Aurora resident Amy Campbell often helped her mother Kathleen with her shop at the Painted Tree Boutiques on Route 59 in Naperville, where she sells artistic furniture and decor.
On Wednesday, Campbell and her father had to tear down the shop after her mom received an email on Tuesday announcing that Painted Tree was closing permanently, effective immediately.
Painted Tree vendors shocked by closure
“I’m like, this is a late April Fool’s joke, right? And she’s like, I’ve read it three times. It’s not,” said Campbell.
They’re one of many business owners with booths at the Painted Tree Boutiques that are now facing uncertainty following the store’s abrupt closure, part of a nationwide shutdown that includes the other two Chicagoland stores in Bloomingdale and Kildeer. The company also declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to local management…