Recently, during a furniture delivery and installation for a great guy and favorite client, he overheard me say to one of my staffers, “We’ll need to move that dining table (meaning the moving guys) so the crew can have an easier path for the furniture load in.” Before I could blink, my helpful client asked…
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Category: Furniture Tips
Haveyou ever purchased a piece of furniture that – after a few years of wear – or maybe less, just completely tanked on you? The finish chipped. The doors or drawers stopped working right, or never did in the first place. The upholstery seams opened up. The leather flaked. The cushions flattened into sad looking…
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Ok, listen girls. You are too smart to do Dumb Design. You are a decorating lover, a design watcher, a DIY-er type or a Hire-A-Designer gal. You are a smart cookie in all areas of your Life, so why throw that away in an HGTV-Blog-a-liscious-HOUZZ-delighted stuper? I saY YES to HGTV and I say YES…
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Investing wisely in your home’s design and in the furnishings you purchase for that home should not be negotiable. Design is a gift when done wisely and well, yet the losses are great when it is not. Protecting and guiding design clients and design consumers everywhere is not just a passion for me – it’s…
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“But what will it cost?” The question arrives on schedule from the apprehensive-yet-eager people sitting across from me in an early design meeting. They want guidance. And good news. “But what will all of the furnishings in the room cost?” They want to know and I want to tell them. Sure, I can rattle off…
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The latest findings show that people put off renovating so long that now there’s pent up demand. If you’re on a budget, where do you draw the line? If you’re looking around seeing things that need to be done, take a breath. Yes, you want value and long lasting quality, but where can you compromise?…
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COM. Customer’s Own Material. At the best-made upholstery end, it’s commonplace to put a preferred fabric onto a selected sofa frame – even if it means the fabric comes from a different manufacturer altogether. Customer’s Own Material is the ultimate flexibility in the custom world. The world where you can have whatever you want. COM is…
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Be a smart consumer and know what you’re facing when you are shopping for those big beautiful homes and you’ll be just fine. Big square footage and lots of windows means bigger dollars to furnish and fill that house. Not to mention to heat it, cool it, clean it, paint it and maintain it. On…
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Have you heard about IKEA’s bold and savvy furniture marketing initiative? Stupendous! They helped IKEA consumers in Norway to advertise and resell their used IKEA furniture. 50 sellers ultimately were chosen. Sellers were required to post photos of their furnishings, and IKEA – a la Craigslist – advertised both the sellers’ items and contact information…
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