The time has come to move outdoors and set up for barbecues, kids playing in the backyard, gardening — all the good stuff that this time of year brings. So how does your outdoor furniture look?
If you’re like me, you’re probably a bit discouraged. Without proper storage, the larger pieces remained outside; others have been [...]
A fire at a factory in Tauranga over the weekend destroyed many valuable pieces of antique furniture.
Eight fire crews spent six hours putting out the fire at the furniture restorers Cartmill & Parish on Saturday night.
Tauranga Fire Safety Officer Ken McKeagg said the restoration area was completely destroyed, as well as all the furniture [...]
Simply Stickley Fine Home Furnishings has opened and has a grand opening sale through June 9.
The new store is at 735 S. Mesa Hills. Simply Stickley is an independent Stickley furniture dealership, and the El Paso showroom is the second for Simply Stickley, which opened in Albuquerque in March 2005.
Marcia Wilk has a soft spot for small things — especially small furniture. She has about a dozen pieces spread throughout her Grosse Pointe Park home.
“It’s not dollhouse or child-size it’s in between,” she explains. “It was made by carpenters and woodworkers as a craft to show off their work. It didn’t really serve a [...]
Moroccan furniture and home decor’s largest importer, The Moroccan Bazaar, announces the adoption of new purchasing standards in an effort to adhere to its principle of promoting the Moroccan handmade industry while displaying a socially responsible relationship with the artisans’ community.
Despite the increasing demand for Moroccan home decor and furniture, global competition from manufactured imitation [...]
Joanne Newell started sewing as soon as she was old enough to hold a needle.
“I can remember sewing doll’s clothes for my sister’s friends,” said Newell, who was about 7 then.
Newell doesn’t sew doll clothing these days. She creates slipcovers for furniture and cushions at her business, Slipcovers-Cushions, 330 S. Highland St.
She also creates cushions [...]
The year 2006 was a more peaceful year for the furniture market, after in the previous year the market had been seriously shaken by the weak export figures brought about by the stronger domestic currency.
On the retail segment, the market posted a slight increase in 2006, by 5-6%, way below the 25% growth pace reported [...]
Jeff Nelson likes to sit down. That’s a natural position for a drummer, sure, but it’s also the only theory that explains why the former member of the High Back Chairs is now drumming for Toledo, Ohio’s Fast Piece of Furniture. Or maybe it’s just that he likes singer and guitarist Tony Lowe’s dusky [...]
Neometro is the latest furniture store to open its door for business in the country.
Neometro features only modern contemporary furniture pieces, handpicked from all over the world.
It also offers a wide range of table lamps and standing lamps that will add to the modern ambience in homes.
In addition, Neometro is one of few furniture stores [...]
Astral Media Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary Astral Media Outdoor has been approved by Toronto City Council to provide a 20-year coordinated street furniture program for the City of Toronto.
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“We are delighted to win the approval of City Council to provide the street furniture program for the City of Toronto,” said [...]