A Solution For The Space Challenged

At Landfair Furniture + Design Gallery, we like furniture that does tricks. We've had on our showroom floor a teak coffee table that converts to a dining table and cocktail tables that double as extra seating. We sell lots of sleeper sofas to couples that want to convert the TV room to a guest room. Sleeper sofas work well for smaller homes that need a place for guests. The main drawback to some sleeper sofas is the mattress. They must be the kind that fold.

That's why we are adding a new vendor, Murphy Beds from National Casegoods, a great solution for the space challenged. Murphy Wall Beds can help you overcome space problems and provide you and your guests the comfort of a real mattress for a good night's sleep.

National Casegoods starts with real wood and is responsible by working to generate as little waste as possible. They avoid the use of particleboard, plastic laminate, melamine and Thermofoil. They believe their product is higher quality , more durable and more attractive.

Murphy Beds from National Casegoods come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty on the piston lift mechanism, a 10 year Limited Warranty on hardware parts and a one year Limited Warranty on the finish and wood parts. Basically labor is not covered.

The Murphy Beds come in five styles, five finishes and three sizes; Queen, Full and Twin. In addition, side cabinets are available in all styles and finishes.

Come to Landfair Furniture to view the Murphy Beds catalog. Bev will be happy to give you a quote for your particular project.

Patio Furniture Season

Here at the Furniture Guy headquarters, we had a sunny day of nearly 70F on Saturday which brought to me, along with thoughts of golf and softball, a realization that patio furniture season is here. Though not necessarily disposable, many consumers treat patio furniture as if it almost is as such...buying cheap patio furniture sets, letting them rot in the snow and ice, and then buying new cheap patio furniture.

Over the next few days and or weeks, I'd like to dedicate some time to patio furniture in general as well as discount patio furniture. Starting tomorrow, I will offer up the first taste with a bit on patio furniture materials as well as patio furniture care. Patio furniture stays outside the better part of the year, so it is important to understand what it is made of and how to care for it.

Before I let you go, I wanted to pass along this video. Let me clarify, though, that the company behind it is NOT a Furniture Guy sponsor. The video just gets me in that spring time, patio furniture type mood with the music and the images. Plus, if you are thinking of buying patio furniture this spring, the looks can be inspiring. Just to cover here, though, I will plan to do a review of the site in the coming weeks. I usually try to avoid the videos that are furniture store commercials (no matter how funny), but I just like the music and feel of this.

Finally, I would enjoy answering any questions you want to send along via the link to the right side of the page here "Contact the Furniture Guy." Drop me the email and I will be happy to answer questions as well. A side note: last year I could not have made such an offer, but the increase in Furniture Guy readership and participation via comments and/or emails has been great!

Hope this helps and that the next few weeks help you make those outdoor and patio furniture purchases that will help you truly enjoy the warm weather.

Furniture Tips : beautify Minimalist Houses

I will share some tips on furniture to you. Minimalist home in great demand by society that completely practical right now. How do I choose Minimalist Furniture and accessories appropriate for your minimalist home?

Maintain a practical and functional elements of a key base in a minimalist house dress.

Proper material selection can thicken the concept of minimalist furniture that want to present. Eg glass furniture combined with aluminum or wrought iron including furniture minimalist type is widely used. In addition to simple shapes, her treatment was also relatively easy to do.

Curtains were able to support the impression you want to display indoors. With blinds roman type, eg a mild nature also can give the impression of dynamic in a minimalist room.

Design with strict precision also characterizes the architecture and minimalist furniture. Therefore, select furniture is minimalist to a table or chair that has a simple design, little or no ornament. With minimal ornament, we can simplify maintenance and more spacious rooms terksesan making it suitable when applied to a small minimalist home.

Minimalism can also be combined with minimalist furniture from material or color - the color of the wood like a dark brown or reddish brown.

The selection of colors and patterns must be carefully, where the pattern of flowers or colors that are too crowded less suitable when combined in a minimalist home. Preserve the color tone each time to add or change accessories and minimalist furniture in one room.

Tata every minimalist accessories and furniture carefully, but make sure that the room does not impress too full because it was able to confirm the impression minimalist who want to create. For example structuring frame a photo using the larger frames but in small amounts to provide accents in the room. so hopefully useful.

Indonesia Handicraft Furniture Wholesale Marketplace Event

Indonesia is a country so rich with culture, natural beauty and natural wealth spread from Sabang to Merauke city. Indonesia is also a country that becomes a destination of tourists from various parts of the world because it has a variety of uniqueness. Crafts or handicrafts is one of the products produced by the skillful hands of craftsmen that their products have penetrated the international craft market. Because of the unique, Indonesia, of course have a variety of handicrafts in each region. Ranging from wood crafts, rattan to waste. Crafts can be obtained easily in all corners of Indonesia. With a wealth of natural and crafts so abundant, of course, needed a marketing forum organized so that the results of this craft with easy access to unbiased people from overseas. Indonesia Handicraft Furniture Wholesale Marketplace container and in my opinion is a very appropriate event to promote fatherly Indonesian handicrafts.

Indonesian handicraft products, such as woven mats, embroidery, coarse, carvings, chairs, tables, furniture and other currently marketed to 233 countries worldwide. Indonesian handicrafts have a huge appreciation from the public in other countries because of having artistic value, originality and expressing the culture of Indonesia. One proof that the craft had a large enough response from countries outside the Entrepreneur and exporter of various handicrafts from Bali to penetrate potential markets in Africa, with trade volume and foreign exchange earnings quite stable despite the economic conditions has not been encouraging. Realization of Bali handicraft exports to Africa during the first quarter in 2006 worth U.S. $ 1 million or not much different from the same period in 2005. Are you interested in the crafts of our country? If interested I suggest you visit our site outofindonesia immediately and you will find various types of crafts we produce.

Batik Craft:
Indonesia Handicraft Furniture Wholesale Marketplace
Batik is one way of making fabric. Besides batik can refer to two things. The first is the technique of coloring cloth using a portion of the night to prevent staining of the fabric. In the international literature, this technique is known as a wax-resist dyeing. The second notion is the fabric or clothing made with these techniques, including the use of certain motifs that its uniqueness. Indonesian batik, as the overall engineering, technology, and development-related motives and culture, UNESCO has been designated as a Heritage for Humanity for the Oral and Intangible Cultural (Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity) since October 2, 2009 (source: wikipedia).

Rattan Craft
Indonesia Handicraft Furniture Wholesale Marketplace
Mainly rattan furniture are as raw materials, such as chairs, coffee table, and bookshelves. Rattan has several advantages than wood, such as light, strong, elastic / easily formed, and cheap. And many more handicrafts that I can not describe one by one here but I can call to you such as: Furniture, Interior, Wood and Rattan Crafts, Metal Crafts, weaving - Weaving, Pottery, Marble and Decorative Ceramics, Jewelry, Accessories, Embroidery and Sulam, knick - Pernik as Gifts, Leather, Products, Clothing, Batik Classic, Modern and Contemporary, Woven Fabrics and Crafts.

Indonesia Handicraft Furniture Wholesale Marketplace
Okey, at the end of my article this time I invite all of you that are basically like and happy to collect the results of handicraft and furniture from various parts of the world to soon have one of the crafts of the Indonesian furniture industry as one of your collections. Indonesia is unique course has thousands of unique and as outlined in our society handicraft. Do not forget to visit the site to introduce the crafts and creations of our nation, outofindonesia.

Desks get more compact and versatile to adapt to laptops

sales of laptops are poised to exceed desktop computer sales in 2008, according to industry analysts. As consumers' computer usage changes, so does their home office furniture needs. The perfect fit? Desks that are as compact, versatile and feature-laden as the technology they’re designed to accommodate.

The top of Kathy Ireland Home by Martin’s Tribeca Loft convertible laptop workstation folds up, while its front folds down, to reveal an efficient work area with a built-in power center and storage for a laptop and small printer. Finished on all sides, Tribeca Loft also can be used as an console table anywhere in a room.

The right drawer of Riverside Furniture’s Summit laptop computer desk offers a power control bar, while the left drawer features a felt-lined bottom and a pencil tray. Constructed from poplar hardwood solids and birch veneers, Summit also is available with a deck (shown) that has a power supply outlet and a wiring access hole in the back panel.

Glenhill mini-computer chest from Hooker Furniture provides a small-office solution with plenty of functional features, such as slide-out laptop and printer trays, a file drawer and shelves for storing odds and ends.

Part of Lexington’s Zacara Collection, Savoy writing desk features a removable “box of drawers” on top, a drop-down drawer for hidden keyboard storage and a reinforced file drawer. Constructed from zebrano and walnut veneers and treated to a warm Sable finish, Savoy is detailed with Champagne-finished hardware that mimics rose gold jewelry.

For those with no space for a dedicated home office, Emerson roll top desk from Stanley Furniture offers plenty of work and storage space in a small footprint (34 inches wide by 28 inches deep). Part of the American Perspective™ Collection, Emerson sports a Shaker-inspired design and an All-American Cherry finish.

Contemporary Home Office Furniture

home-based businesses in the United States vary by the organization doing the counting – from 16.5 million, according to a recent study by research from Access Markets Intl. Partners Inc., to half of all U.S. businesses, according to the Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy’s report – they generate an estimated $102 billion in annual revenue, according to the Office of Advocacy.

Home-based businesses may account for even more revenue in the coming year, due to U.S. employers’ hiring plans in 2008. Manpower Inc.’s Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for the 2008 first quarter reveals that, of the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, only 22 percent said they expect to add to their payrolls during the first quarter of 2008. Twelve percent said they expect to reduce staff levels, 60 percent said they expect no change in hiring and 6 percent were undecided about their January to March hiring plans.

The Trickle-Down Theory

Each June, thousands of architects, interior designers, office managers and other industry professionals attend NeoCon World’s Trade Fair in Chicago to see the latest trends, products and concepts in office, hospitality, health care, institutional and government environments. Also among the attendees, each year, are several Furniture Style editors.

For in the same way trends in high-end designer fashion find their way into mainstream fashion, so do trends in contract office furniture eventually turn up in home office furniture. After all, people who work exclusively from their homes have many of the same needs as office workers: ample storage space, a large work surface, plenty of outlets for electronics and comfortable seating. Already, many furniture manufacturers are taking these needs into consideration when designing home office collections.

TIX Office from Davis Furniture Industries raises the bar again. Designed by Dante Bonucceli and licensed from Mobinex, the collection features contemporary office furniture and conference furniture that can be configured to create an executive’s ideal work environment. The pieces have solid wood tops (elm, sycamore or walnut) and metal legs (aluminum or steel). Buyers can choose from a variety of desks, storage units and conference tables.

Wealthy furniture consumers still want traditional furniture style

When the economic going gets tough, the wealthy remain relatively unaffected, say home furnishings retailers and interior designers who cater to affluent clients. The style of choice for these consumers: traditional with European influences.

Here are some examples of furniture with a luxurious style for various rooms in a home.

Anywhere: Romantic and graceful, Marguerite French lounge chair from Marge Carson has a distinctive Louis XV silhouette. An intricate, handcarved floral design adorns the exposed wood grame, which is treated to a deep, distressed Old World Sumatra finish and accented with aged Medici metal leafing and antique brass nailhead trim. Marguerite is shown covered in Tigon Brass velvet and Ole Cappucino silk.

Master Bedroom: Luberon bed from French Heritage exudes French Country elegance, with its tall, inward-curving headboard; gently sloping, carved footboard; and rich, distressed wax finish. Part of the company's Maison Provence Luberon Collection, the bed measures 64 inches wide by 65 inches tall by 86 inches long.

Living room: Part of C.R. Laine Furniture's Jessica McClintock Home Collection, JM4150 sofa has a curved, rounded back and lots of McClintock’s signature dressmaker details, including plump, down-filled pillows with tassels and fringe, and gimp tape on the hem of the box-pleat skirt. The piece is shown covered in a soft chenille jacquard called Paulina Raisin with Raisin gimp.

Home Office: Habersham’s sturdy Governor’s desk offers consumers a masculine look and functionality. An ornate, intricately detailed border around the base softens the desk’s hard lines and blunt edges, while hidden storage space keeps personal items safely out of sight. The piece is shown here in the company’s Empire Studio finish.

Anywhere: Belle Meade Signature’s Richelieu demi-lune takes a unique approach to the apothecary chest. The generously scaled piece has faux drawer fronts on doors that open to reveal ample storage space and adjustable shelves. The drawer fronts are made with ovankol veneer treated to a matte, transparent Madeira finish. A starburst inlay top adds further interest to the piece.

Living room/media room: Architectural carvings; seeded, historic glass pier doors; and a medium clear finish with an antique glaze give Hooker Furniture’s three-piece Castellane home theater a rich Country French feel. Combined, the center console and hutch stand 101 inches tall and accommodate up to a 55-inch flat-screen TV. Used alone, the console accommodates up to a 60-inch, flat-screen TV.

Bedroom/Living Room: Barclay Butera looked to the large-scale, classic chairs found in Paris in the early 1900s when designing Marseilles chaise, part of the Barvlay Butera Home Regency Collection. A rounded back, petite curved arm, turned legs and casters give Marseilles a decidedly feminine look. It measures 31 incehs wide by 64 inches deep by 35 inches tall, and is shown in a fabric called Chenonceau Jewel.

Dining Room: For those who like to entertain, Continental dining table offers ample space at 72 inches wide, for stately gatherings. Two fancy-face, 20-inch leaves expand the table to 112 inches wide, perfect for holiday gatherings. Inspired by a Smithsonian Castle Collection library table acquired in the late 1800s, the piece has a smooth top surface that shows off handcrafts, hand-finished, fancy-face primavera veneers and a border made from quartered walnut with black in-lines alongside white ash burl. Statesman arm chair – with its double curved arm, carved backsplat and upholstered slip seat – is the perfect seating companion. Both pieces are part of Chesapeake, a new furniture series in the Smithsonian Collection by Bernhart.

An 18th Century English table, Elizabeth from Design Solutions Inc. features delicate, turned legs; a scalloped, beaded apron; classic molding; and a frame shelf. The table shown here measures 50 inches wide by 21 incehs deep by 34.5 inches tall, perfect for accommodating a sink. Custom sizes are available.