LIKE fine jewelry, wooden furniture pieces and paintings are good investments and heirlooms.
Nene Treveño, Treveño’s Arts and Antiques proprietress, said paintings as well as furniture pieces with wood component are also investments as the price value of these items continues to appreciate over the years.
“Wooden furniture are like jewelry, they are investments. You can pass [...]

Positioning the two international furniture shows in the country under one brand will not only enable industry players to earn, it will also help organizers save on advertising cost.
The Philippines’ major furniture shows, Manila Now and Cebu X, attract buyers from different parts of the world with aggressive advertising campaigns.
“But we advertise separately. Cebu X [...]

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is set to give exposure again to Mindanao’s best products by holding in General Santos City an island-wide trade fair.
Ibrahim K. Guiamadel, DTI-Central Mindanao regional director, said the agency is coordinating with the City Government and the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council for the staging of the [...]

Local furniture manufacturers will feature pieces that evoke the typical Cebuano lifestyle in an upcoming exhibition, the Cebu X 2007: Everything Inspires.
“In every show we think of using new materials. There is no limit to creativity,” said Michael Basubas, Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation (CFIF) president.
He said this year’s Cebu International Furniture and Furnishings Exhibition will [...]

Local furniture manufacturers will feature pieces that evoke the typical Cebuano lifestyle in an upcoming exhibit, the “Cebu X 2007: Everything Inspires.”
“In every show we think of using new materials. There is no limit to creativity,” said Michael Basubas, Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation (CFIF) president.
He said this year’s Cebu International Furniture and Furnishings Exhibition will [...]

CEBU’S officials still need to make the Asean summit ceremonial route more beautiful before next month’s event, but overall, President Arroyo was impressed with the summit venues here.
The Cebu International Convention Center’s (CICC) modern design and the furniture at the MIP lounge pleased Arroyo, who visited both venues for the first time yesterday after they [...]

IT’S always nice to live in a house that is well-equipped with stylish and convenient designs and furnishing.
Mobelhaus provides this need through its wide array of contemporary and classical designs for one’s kitchen, living room and bedroom.
In the kitchen, for example, Mobelhaus makes available a sophisticated combination of woodgrain laminate and aluminum that creates [...]

WARNING: The following column was written under the influence of massive amounts of sugar. This explains why, during the election season, this column is about Halloween, which was two days ago.
Another Halloween has passed with no spooky incidents in my life. While I enjoy watching scary movies, nothing like that has every happened to me [...]

IN THE HANDS OF A LESS disciplined artist, “Swarovski-crystalled” furniture would probably have been glittery but gaudy, a tasteless attempt at creating a look of luxury and opulence.
Swarovski obviously knew that. Constantly searching for ways to showcase the versatility of its products, the Austria-based company had “lent” its crystals only to people it knew [...]

The performance of Cebu’s furniture manufacturing and exporting industry has been affected by the stiff competition in the global furniture market posed by other Asian countries.
This is why the Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation Inc. (CFIF) is calling on industry players to be “on their toes” and to constantly find ways to improve and innovate.
“We can’t [...]