cut the tops of the walls and reattach the top vertical stud into place. Once modified, the walls were assembled and put into place in a span of a few hours, good as new and ready for the upcoming exhibit’s artifacts.

If by chance someone mis-measured or you purchased used walls that won’t fit, let us know. We can help with that. Pareti can modify the walls if you ship them back, you can have us come out to modify them on site, or you can contact a local finish carpenter or cabinet maker to make the changes and we can explain what to do.

We use natural materials for this purpose – so they can be modified with tools and materials found locally. While changes like lowering the height of the wall take experience and skill, other things like drilling a hole through the wall or screwing things into a wall are doable by just about anyone. Our customers can modify or repair their walls over time. Unlike plastic or metal, simpler materials are repairable and easy to change, making our walls trully sustainable and resuable for years. Had the walls been fabricated out of the country, or with complicated manufacturing processes or materials, they would have not been usable in this case. With our products, even if we hadn’t been present, our customer could have contacted a local finish carpenter or cabinet maker who would be able to make changes like this on site.

“Easier than we thought!”

Once we were back on track, the normal setup resumed. It is absolutely delightful when we hear customers talk about how easy the set up is! As patrons and board members alike walked through the exhibit space they remarked at how nice the walls looked.