My boyfriend and I bought a house and he has cherry wood bedroom furniture (2 dressers and 1 nightstand). I want to paint the walls a lighter color to reflect the light, and to offset the dark wood. Suggestions?
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daisy1984 asked:

I am painting my dining room a cocoa brown color (sherwin williams hot cocoa) and was wondering what kind of furniture would look best with the new paint color.

Do you have a room in your home where you feel as though every time you step into it, it keeps getting smaller and smaller? Nowadays, when purchasing or selling a home, the emphasis is placed on wanting more space. And as we all well know, this cannot always be achieved, especially if you live in an older home. Here are some suggestions to help enlarge your seemingly dwarf-like space.

Be sure that the furnishings you place in the room are properly proportioned to the space. If your sofa or chair takes up half of the room, it will make the room look even smaller. Smaller sofas or chairs that do not have an over-stuffed look will work best. This also applies to any side tables that may look bulky or large. Instead, place dainty furniture in your space. Read more »

The time has come to move outdoors and set up for barbecues, kids playing in the backyard, gardening — all the good stuff that this time of year brings. So how does your outdoor furniture look?

If you’re like me, you’re probably a bit discouraged. Without proper storage, the larger pieces remained outside; others have been stuffed under the porch to become a cozy nesting ground for furry animals. But don’t despair. With a little elbow grease and some paint, you’ll be sitting pretty in no time.

Here are my tips for rescuing outdoor furniture. Whether you have just been to the flea market or you are renewing your own tables and chairs, check first for major flaws. If you do not have the ability to fix broken slats, ripped wicker and wobbly legs, then recycle the piece for someone else to repair. Read more »

After more than 30 years working with her husband at Radford Furniture Company, Lallah Smyth’s keen eye for detail and design has been applied to homes throughout the New River Valley and into Northern Virginia and Bristol, Tenn.

Recently, Smyth lent that eye to a smaller project: signs that advertise the furniture store’s “retirement sale.”

While sale signs are often an afterthought in the decision to close a business, Smyth called on a sign painter to make several paper signs that now hang on the Radford Furniture storefront. Read more »

BROWSING FOR furniture can easily overwhelm even the hardiest of shoppers. You’ve decided to buy a new sofa or dining set. You set out on a Saturday ready to buy, but when you get to the furniture showroom, you see so many choices that it is impossible to decide. Or, you see nothing on the floor that is to your liking so you become discouraged and leave with nothing.

Does this sound familiar? If so, perhaps the following tips can help.

-Before you go shopping measure your room to determine the size you are looking for. Most furniture showrooms are very large, making the furniture look relatively small. Be careful — when you get the furniture home it may be too big for your space. Always take your tape measure with you. Read more »

Woodfields Furniture on 100th Street in Urbandale made several moves before landing in its current 6,000-square-foot space June 1.

The company has been reinvented since Myron Corron started building furniture in his garage about 17 years ago.

Today, he’s specializing in the sale of unfinished furniture and custom finishing with paints and stains.

He answered these questions. Read more »

Menu is a flexible furniture system with a wide range of design, material, and size options. It includes three edge profiles, 10 worksurface shapes, and bookcases with overall heights of either 68 inches or 81 inches that can be combined to form custom work stations. Four veneers, Three Form plastics, and four paint color options are available. Designed to accommodate limited budgets, a Menu order can include solid wood drawers for a CEO’s office and steel drawers with wood veneer fronts for a junior workstation.

Website: gunlocke.com