Bantul regency has lost its famous Kasongan earthenware production center, causing business to grind to a halt and leaving more than 2,500 workers jobless.
Nearly all earthenware supplies, produced by local home industries and owned by up to 600 businesspeople, on display at the center in Bangunjiwo in the Bantul district of Kasihan were destroyed in [...]

Australian-born Warwick Purser points sadly at a building once filled with ethnic Indonesian bric-a-brac and craft made by villagers living on the outskirts of the quake-hit royal city of Yogyakarta.
The roof of the showroom has collapsed, damaging craft such as pandanus leaf placemats, woven coconut shell ice buckets and black terracota plates that have made [...]

Try wicker or teakwood — gazebos, fire bowls are hot summer extras.
Thinking of packing up the family for that much-needed vacation? Think again. The roads are littered with potholes and the stress of backseat bickering will have you begging for mercy before you can unfold the map. If you really want to relax, look no [...]

La-Z-Boy is teaming up with The Quilt: A Breast Cancer Support Project, to help raise money and support for breast cancer survivors and their families.
The company has signed on to host traveling exhibits of 120 quilts scheduled to visit 12 La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries® stores throughout Canada from June 9 through Oct. 23, 2006. Visitors to [...]

Boyd Specialty Sleep will Launch their new Sleep Sync Systemâ„¢ Accessory Selection Kiosk Systems during the July 2006 Las Vegas Furniture Market.
With Boyd’s touch screen technology, the retail sales person using the Sleep Sync System™ accessory selection Kiosk guides the customer thru a short question process collecting information about the customers type of mattress, their [...]

The new AsiaWorld-Expo near the Hong Kong International Airport is the perfect venue for the debut of Hong Kong International Furniture Fair, which is scheduled to run from October 27 – 30, 2006.
Co-organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Kenfair International Limited, and supported by Hong Kong Furniture & Decorative Trade Association Ltd [...]

And then there was one.
By the end of July, the second of three local La-Z-Boy dealers will have closed this year. Declining sales have been blamed for the decision.
Leath Furniture, which sells a variety of home furnishings in addition to La-Z-Boy brand chairs, opened its going-out-of-business sale to the public Tuesday. Customers already on the [...]

New Orders
New orders in March 2006 rose 3 percent over March 2005 levels according to our most recent survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors. New orders were 8 percent higher than February levels. March order rates historically are higher than February.
Just less than one-half (48 percent) of the participants reported increased order rates in [...]

Scott Zawitz, owner of Fort Pitt Furniture in Chicago, is a hard person to catch —mostly because he’s continually traveling around the country emptying hotel rooms of their furniture.
Most recently, he was at the Drake in New York City fielding phone calls and prodding tired workers. But piloting this business is all worth it.
Fort Pitt [...]

Cats scratch to sharpen their claws and mark their territory. This is natural, instinctive behavior. But it can be destructive to furniture and other household items unless preventive measures are taken. Try these tactics:
•Routine nail trimming can minimize damage.
•Teach your cat to scratch a post by providing one that is stable and tall, with a [...]