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Bring sweet Victorian styling to your home with Antique Treasures a delightful collection of girl’s room furniture by Lea Industries which recaptures the grace and charm of childhood from a more relaxed time and brings them to your child’s room or second bedroom. Crafted of hardwood solids select veneers wood products and simulated wood with a a Read more »

This shapely floor lamp brings to mind the charm of the turn of the century. Its shade is glowing Tiffany glass and its shaft and base have a silver filigree like overlay with a rich antique bronze finish. Dangling bobs from shaft and shade finish this lovely lamp. It’s 18 inches wide and 60 inches tall, tall, Read more »

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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 store at 9 E. University Ave. carries less furniture these days and more small decor items and clothing, Schaub said.

The Urbana store is where most of the furniture will be, he added. It will carry items sold on consignment as well as those he and McWilliams find and bring in themselves. The furniture mix will also include some traditional pieces along with the retro, along with lamps and other home items.

The furniture is moving to the new location largely because of the parking shortage in downtown Champaign and the fact that most of the store’s customers are older adults who aren’t willing to put up with the inconvenience, Schaub said.

“Downtown Champaign isn’t as convenient as it is in Urbana,” he added.

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Trevor Webb found something worth admiring at the furniture show here: nail holes, scuffs and dents.

“It’s pretty cool, isn’t it?” asked Webb, admiring a massive wood table made by his Van Nuys, Calif.-based furniture company Urban Woods LLC. “You wouldn’t know this is reclaimed wood from soundstages and old buildings in California unless you look closely.”

Webb, and his furniture, are part of a growing green movement in the home decor industry that promotes recycled materials, wood collected from certified sustainable forests, cushions created from soy, vegetable-based stains and environmentally sound fabric and foam.

Yet there are no national standards that spell out what makes one couch more environmentally friendly than another. Currently, any company can claim their eco-efforts are more green than the next guy.

Dozens of manufacturers touted eco-friendly products at the High Point Market two weeks ago — the twice-annual home decor and furnishings trade show that previews what will be in stores next season.

Industry analysts see it as both a response to a growing need for accountability and an effective marketing tool.

“The industry is reaching out,” said Jerry Epperson, a furniture industry analyst with Richmond, Va.-based investment firm Mann, Armistead and Epperson. “Retailers see it as important to the younger generations.”

Wood used for tables, dressers and frames is typically harvested from responsibly managed forests. Glues and finishes are water-based. Sofas use recycled steel springs, while cushions are soy-based. Fabrics are organic cotton, hemp, bamboo and leather byproducts.

Then you have the more unusual offerings, such as chair slip covers made by using multicolored thread scraps or upholstery made from recycled water bottles.

“Everyone has a little something different to offer,” said Hamed Alaghebandian, who’s planning on opening a furniture store later this year in Maryland. “My job is to find things that my customers will want to help them maintain a greener lifestyle.”

The shift comes from small producers as well as large manufacturers such as Precedent, Rowe Fine Furniture Inc., Century Furniture LLC, and Harden Furniture Inc.

Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Co. has vowed to plant one tree for every tree it uses to produce its furniture — roughly 150,000 saplings a year. That’s a bold commitment for the Virginia-based company, which is one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of wood furnishings.

“We admit we needed to do something proactive,” spokesman Doug Bassett said.

The Sustainable Furniture Council offers guidelines and bases its membership on “evidence of performance, and of commitment to continual and demonstrated improvement in the sustainability of all company operations.” The Chapel Hill-based organization even provides a brochure with questions consumers can ask while buying furniture.

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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 in Denton. Read more »

Trevor Webb found something worth admiring at the furniture show here: nail holes, scuffs and dents.

“It’s pretty cool, isn’t it?” asked Webb, admiring a massive wood table made by his Van Nuys, Calif.-based furniture company Urban Woods LLC. “You wouldn’t know this is reclaimed wood from soundstages and old buildings in California unless you look closely.” Read more »

Sunday Best. The Hillcrest collection loveseat will bring a cheery welcoming feel to your living room with its unique mix of plaid and floral patterns in reds and golds. With turn-of-the-century Americana undertones, this loveseat has a vibrant quality. No sag springs and high quality foam cushions wrapped in laminated Dacron offer extended cushion life and comfortable, supportive seating.
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The halls at Feria De Madrid will provide the setting, between 26th and 28th February, for the staging of Ofitec 2008, the International Trade Exhibition of Office and Contract Furniture and Equipment. At this ninth edition, a number of leading companies from Spain and abroad will present the latest products and services that have been adapted to different business management models. This integral and innovative exhibition will focus on the new work and space organisation culture, which is perfectly in line with current trends.

Multifunctional rooms and more diaphanous and flexible spaces designed to make the worker´s environment more comfortable, furniture adapted to technological developments, greater attention to the concepts of sustainability and mobility and considerable care with regard to quality standards in all equipment characterise the office furniture of the 21st century, opening the way for manufacturers to expand their operations over the next few years.

In line with its last edition, OFITEC 2008 will seek to expand the participation of all segments involved in space equipment and distribution, including lighting, flooring and technical roofing, not to mention sign-posting and modular partitions. Alongside these segments, the fair will present a comprehensive overview of the latest new features in furniture, including furniture for upper management, furniture for group concerns, foldaway furniture, chairs and armchairs, not to mention screens, accessories and complements.

The fair organisers are also working on promoting the event´s international dimension, featuring a number of extensive promotional campaigns that aim to boost the attendance of both exhibitors and trade visitors from abroad. In this respect, we might highlight Portugal´s excellent response, in the form of a strong delegation of companies at the next edition and, under the heading of visitors, the implementation of two buyer programmes organised in collaboration with FAMO, the Associated Manufacturers of Office and Contract Furniture and Equipment and the Chamber of Trade and Industry of Madrid, respectively. Read more »