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I second the suggestion to check out something from Rowe. I have two sofas from them and love them. You can enter your mother's zip code in this web page to get a list of their retailers.
http://www.rowefurniture.com/index.php

I'm from Reading, PA but moved to be with my husband who's from the Midwest. There's a decently-sized German population out here, but I'm yet to find a Hex sign on the side of a barn (I'm also still looking for the rolling hills of the Eastern-PA farming lands). Thanks for the article, this made me feel like I was at home for a few minutes. Don't forget about another PA-Dutch art, scherenschnitte, paper cutting. It seems like this craft is gaining in popularity.

I'd question the suggestions on this list if I were you. I grew up in Reading, PA and it's nothing like their description. True, there is a beautiful historic district where you can cheaply buy a house, but "home to top-notch schools, four universities"? Not exactly. My high school had a gang problem (my locker was owned by the Latin Street Kings) and is probably going to be taken over by the state, and there's not a university to be found...unless you count the satellite campus of Penn State on the outskirts of town. Also, it's more like an hour and a half from Philadelphia, not the advertised 30 minutes. I do have pride in my hometown, but it's not the nice-to-live-in place that the website claims it to be.