One of the best parts of summer is the warm evenings, and who says that good times with family and friends on the patio need to end as soon as the sun goes down? With this colorful and totally modern LED furniture from WeiMing Electric Co., Ltd. We’re really digging this way of lighting up [...]
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Lime Waxing Gives Your Vintage Furniture an Updated Look
If you’re looking for a great way to give new life to a vintage piece of furniture consider lime waxing. This technique has been around for a couple of centuries. It was originally used to lighten up dark wood panels in stately homes of the time. Adding a treatment of caustic lime to wood was [...]
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Got Vintage Furniture? Don’t be Shy About Showing it Off
Vintage furniture is popping up all over the place this year, proving that everything that is old can be new again. Whether you inherited a piece and want to display it as tribute to someone you cared for, are into vintage furniture because you are living in the Baroque Era (as in you are out [...]
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Teen Vanity Sets for the Girly-Girls
Teenage girls love their space, and if they enjoy putting on makeup, creating and accessorizing the perfect outfit each day, and just need more storage for their jewelry and beauty items, a vanity may not be a bad idea. There are so many different types of vanities, from those small enough to fit in a [...]
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Neighborhood Spy: The Sum of All Parts
Today’s link roundup focuses on the individual elements of a home that, when pulled together with care, make up the overall look and feel of a living space and give insight into the personality, hopes and dreams of the person dwelling there. First, Anthropologie channels its usual boho-chic vibe with the orange Soren chair (above), [...]
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Nothing Drab About This Olive Colored LIving Room
While olive isn’t necessarily a color you would normally associate with living room decor, don’t necessarily rule out this earth tone when you are considering colors for your home. If you find a piece of furniture that you love, such as the olive and cream armchair pictured here, you can build a room around it. [...]
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We Can See Clearly….Furniture with a Modern Look
If you are looking for a lightness in the look of your furniture and you have nothing to hide in your design (literally), consider incorporating a clear piece into your home. This is a bold move, since you don’t have any leeway to cover up a less-than-attractive feature in your room. Everything is going to [...]
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Sectionals Let You Get Your Sofa Style On
The sectional sofa was first introduced during the Victorian era. The earliest versions were made up of two (or more) sofas that could be placed together to make a larger seating area. At this point, corner pieces were not commonly used. This style really took off in the 1950s. It got a makeover that saw [...]
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Neighborhood Spy: Fancy Furnishings
This weekend’s link roundup is as simple as it gets: it’s all about great (or at least visually stimulating) furniture. First up, Furniture Fashion gives some tips for revamping a guest room for the spring, using the image above as a bright, bold reference point. Next, Urban Outfitters offers up a multi-faceted wooden side table [...]
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Scrapwood Furniture from Piet Hein Eek: Designer Pieces of Many Colors
If we want to get serious about Reducing, Reusing and Recycling materials in our homes, one way to start is in the furniture we buy. If the idea of buying something made from “scrapwood” automatically makes you turn up your nose and say, “P.U” (or something a whole lot less ladylike), consider these pieces from [...]
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Neighborhood Spy: Something to Sink Into
This weekend’s link roundup is, quite simply, all about furniture and how it fills our lives. First up, an innovative new company called Moveline (above) just went national with its clever moving-related services, helping consumers get a grip on the inventory process through Facetime and video consultations and get a fair deal from professional movers [...]
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Grab a Paintbrush and Give Vintage Furniture a New Lease on Life
Bringing some vintage pieces of furniture into your home is a wonderful way to add character to a room. The process of hunting for new items can be a pleasurable activity in itself, since you never know where you’re going to find just the right one. When you discover your next treasure, give some thought [...]
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Coffee Tables You’ll Come (A)round to Love
The traditional shape of coffee tables tends to be rectangular, but we found some round ones for your consideration. All of them are from the Round Collection from Plantation Design. Brass is the “it” metal for 2013, and this coffee table is sure to impress your guests. The Akila is fashioned from hammered brass and [...]
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