Muskoka chairs….tables….etc. I’m in Wasaga Beach.
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Hello. Please suggest some active websites and forums where I can discuss paintings, antique furniture, and antiques with appraisers/collectors/enthusiasts/hobbyists. Some websites I have found haven’t had any activity since last year. Thank you.
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Mike R asked:
I have a 2 years old umbrella cockatoo. He is great. It’s totally incapable of bitting a human being, he is very carefull as to where he “DROPS” (like he would only go on the floor not on a human or any furniture), and he speaks quiet a few words. [...]

Art Furniture, which has operated for nearly 14 years at Arizona Avenue and Elliot Road in Chandler, is going out of business, a casualty of the housing slump.
A liquidation sale is under way.
At one time, owner Yalchin Balci was grossing nearly $1.5 million a year. But business began to fall in 2006. The death knell [...]

The Henredon furniture plant in Morganton will close in December, eliminating more than 400 jobs at the company.
Of the 521 people who work at the plant, the company will place about 100 in other jobs, according to Gov. Mike Easley’s office. Company officials couldn’t be reached for comment.
Henredon is part of HDM Furniture Industries, a [...]

Stacks of sofas, clusters of chairs and a broad assortment of other household items randomly fill the 16,000 square feet of storage space on East Avenue in Mentor.
But its patrons don’t mind.
Linda Balski, a former resident of Gristmill condominiums in Painesville who lost all of her belongings in last year’s flood, says she’s just thankful [...]

Most Houstonians likely knew Robert “Bobby” S. Finger from advertisements featuring his trademark hand and finger point and three words: ” … at your Fingers.”
Finger, a native Houstonian who was chairman and chief executive officer of the family owned and operated Finger Furniture Co., died on Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 62.
“Bobby [...]

Norwalk Furniture, a leading manufacturer and retailer of custom upholstery, announced that it continues to expand its network of franchised home furnishings destinations with a new store location in Williamsburg, Virginia, and new franchise owners in Englewood, Colorado and Vancouver, BC.
The recent franchise activity brings Norwalk’s store count to 64. The company also separately owns [...]

In a move to establish a significant presence of sustainability, Channel Logic and Sustainable Furniture Council join with World Market Center to create the inaugural Living Green Pavilion. As part of the Design and Living section at the Sands Convention Center, Living Green will showcase stylish and functional home furnishing designs available from several manufacturers. [...]

Here’s how Ikea, the Swedish housewares and furniture maker, plans to assemble its Tampa store: secure city council zoning approval Thursday, prepare the site beginning this summer and complete 12 months of construction by 2009.
The worldwide company, which had 458 million customers in 2006, presented its detailed plan before about 20 people at the Palmetto [...]