Scott and Helen Ilnicky's home-based, uniform apparel business was bursting at the seams.

So the two expanded Haberdasher Corporate Apparel from their cramped home off of Malvern Avenue to a 2,000-square-foot space on Dabney Road in Henrico County.

Revenue is up about 50 percent from last year, and Ilnicky said he and his wife desperately needed the extra room.

"We had product throughout most of the dining room and living room," he said. "Our house was becoming a warehouse."

Haberdasher sells uniforms, work- and logo-wear to businesses. The company sells formal work uniforms such as suits and ties, scrubs and lab coats, and more casual work-wear such as polos and khakis.

Ilnicky, a former S&K Menswear executive, launched the business in 2009 just before the Richmond-based clothing company went belly-up.

Helen Ilnicky, 50, said moving the operation out of their home was a sticky decision.

"I don't like to spend money on anything, so if I'm going to spend money on rent you know I'm desperate not to be living in a warehouse anymore," she said.