Deborah Tannen’s advice on how to create a living room that encourages people to talk to one another:
– Sofas and chairs should face one another in a circular arrangement.
Archive for November, 2009
Arranging furniture to encourage conversation
Monday, November 30th, 2009How To Paint Laminate Furniture
Monday, November 30th, 2009Don’t give up on painting your laminate furniture just because it seems nothing could stick to the glossy laminate surface. Use this simple guide to change it to the color you want.
Furniture a fraught decision
Monday, November 30th, 2009By ABBIE JURY – Taranaki Daily News
Choices, choices: These two radically different types of outdoor seating can be found on www.domo.co.nz but you might have to trade your car in to afford them.
The Furniture Store: offering customers affordable choices
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009Susan Barr
Kern Valley Sun
Kern Valley Sun
For the Pontius family who has owned and operated The Furniture Store in Lake Isabella for the past 20 years, it’s always been about providing valley residents with choices. Those choices include a wide selection of the best of American made furniture available at affordable prices for every room in your home.
Yves Saint-Laurent and Berge art and furniture auction
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009By Julieta Mendoza
An auction of personal art and furniture once belonging to late French fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and French businessman Pierre Berge raised $14.45 million, three times the amount expected.
LittoKids Inc.: Modern Furniture and Textiles for Your Baby!
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Finding contemporary-looking furniture and textiles for your baby isn’t easy. That’s why we’re excited LittoKids Inc. is on the scene. The company’s retro-style crib bedding sets and simple, yet chic furniture are perfect for a modern nursery.
Comeback for Furniture at Carnegie Museum
Friday, November 20th, 2009By EVE M. KAHN
The furniture galleries at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh used to plod chronologically from medieval chests and Renaissance tapestries to Rococo chairs and early-19th-century clocks. Material was separated by nationality (mostly British, French and American) and set on pedestals in rows. The galleries, closed for a decade and used for storage, reopen on Saturday and now explore design trends that spread globally during the last five centuries, as well as some unsung, innovative furniture produced in Pittsburgh.
How To Furnish Your Office for Cheap on Craigslist
Friday, November 20th, 2009Patrick Miller, PC World
If you’re starting a new business, hiring on a shoestring budget, or simply sprucing up your home office, you’ll need some new office gear, and you probably won’t want to spend much. Believe it or not, Craigslist isn’t just for used couches and one-night stands; it’s also exceptionally good for finding standard office furniture (cubicles, desks, chairs, and so on) at unusually low prices. However, Craigslisting is an art in itself, so we’ve got some tricks that will help you seal the deal on whatever used gear your new office needs.
How to Repair antique white wicker furniture, assess rusty fire escape
Thursday, November 19th, 2009By Jeanne Huber
Q: Do you know of any place that could repair my several pieces of antique white wicker furniture? One piece, a chaise, has attached upholstery.
Alexandria
How to Improve Homes? The Custom Furniture to Fit Homes
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009People of New York are well sophisticated and want homes always at its best. The interiors of rooms are can be well defined through the furniture in it. Improving homes always is an ongoing process and furniture comes and goes. The hard thing is that when a particular home has a certain motif, it will be hard for the homeowner to find in stock furniture that matches a certain motif. With New York Custom Furniture that is not going to be a hindrance for getting the best matching furniture for homes. The company has the ability to create custom furniture that is suited exactly to the homeowners taste and desires. This means that homes will get the best furniture without sacrificing the present design.