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Finding fine furniture that matches your decor and accurately expresses your personal style can be challenging. It’s important to think about what you need, what you want and what your budget will allow.

“You have many choices for living rooms and great rooms to express your personal style and decor,” said Al Stevens, vice president of Charles Home Furnishing. “We offer up to 1,000 fabrics and hundreds of styles to fit your decor, plus we deliver within 30 days.”

In the beginning
Whatever your reasons for shopping for furniture, start by determining what your needs are in each room. Are you looking for new seating? New bedding? New kitchen furniture? A list will come in handy when you’re ready to start shopping.
Prioritize the items in order of importance. What do you need now and which ones
can you add into the mix later?

Looking through catalogs, Web sites and decorating magazines can help you decide which styles you like best before you visit showrooms. Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c58560) has announced the addition of “The Furniture Industry in Poland” to their offering.

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the furniture sector in Poland, providing trends in furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports. Factors determining the demand for furniture are examined, as well as furniture distribution and furniture supply structure.

Polish furniture production and consumption are broken down by product: office furniture, kitchen furniture, seating, upholstered furniture, other furniture.

Short profiles are provided for the main furniture manufacturers and distributors, with turnover, employees, exports and product mix.

Polish furniture exports and imports are broken down by country and product (office furniture, kitchen furniture, upholstered furniture, non-upholstered seats, bedroom furniture, and furniture including parts). Read more »

Research and Markets has announced the addition of “The Furniture Industry in Slovenia” to their offering.

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the furniture sector in Slovenia, providing trends in furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports, prices. Factors determining the demand for furniture are examined, as well as furniture distribution and furniture supply structure.

Slovenian furniture production and consumption are broken down by product: office furniture, kitchen furniture, upholstered furniture, other furniture.

Short profiles are provided for the main furniture manufacturers and distributors. Read more »

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Furniture Industry in Brazil to their offering.

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the furniture sector in Brazil, providing trends in furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports. Factors determining the demand for furniture are examined, as well as furniture distribution and furniture supply structure.

Brazilian furniture production is broken down by product: household furniture, office furniture, contract furniture.

Short profiles are provided for the main Brazilian furniture manufacturers and distributors, with turnover, production plants and employees, exports and product mix. Read more »

The Fundamentals of Furniture Product Knowledge, an online furniture training program of The Furniture Training Company (www.furnituretrainingcompany.com), has been awarded the 2007 Best Educational Software Award by the ComputED Learning Center in the category of vocational education. Fundamentals helps furniture retailers create a more professional, productive sales force by training and certifying their employees in furniture product knowledge.

The Fundamentals online training program includes 36 self-paced, interactive lessons with multimedia presentations, quizzes and tests, and in-store learning activities covering: casegoods, upholstered furniture, beds and bedding, fibers and fabric, leather furniture, and rugs. Wickes Furniture, RoomStore, Norwalk Furniture Corporation, RC Willey Home Furnishings, Lacks Home Furnishings, McMahan’s Furniture, and Federated Department Stores are just a few of the furniture retailers using the Fundamentals of Furniture Product Knowledge. Read more »

Almost 70 firefighters from throughout Habersham and Banks counties spent much of Wednesday night battling a fire at Hartford House Handcrafted Furniture in Anderson Village off Highway 365 near Alto.

Firefighters received the call shortly before 8 p.m., with the building 40-percent involved by flames upon fire department’s arrival, said Habersham County Interim Fire Chief Jeff Cain.

Water had to be shuttled from hydrants on the Demorest Water System because the Baldwin water lines serving the complex didn’t provide sufficient pressure to support the firefighting effort.

“The water situation was pitiful – absolutely pitiful,” said Cain on Thursday. “It was almost lack thereof.” Read more »

After negotiating with Celite unsuccessfully for nearly two months, Chemical Workers union officials said Tuesday they will strike March 1 if no labor agreement is reached by Feb. 28 when the current contract expires.

A spokesman for Celite acknowledged that the company will exercise its right to remain open with replacement workers if union workers strike. The union represents 240 workers at the mining plant. Read more »

The committee developing a replacement for the Western Design Conference has agreed on a name – “Cody High Style.”

“We wanted to make sure the new name clearly sets us apart from the former conference,” said Wally Reber, steering committee co-chair and Associate Director of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. “We wanted to include Cody in the name, not only for geography, but to capture the history, tradition and creative approach that characterizes the craftsmen of this area and the Rocky Mountains.”

After 14 years in Cody, the WDC recently was sold to a group of Jackson-area newspaper and magazine publishers. They will stage the event in Jackson in September. Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49057) has announced the addition of The Furniture Industry in Russia 2007 to their offering.

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the furniture sector in Russia, providing trends in furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports. Factors determining the demand for furniture are examined, as well as furniture distribution and furniture supply structure.

Russian furniture production is broken down by segment and by federal district.

Russian furniture consumption is broken down by product (office furniture, upholstered furniture, kitchen furniture, cabinet furniture for home, specialized furniture). A profile of the Russian furniture consumer is outlined. Read more »

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c47220) has announced the addition of The Furniture Industry in Japan 2006 to their offering.

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the furniture sector in Japan, providing trends in furniture production and consumption, furniture imports and exports, prices. Factors determining the demand for furniture are examined, as well as furniture distribution and furniture supply structure.

Japanese furniture production is broken down by product: wood furniture (beds, cabinets and shelves, cabinets for sound systems, cooking counters, tables and chairs), metal furniture (beds, cabinets and shelves, cooking counters, desks). Read more »