Second furniture store in strip mall expected to create 60 new jobs in area
A new furniture store will be locating in Columbus Park Crossing next summer.
Ashley Furniture Homestore will open on Whittlesey Boulevard next to the hhgregg store, the developer said Friday.
“We are excited to bring this first-class furniture component to an already dynamic regional [...]

The family of seven burned out of their Fox Street home last week is still looking for a place to live — and furniture to put in it.
Elizabeth Durocher, her husband, Trevor Levitt, and their five children have been staying at her mother’s two-bedroom townhouse just down the street from the burned remnants of their [...]

You may live in a two-bedroom ranch, but you can still eat, sleep and relax on furnishings inspired by the biggest American mansion of them all, Biltmore House in Asheville, N.C.
Two new furniture collections by Magnussen Home Furnishings draw inspiration from the 1890s French Renaissance-style chateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains that has become [...]

The rug cleaning business surely was in its infancy when John S. Van Deusen, in business with his son Oren, established his Carpet Cleaners and Furniture Renovating Works between 1895 and 1901, traveling the streets of Battle Creek in this pioneering mobile unit.
Also, in keeping with the fashions of the day, the firm specialized in [...]

HOULKA, Miss. - Davis Furniture will move about 130 manufacturing jobs from Mississippi to China as it shifts production of its upholstered living room lines.
Lynn Davis, president of Davis International and owner of the former Astro-Lounger line, which is now known as Davis Furniture, said Friday the move “just made sense since we were importing [...]

Following a sensational media appearance by Tom Cruise, Oprah Winfrey developed an idea when she began spontaneously jumping for joy on her couch; after this she noticed that her couch just didn’t bounce back the way it should have.
She has become aware that she may soon require larger platforms for jumping. Reportedly she’s [...]

Most people look at a heap of limbs and branches and see a pile of brush. Mike Minning sees possibilities.
A straight, strong branch becomes the framework for a bench. A crotched limb becomes the spindles for its back.
“The trick is the material,” Minning said. “I let the curve or shape of the wood determine [...]

HIGH POINT - When she talks about the new furniture collection for kids, Maxine Clark acts like an excited 9-year-old. She scoots up onto a bunk bed, gets on her knees to pull out a deep toy drawer, almost giggles when she lifts a shelf to expose a secret hiding place.
Clark is founder and chief [...]

Davis Furniture will shift local production of its upholstered lines to China and begin importing fully finished goods, according to a statement released today by President Lynn Davis.
“It just made sense since we were importing the sewing kits, the show wood, the fabrics, and other pieces and then assembling them in Houlka for shipment,” he [...]

Tony Abrahim is giving back.
On Nov. 10, Open Wide-Modern World Furniture, a wholesale furniture store at 530 State St. will have its Santa Barbara grand opening. The event will double as a benefit for Santa Barbara-based Direct Relief International, a charity that encapsulates the mission of Open Wide’s owner, Tony Abrahim.
Abrahim’s concept is to give [...]