McElheran’s Fine Furniture has been providing Edmonton homes since 1994, when David McElheran and his son Jeff opened a small design studio on Whyte Avenue called Origins Fine Furnishings, Fabrics & Floors.

Almost immediately, customers seeking quality furniture and accessories at a fair price recognized the studio as a leader in the industry. After four years, the focus of our business moved from interior design to retail furniture sales, and the McElheran’s soon outgrew the Whyte Avenue location. In 1998, we moved to our present location on 124^th Street, which features a showroom and a drapery studio and changed our name to McElheran’s Fine Furniture.

Over the next six years, we continued to grow, necessitating a complete renovation of our space in 2004 and the purchase the neighboring Dairy Queen building to house McElheran’s Added Touch.

Though our physical structure continues to change, the quality and service you have come to expect from McElheran’s remains the same as it did when David and Jeff first opened our doors.

Employment Opportunities

Staff

Anne, Design Consultant

Anne specializes in color coordination, texture, leather, space planning and window treatments. She would love to come to your home for an in-home consultation! Anne will earn your trust through her extensive experience and knowledge for all your home design needs. Contact annes@mcelherans.com.

Childhood Ambition: As a kid Anne loved to rearrange her mom’s furniture
Favorite Music: Chariots of Fire
Favorite Movie: Bucket List
First Job: Bakery
Perfect Day: Walking down by the river with her dog, Sport
Biggest Challenge: Being a mom
Proudest Moment: Seeing her children succeed
Perfect Pet: German Shepherd

Abigail, Design Consultant

Abigail brings over ten years of sales, service, management.  She has become addicted to the customer and takes much pleasure in making the experience full. She has a gift for listening, the knack of gab, and an exceptional eye for detail and design. Her purpose is to create spaces people rush home to, and long to linger in while along the way, creating moments that make each piece purchased even more valuable. Contact abigailv@mcelherans.com

Childhood Ambition: To be an astronaut
Favorite Music: anything on the CBC French channel
Favorite Movie: It’s a toss between the Back to the Future Trilogy and Pride & Prejudice
First Job: Goldbar IGA Bakery
Perfect Day: Getting lost in the woods with a book
Biggest Challenge: Keeping clam (genetically disposed to enthusiasm)
Proudest Moment: My first and only solo show to pay my tuition
Perfect Pet: An Umpa Lumpa. I believe they are considered pets.

Kristy, Design Consultant (On Maternity Leave)

A graduate of the interior decorating program at Fanshawe College, Kristy began her career in furniture sales, where she acquired her fresh design perspective. She is fascinated with different cultures and strives to help her clients create divine homes that reflect their exquisite tastes and personalities. Born in Ontario, Kristy now is proud to call Edmonton home. Contact kristys@mcelherans.com.

Childhood Ambition: To be a Zamboni® driver
Favorite Music: Everything from Conway Twitty to Kings of Leon
Favorite Movie: The Wizard of Oz
First Job: Delivering newspapers
Perfect Day: Being with friends and family on a nice fall day
Biggest Challenge: Make it to the So You Think You Can Dance audition
Proudest Moment: Becoming an aunt
Perfect Pet: Gussles, Kari’s dog

Danica, Clearance Center

Danica enjoys using her talent for redeisgn at the clearance center and has aspirations of become a certified professional organizer. Contact clearancecenter@mcelherans.com

Childhood Ambition: To be an actress
Favorite Music: 50′s and 60′s oldies
First Job: On Spec Magazine
Perfect Day: Sleeping in, then later enjoying a hot cup of tea and a good book.
Biggest Challenge: Writing my bio
Proudest Moment: Travelling to another country along (very worthwhile!)
Perfect Pet: A cat

Kari, Display and Merchandising

If you’ve been to McElheran’s Fine Furniture and thought the store looked beautiful, you have Kari to thank. She began her career in retail design in the early 1990s and graduated from design school a few years later. Kari followed her interest in design to McElheran’s in 2005 and is active in raising money for a cancer foundation in her free time. Contact karil@mcelherans.com.

Childhood Ambition: Sometimes I wanted to be a special agent; other times I wanted to volunteer my time in third-world countries. I guess I wanted to save the world
Favorite Music: Opera, big band, Danny Michel, Herabliser and Neil Young
Favorite Movie: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
First Job: Dairy Queen
Perfect Day: Up early with an espresso, cycling through the Rockies, (although going to France would be nice, too
Biggest Challenge: Training for the 31km Birkie ski race while there is no snow
Proudest Moment: Raising oodles of money for the cancer foundation
Perfect Pet: Gus, my Bichon, and perhaps one day a big Labradoodle

Sue, Accounting

The “muscle” of the organization, Sue is the highest ranked female Karateka in the world. She holds a sixth degree black belt in karate and a fourth degree black belt in kobudo. She is a five-time Canadian champion in Itosu Ryu Karate. When she’s not beating people up, Sue handles the accounting and IT needs of the company, as well as collections if necessary. Contact suel@mcelherans.com.

Childhood Ambition: To be a cowboy
Favorite Music: Vanessa-Mae
Favorite Movie: Harry Potter
First Job: Horse trainer
Perfect Day: Brunch with friends, then a motorbike ride
Biggest Challenge: Getting out of bed in the morning
Proudest Moment: Saving the life of an unconscious woman
Perfect Pet: A pet rock

Gena, Customer Care

When Gena joined our administration team the whole store seemed to get brighter?  She has quickly become invaluable to McElheran’s and our customers.  Gena brings a friendly personality, a professional demeanor and nearly 30 years of providing outstanding customer service in both the airline industry and financial services.  These are all rolled into one efficient little package called Gena.  In her own words she describes her career as “being focused on providing exceptional customer service to all clients, many I call my friends”.   Contact customercare@mcelherans.com

Childhood ambition: To become a phys ed. teacher
Favourite Music: A wide variety especially “The Beatles”
Favourite Movie: All Bond movies
First Job: Bryan’s Fashions
My idea of a perfect day: A long early morning walk/run outdoors with my husband ending it by sitting on our deck sipping a cup of coffee, tea or coco all before starting the day.
Biggest Challenge: Training for and finishing several marathons & being a mother of two teenage boys.
Proudest Moment: Finishing my very first marathon & the birth of my children.
The Perfect Pet: Keira.  My Black Lab/Irish Wolfhound cross.

Mike, Warehouse and Delivery

A drummer in the local band Triple Exposure, has been with McElheran’s for four years and enjoys working with the customers he comes in contact with.

Childhood Ambition: To replace Animal on The Muppet Show
Favorite Music: Rock and roll, heavy metal
Favorite Movie: Two words: zombie movies
First Job: Wendy’s
Perfect Day: No stairs, zero gravity and free massages
Biggest Challenge: Singing while drumming, and moving armoires
Proudest Moment: Releasing two albums in one year
Perfect Pet: My two kitties, Scratchy and Clawdia

Dave, Warehouse and Delivery

A guitarist since the abe of 15, Dave has been in and out of bands but now just plays alone.   Recently started with McElheran’s Dave has been enjoying his time both in the warehouse and on the deliveries.

Childhood Ambition: To have 2 Children
Favorite Music: Heavy Metal
Favorite Movie: Star Wars
First Job: Bubbles car wash
Perfect Day: Sitting by a beach
Biggest Challenge: Going to Chile and Argentina
Proudest Moment: Buying my first X-Box
Perfect Pet: Dogs and Cats

Otto, Warehouse Manager

Otto joined McElheran’s in 2004 and has more than 28 years of experience in the furniture warehouse/distribution industry. Born and raised in Edmonton, he is proud of his marriage of 20 years, his two children and going to college at the age of 35.

Childhood Ambition: Playing in the World Cup for Italy
Favorite Music: Almost anything except country
Favorite Movie: The Dark Knight
First Job: Flyer boy
Perfect Day: Good food, good company, great beer
Biggest Challenge: Going to college at age 35
Proudest Moment: The birth of my children
Perfect Pet: Someone else’s

Jeff, Manager, Janitor, Advertising and anything else that pops up

Jeff’s first business venture was a lemonade stand in the driveway, but by the age of 11 he made $3 pricing fabrics in his father’s store. Jeff joined forces with his father after attending college and getting married, and they began what would later become McElheran’s Fine Furniture. Jeff truly takes pride in being able to help people create a home they can be proud of and strives to make the store an extension of that belief. Contact jeffm@mcelherans.com.

Childhood Ambition: For awhile, to be an interior designer, and for awhile, to be a youth pastor
Favorite Music: A wide variety, but especially jazz
Favorite Movie: The Game
First Job: Pricing fabric samples for my dad
Perfect Day: Exploring new places in the world with my family
Biggest Challenge: Separating the important things from the urgent things
Proudest Moment: The day my wife agreed to marry me, followed by the birth of my two kids
Perfect Pet: A bronze dog, which you can buy at our store. Very low maintenance and extremely affordable compared to a real dog