Furniture Lounge, the retro furniture store in downtown Champaign, will add a second store in downtown Urbana next month.
The Urbana store will be at 126 W. Main St., with owners Scott Schaub and Amanda McWilliams shooting for an Aug. 15 opening.
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Furniture Lounge focuses on midcentury modern furniture from the 1950s through the 1980s.
But the Champaign [...]

Stork Craft Beatrice Combo Hutch Chest In Oak Features: Designed to work on top of the Beatrice Combo (not included) Made of solid wood and wood products Easy assembly using cam-lock construction steel drawer glides with safety stop Round wooden pulls Durable, non-toxic finish Tipping restraint includedDimensions: 48L x 10.5W x ...

Just how far does Quality Furniture of North Carolina go with its commitment to personalized service?
Co-owners Jerry Snipes and Kim Weber said their store continually works to exceed customers’ expectations by not only offering the best in brand-name furniture at low prices, but also placing a very personal touch on their business by providing services [...]

Washington, D.C., interior designer Darryl Carter is not as much of a household name as Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart, individuals who inspired previous lines for Thomasville Furniture. Nevertheless, Carter has created collections for Neiman Marcus stores, displayed work on home magazine covers and appeared on the television series “Dream House.”
Like some other companies’ collections [...]

Speaking of transitional, Lexington followed its resumption of issuing brands under its own name last fall with the spring introduction of Hancock Park, an elegant collection both traditional and modern.
Features include black and gold finishes, scalloped designs and jewel-like hardware.
The striking Whitley Heights Mirror, with dark-finished Indonesian mahonie wood surrounding concave glass, can dominate a [...]

Stanley expanded its Young America youth furniture brand, made primarily in Lexington and Robbinsville, with a new 4 Seasons collection of more than 30 pieces in four distinctive, lightly distressed colors.
With classic Louis Philippe styling, the line is intended to be formal, though simple, but also functional.
Trundle/storage units that can be added to beds can [...]

High Point furniture designer John Black creates pieces inspired by the great furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries but with the scale, proportion, function and finish aimed at today’s lifestyle. He usually includes some surprises as well.
“There seems to be a resurgence in interest in classical pieces,” said Brigette Breitenbach, a spokeswoman for Councill [...]

Just two years after its founding as a domestic manufacturer for Lexington Home Brands’ The World of Bob Timberlake collection, Linwood Furniture initiated a fourth line of its own.
Turento, named for a village in northern Italy and featuring Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese design elements, is an eight-piece bedroom group crafted from cherry veneer and [...]

An affiliate of Sun Capital Partners served notice in documents posted Monday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to solicit proxies and elect its own candidates to the board of Furniture Brands International at Furniture Brands’ 2008 annual meeting.
Boca Raton, Fla.-based Sun Capital Partners, which is seeking a complete list of [...]

Cozad’s long-time furniture store is closing its doors.
Boerkircher’s at 829 Meridian will stop selling furniture after almost 50 years. The floor-covering business, located around the corner at Ninth and H streets, will remain open.
“I am now 57 years old. The scope of private business in all of home furnishing and all of floor covering is [...]