We are all on a budget these days, but the desire for something new or different continues. Who doesn’t like a little something special for their house to make the room brighter or to help you feel a little better? More importantly, sometimes a furniture purchase is unavoidable but also unaffordable. New furniture is not your only option. Used furniture is not only the right price but in many ways might be the best choice for you. Here are some pros for choosing used furniture and some tips to sprucing it up to blend into your home.
Archive for March, 2009
Refurbishing furniture
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Find the perfect date on a day of antique browsing
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009By Alice T. Carter
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
For collectors of antiques or those attempting to restore an older home there’s no finer way to spend the day than rooting through shops in search of the perfect doorknob, door or decorative doodad.
It’s also a fairly accurate way to become familiar with a new acquaintance or potential partner.
Learning what draws someone’s interest can be an early indicator of compatibility. Your eyes linger lovingly on a chrome and glass table from the ’70s; she’s drawn to the ornately carved, full-length walnut Victorian mirror or cooing over a display case full of apple-cheeked Hummel figurines.
Antiques by Zaar Moves from Maine to High Point NC
Friday, March 27th, 2009By: Furniture World Magazine
| Antiques by Zaar announced that it has moved its center of operations from Maine to North Carolina.
Antiques by Zaar was founded by Ruth and Mark Olbrych. The company imports and sells a fine line of Chinese antique furniture and accessories, made available online through their website and since 2004 at the High Point Furniture Market. |
Antiques & Collectibles: As smoking loses favor, tobacco items stay popular
Friday, March 27th, 2009By Terry Kovel, King Features Syndicate
Friday, March 27, 2009
Smoking was an important part of the life of a well-to-do gentleman in the 19th century. A cigar after dinner was routine. Smoking paraphernalia was created not only to be useful, but also to show off wealth. Collectors today still seek all kinds of tobacco-related items, although smoking has lost favor.
Artist turns old furniture into functional art
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009BY PATTI ROTH
roth94@aol.com
Oakland Park resident David Buitron, 51, delights in refurbishing furniture that other people don’t want. With repair work and artistic flourish, he turns broken, worn and tossed-out pieces into functional art that he sells at his Wilton Manors shop, Made in the Shade.
Put your outstanding furniture designs in the spotlight
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009There are two big design deadlines coming up that furniture sources won’t want to miss — submissions for Furniture/Today’s First Look section, due March 27, and entries for the annual Pinnacle Awards competition, due June 1.
Premarket offers hope to furniture manufacturers
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Steady early traffic at High Point event
Tom Russell — Furniture Today, March 24, 2009
HIGH POINT — Exhibitors showing at premarket here Monday reported steady traffic on the opening day of the two-day event, a sign they believe points to pockets of strength and opportunity in the struggling furniture retail sector.
Phil Garrett, national sales manager of Hooker Furniture, said the company was expecting some 35 accounts over the two days.
No bids for furniture store; auction canceled
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009By ANDREW SCHOTZ
March 24, 2009
HAGERSTOWN — With no bidders, an auction for the Davids Furniture & Interiors building was canceled Tuesday.
Two people showed up, but neither would bid at least $575,000, the minimum price, said Tom Bikle, director of real estate and marketing for J.G. Cochran Auctioneers & Associates.
Reportlinker Adds World Outdoor Furniture Market Report
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue.
World Outdoor Furniture Market
http://www.reportlinker.com/p098298/World-Outdoor-Furniture–Market.html
This report analyzes the US market for Outdoor Furniture in US$ Million. The major product segments analyzed are Metal, Plastic/Resin, Wicker/Rattan, Wood, and Others. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US. Annual forecasts are provided for US region for the period of 2000 through 2015. The report profiles 161 companies including many key and niche players such as Casual Living, Creative Woodwork International Inc., Gibraltar Furniture, Grosfillex North America, Hanamint Corp., Homecrest Industries Inc., Kingsley-Bate, Ltd., Leisure Furniture & Powdercoating, Inc., Lloyd Flanders Industries, Inc., Mallin Casual Furniture, Meadowcraft, Inc., Modern Outdoor, O.W. Lee Company, Inc., and The Coleman Company, Inc. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.
Fair trade at your fingertips with TenThousandVillages.com
Friday, March 20th, 2009|Special to the Los Angeles Times
Forgot to buy your friend a gift from your last trip to Africa? Or maybe you’d like to fill your house with cool handmade gifts from India. TenThousandVillages.com has your back. The well-established nonprofit program works with artisans around the globe to sell their handicrafts and, in turn, give those who would otherwise be unemployed or underemployed a fair wage.