Tiny Round Top is the setting up for two major events:
• The Original Round Top Antiques Fair’s 41st fall edition begins Wednesday and continues through Saturday, Oct. 1-4, at the Big Red Barn and Carmine Dance Hall. A new venue, the air-conditioned Continental Tent at the Big Red Barn, will feature quality European antiques. Admission is $10. Access www.roundtoptexasantiques.com for more information.
MANILA, Philippines—“Exotic†denotes something that is not of local origin, or something strikingly different. Exotic wooden furniture will always be hot. Its appeal lies in the fact that people want to own something that distinguishes them from others, or they are drawn to the uncanny allure of foreign wood.
by Rosie Romero
A great selling point for a natural-stone or concrete patio is that it lasts a long time and needs very little maintenance.
But “very little” doesn’t mean “none.”
If you install a beautiful outdoor patio floor and never give it a second thought, you could wind up with a stained, faded surface in a couple of years.
BY JENNIFER FORKER The Associated Press
As the saying goes, everything old is new again, and that applies to modern furniture.
The appeal of modern design’s spare lines and forms has combined with consumers’ desire to reduce, reuse and recycle, resulting in high-end, streamlined furniture and accessories for the home.
Beverly Hills, CA (The Open Press) September 24, 2008 — Despite extensive media coverage, hundreds of complaints and trips to doctors and hospitals, it looks like the fungicide-filled furniture causing eczema and other severe skin care problems is still on the market.
The Taipei World Trade Furniture Exhibition will run from today through Monday in Exhibition Hall 1 of the Taipei World Trade Center. Almost 100 domestic and foreign dealers will display the latest furniture at the exhibition.
Indianapolis — September 22, 2008 — Working with one of the world’s largest office furniture manufacturers, a Midwest trucking company has discovered it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions approximately 20 percent by shipping products protected by reusable wrappings and equipment instead of cardboard boxes.
By KRIS HALL – The Dominion Post
Wellingtonian businessman Rick Wells, whose company Formway Furniture created former United States president Bill Clinton’s chair of choice, has scooped the outstanding individual award at this year’s Design in Business Awards.
Allison Walker, Your Home
Patrick Brown, host of The Learning Channel show “Home Made Simple,†bought a little table for $15 at a flea market, then took it home and made it look like it cost a fortune, without having to buy many things.
|Associated Press
DENVER—As the saying goes, everything old is new again, and sometimes that includes modern furniture.
The appeal of modern design’s spare lines and forms has combined with the desire to reduce, reuse and recycle to create high-end, streamlined furniture and accessories for the home.