GREGORY J. GILLIGAN
 Sarah Paxton and Andy Thornton experienced the problem firsthand. The couple couldn’t buy children’s

furniture with a contemporary flair in recent years for their 6-year-old daughter at their LaDifférence store in Richmond. The store just didn’t sell any. “We have a manufacturer’s rep who keptsaying we need to get into this growing sector of the business,” said Paxton, who, along with her husband, Thornton, own the home-furnishings store at 14th and Dock streets. “Having a 6-year-old helped spur Andy along.”

Helping goad the couple were increasing requests from customers, she said. They discovered the options for modern or contemporary kids furniture were limited in the Richmond area.

“We’d have customers coming into the store saying they didn’t like to have to shop elsewhere to buy kids furniture,” Paxton said.

The owners acquiesced and created the LaDiff KID section on the store’s third floor.

The store carries children’s and youth furniture that is slightly contemporary and merchandise that is very modern, she said.

A child can grow from infancy to the teen years with some of the furniture.

The Flexa line is a flexible bed system that enables parents to turn a child’s day bed into a loft or bunk bed with some additional pieces.

Some cribs from another manufacturer can be converted into toddler beds.

LaDifférence is tapping into a growing trend.

Sales of children’s and youth furniture are expected to increase during the next couple of years, largely fueled by older parents and boomer grandparents, experts say.

Restaurant relocating?

The Fox Head Inn restaurant, which is inside a two-story, white country house in Manakin-Sabot, likely will move next year.

“I need a bigger place,” executive chef Robert Ramsey said.

The number of patrons booking reservations for dinner or special events has far exceeded capacity, he said. He’s been there 15 years, and it has been a restaurant since 1961.

Ramsey is in the process of finding a new place that is at least three times bigger.

“We are trying to find a place with character,” Ramsey said.

He’s looking throughout central Virginia, including in Richmond and as far away as Charlottesville.

“We have had some good leads so far, and we got close to putting things under contract, but it has to be a good fit. Wherever I go, I am staying for at least 15 years.”

The restaurant, which received AAA’s 2013 Four Diamond rating, should relocate next year in spring or summer, he said.

Hyundai lot moving

Look for the Gateway Hyundai dealership to move from Petersburg to southern Chesterfield County early next year.

The Myers Automotive Group plans to put the Hyundai dealership next to its Colonial Honda lot off Interstate 95 just south of the Ruffin Mill Road exit. Also next to Honda is the Priority Toyota dealership.

The 17,300-square-foot Hyundai lot also would front I-95.

Contact Deputy Business Editor Gregory J. Gilligan at ggilligan@timesdispatch.com or (804) 649-6379.