Furniture stores used to carry one or two sofa beds in very limited styles. Now entire retail outlets are devoted to sleeper sofas and convertible furniture, and many sofa designs are available both as a regular couch and as a sleeper. ...
Regardless of what type of furniture you own, proper care and maintenance will go a long way toward increasing the lifespan of your furniture, preserving its appearance and, as a result, increasing your enjoyment of your furniture and ...
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Although the information contained on this page applies to wood furniture, keep in mind that most wood furniture pieces contain components of other materials, such as brass, plastic, leather and fabric. The composition of a single piece of ...
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HIGH POINT — The California official heading revisions to that state's longtime flammability regulation and the scientist whose research prompted the urgent regulatory overhaul will both participate in the American Home Furnishings ...
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Outdoor furniture trends have kept pace with the trend for making better use of outdoor spaces. Now more than ever outside space is treated as another living area, especially if you're lucky enough to live in a climate where you can be ...
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LAS VEGAS — Green Gables Furniture and Desert Digs Fine Furnishings will show together in a new permanent showroom at the winter Las Vegas Market, Jan. 28-Feb. 1. The 2,347-square-foot showroom in World Market Center B-130 will ...
HIGH POINT — Simplicity Sofas, an upper-end producer and online retailer of ready-to-assemble sofas, chairs and sectionals, has won Phonebooth's small business innovators contest, along with a $20,000 grand prize, said owner Jeff ...
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Contemporary sofas feature soft, rounded edges and sleek, simple designs. They often feature metal accents or a metal or covered base, unlike traditional sofas with their wood bases and sharper edges. Contemporary sofas come in the same ...
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Last week, Steffani Cameron talked about how the use of shadowboxes can turn your clutter and keepsakes into art. But what are some of the other aspects of this simple, and now trendy, way of approaching home decor? What is a shadowbox, ...
Nylon Choose nylon fabric for your sofa. Nylon is a durable fabric that is reasonably priced. It is a good choice for sofas that will receive a lot of use, and it can hold up to high levels of abrasion and wear and tear. It has a tendency ...
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Fabricsandpapers.com has added French design house Casamanace and Yorkshire-based Moon to its growing range of suppliers of high quality designer wallpapers and furnishing fabrics. Casamance launched its first furnishing fabrics ...
History Sofas date to Greek and Roman times when they were used more for reclining while eating than sitting. Originally covered in fabric, leather has been used as an upholstery material for couches since the Renaissance period. Spanish ...
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A couch or sofa is a piece of furniture for seating two or more persons in the form of a bench, with or without armrests, that is partly or wholly upholstered, and often fitted with springs and tailored cushions.Although a couch is used ...
The designers at Serralunga think outside of the box.With its passion for innovation,Serralunga is renowned for pushing the boundaries of materials,technologies and aesthetics in order to create groundbreaking and attractive products that ...
Twelve months ago, when curator Donna Loveday went to visit the shoe designer Christian Louboutin in his Parisian atelier to discuss the retrospective exhibition which opens on Tuesday at the Design Museum, her eye kept wandering to the ...
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