. for the town see garden ridge texas . at home group inc. type public traded as nasdaq home industry retail founded 1979 as garden ridge pottery key people lee bird ceo judd nystrom cfo products furniture patio & garden home textiles housewares rugs seasonal decor tabletop decor wall decor website www.athome.com at home is a big box retail chain specializing in home decor products based in plano texas . the specialty retailer s stores each carry over 50 000 unique items across broad product categories e.g. furniture ; garden ; home textiles ; housewares ; patio ; rugs ; seasonal decor ; tabletop d cor ; wall decor . the company went public in 2016 . history edit founded in 1979 with one store in schertz texas the brand was created as garden ridge pottery and was later renamed simply garden ridge . in 2014 the company converted all stores to the at home brand and floorplan painting everything grey from garden ridge s characteristic orange . 1 at home operates more than 110 stores in 29 u.s. states . aea investors acquired garden ridge in october 2011 . 2 prior to this the chain was privately held by three cities research . garden ridge filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2004 3 4 amid failed lease negotiations and underwent a major reorganization that included closing ten stores in texas georgia missouri florida ohio and tennessee . after the reorganization the corporation emerged from chapter 11 in 2005 . the company publicly filed an s 1 on september 4 2015 . references edit halkias maria june 16 2014 . garden ridge is evolving into at home . dallas morning news . retrieved 27 june 2014 . aea writes 50 % equity check for 715m garden ridge lbo kansas city business journal . 2004 02 02 . retrieved 2009 08 23 . louis st. 2004 02 02 . garden ridge files for bankruptcy local stores unaffected . retrieved 2009 08 23 . this texas related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title at home store & oldid 733119728 categories retail companies of the united statescompanies based in plano texascompanies established in 1979texas stubshidden categories use mdy dates from june 2014all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 august 2016 at 14 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view