Downtown Rockville sporting a flair for home design

Tom Fulop of Rockville Interiors has offered custom window coverings, re-upholstery, slipcovers, bedding, window shades and designer fabrics since 1971 from his shop on West Middle Lane.

Just up North Washington Street, Lillian Interiors is a family-owned business that has specialized in custom window treatments for homeowners and businesses since 1985.

Now Pomegranate & Co. has opened on Maryland Avenue, offering furniture, decorative arts and full-service interior design. Owner Jackie Lefton says her style ‘‘has a solid basis in tradition, with a real shot of color.”

Her international items are complemented by those at Ten Thousand Villages, where professional and do-it-yourself decorators can purchase fair-traded, handcrafted furniture and decorations from developing countries around the globe.

Just across the street from Pomegranate, those who want to support American artisans can find birdhouses from Oklahoma, pottery from Louisiana, woodwork from Maine and pewter from Vermont at Waygoose.

Debbie and Nan (now retired) have been huge supporters of the Town Square redevelopment, and the opening of Waygoose has been greeted as the return of an old Rockville friend, one that still offers the very best in American arts and crafts.

The concentration of decorating assets will further increase with the pending openings of Bedheaders, Cottage Monet and Red Orchard.

After you furnish and decorate your place, you can wind down with a glass of wine at Greystone Grill. Greystone offers a choice of 35 wines by the glass, and bottles at $19 to $53 (half price on Tuesday nights). For more special occasions, there is a rotating ‘‘Innkeeper’s List” of rarer vintages. And those who are truly serious about their wine can lease their own temperature controlled wine vaults.

Based on your preferences, Greystone will specially purchase your wine using its professional discount, and store it in your labeled vault. There must be a number of connoisseurs in Rockville, as half of the available vaults were leased in the first three weeks that the Grill was open.

John Linderman is the Innkeeper at Greystone; look for his name next to the door. The company encourages its innkeepers to live near the restaurant and to get involved in the community. Linderman’s goal is to make Greystone the center for events and business meals in Town Square.

The newest of the new is First Watch (can you guess what it is), which opened Monday and has unusual hours, 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. First Watch is billed as the largest daytime-only restaurant chain in the country.

‘‘It’s all about healthy choices and a healthy lifestyle,” Michelle Foster, regional manager, said. ‘‘Sure, we could make more money if we stayed open later, but we want our employees — all of whom are full-time — to have a good quality of life. Happier people provide great service.”

Now there’s a positive way to begin a day in our evolving downtown.

Sally Sternbach is executive director of Rockville Economic Development Inc., the private-public economic development arm of the City of Rockville.