Our Story

You’ll find a little bit of yesterday that will delight you today at the Family Hearth in historic downtown Frankfort, Illinois at 119 Kansas Street. Now you can shop online too!

Just as families would gather in the past to pray, read and stitch around the family hearth, at our Family Hearth shop, you’ll find inspirational Christian home decor, classic books for children and adults, and needlework to sooth your soul!

Situated in an authentic 1870s-style general store on the main street of town with the original wide plank pine flooring, the shop is full of vintage wares and unique gifts! Honoring home, faith and family life, the shop features vintage and inspirational finds for special family occasions, weddings, anniversaries, new babies, moms, dads and families!

We are proud to also be a full line needlework shop featuring cross stitch charts, fine linens and threads, including your favorite designers like Cross Stitch Antiques, Needlework Press, Shakespeare’s Peddler, Hands Across the Sea Samplers, Legacy Linens, Lakeside Linens, DMC, Weeks Dye Works, Gentle Art and Au Ver a Soie silks and more! We specialize in samplers and needlework traditional designs but can get you anything you are desiring!

From Victorian replicas, vintage décor, quilts, candles, antique samplers and jewelry to unique books, hand-milled soaps, old-time candy, local honey and bottles of pop, you’ll find a warm welcome here “around the family hearth.”