February 2012
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What Is Designer Furniture?
Designer furniture is furniture that has been designed by a company or an individual to be very fashionable and contemporary in style. It is often custom made furniture and usually made from top quality materials. Because designer furniture is very stylish and made very well, it is usually more expensive than mass-produced furniture.
Some people are under the impression that designer furniture is...
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Why You Should Consider Pine Furniture For Your...
There’s many types of wood furniture available these days and it can be difficult to decide on what to buy. You could have anything from oak to maple, birch to mahogany, but there are some good reasons why you should think about pine furniture for your house. Pine is a popular wood to make furniture from and you will find it used for all types of home and office furniture. It’s a...
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How Do You Tell Red Oak And White Oak Apart?
White oak and red oak are both varieties of oak. Although the name implies that they are certain colours, you cannot tell them apart by using this method, especially if the timber has been stained. Red oak is also known as Quercus rubra. Although this is the true red oak, others such as Water Oak (Quercus Nigra) and Black Oak (Quercus velutina) are broadly grouped as red oak. Quercus alba is the...
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Using soft furnishings to complete a room
With the variety of furniture available on the market and the time it takes to save for each individual piece its not surprising that there is often a mis-match of furniture styles around the home. This either calls for a cull of all things unfitting with a quick call to the local charity or Freecycle, or the use of soft furnishings to disguise, blend or soften what is already in place.
The...
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Painted Furniture
Turning a house into a home is something we all want to do within our lifetime. How many times have you walked into a living space and noticed all the subtleties that really made the room?
Walking into a study for example you notice a desk with an elegant stone finish, the handles on the desk are chrome, the contents of the desk are now neatly contained in the draws. A chair sits beside the desk...
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Soft Furnishings For The Bedroom
The bedroom is a room that needs to be comfortable and relaxing because it is where you sleep. A bedroom without soft furnishings isn’t going to achieve that. Soft furnishings include the window dressing, bed linen and any fabric accessories that you use to finish the room. The sort of look you want to achieve for your bedroom will influence the items you buy, as will your budget (designer...
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Why a large footstool is a great addition to your...
Footstools are great in the home for many reasons, so if you don’t already own one, consider a large footstool as your next furniture purchase.
Footstools are available in varying sizes and finishes. They often consist of four short legs and a fabric top, but some are more like filled shapes of fabric like the Moroccan Pouffe. Legs can be metal or wooden and any type of fabric can be used for the...
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Shopping For Designer Furniture
Designer furniture is great in the home because it can help you make a unique statement. Because it is designer, it is not something everyone else will have. Also, it tends to be quite striking in design so it should get noticed. Another benefit is that it is usually good quality furniture. Whether you are looking for something sophisticated and elegant or crazy and fun, there’s a designer out...
January 2012
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Choosing Bedroom Furniture
The bedroom is a room where you spend a lot of time and so it makes sense to do some research to get the right furniture.
Of course if you only need temporary furniture, you may be looking at things from a different perspective than if you are kitting out your first home or just won the lottery. If you’re at the time of your life when you want good furniture such as solid oak bedroom...
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Car cleaning products http://ow.ly/8H1W9 Time to buy some…
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Terms You May Come Across When Looking For...
If you are looking to purchase a property, you will probably be viewing those listed by estate agents. If this is the case, you will need to know what all of the terms used by them mean. The aim of this article is to explain a few of the most common terms. Private Apartment: Residential unit found in a building that contains other residential units. Penthouse: A residential unit on the top floor...
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Terms You May Come Across When Shopping For Solid...
When you are choosing oak furniture you may come across a few terms that you’re not sure about. The purpose of this article is to explain some of them so that you can make an informed choice on the best oak furniture for your purposes. Some of the terms are specific to oak, others to certain groups of wood and some are more general wood terms. Quercus: This is the Latin name for oak. Quercus...
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Ways To Finish Solid Oak Furniture
Oak is a stunning wood. Depending on the actual look you want to achieve with it there are different finishes that can be applied, both in terms of colours and top coats. Some people choose a natural colour to their oak furniture whereas others prefer to add a stain or ammonia fume it. Whatever you choose, the preparation of the wood is very important because it changes the quality of the finish....
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18th Century Furniture Makers - The Big Three
In the 18th century, the ‘big three’ designer furniture makers are undoubtedly Thomas Chippendale, Thomas Sheraton and George Hepplewhite. Thomas Chippendale is probably the most famous of all. He was a cabinet maker and furniture designer living in London. Styles ranged from English with deep carving, elaborate anglicised rococo, Chinese style with latticework and lacquer, and Gothic with...
Look out for the new Freya Land furniture range launching at Interiors UK on 22nd January http://ow.ly/8w16z
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Great recycling idea
22 tonnes of Cardboard were recycled last year by A World of Furniture’s four furniture stores in the south of England. It has now become horse bedding! http://ow.ly/8qIl3 Well done guys
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Shopping For Quality Wood Furniture
If you are looking to buy wood furniture then you should aim to get the best possible pieces within your budget. There are a few ways to ascertain whether or not you are looking at quality furniture. For a start, it will be crafted from solid wood rather than being veneered. Solid wood is stronger and more durable - obviously desirable when you are paying out good money for furniture. The variety...
Furniture Re-use Network: the nationwide organisation for re-users http://ow.ly/8oe9T
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Buying Cotton Bed Sheets
Think you know about sheets for the bedroom? With cotton bedding, the buzz word is the thread count. Thread count is the number of threads in a square inch of the fabric, measuring both warp and weft (lengthwise and widthwise). People are increasingly aware that the higher the thread count, the better quality the fabric, but this is only partly true. If there is a high concentration of threads...
December 2011
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Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas :)
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Choosing A Wardrobe
If you have nice clothes, you should have somewhere suitable to store them. It seems to be something we appreciate as we get older. Purchasing a wardrobe is something that should be done only after proper consideration. Because it is a big piece of furniture it can dominate the bedroom so needs to be chosen with care. The best thing to do is to think about how many clothes your wardrobe will need...
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Good Reasons To Visit Furniture Stores
Furniture stores are to be found in most towns and cities. They are shops selling furniture and other related home items and they are worth visiting Here’s why… Firstly you can look at the furniture for yourself. Whilst it makes sense to have done some previous online research so that you know what sort of materials and designs you like and what sort of prices you can get. You can’t tell from a...
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How To Choose The Best Car Detailing Products
If you are looking to buy car detailing products you are obviously already interested in making your car look the best it possibly can. To achieve this look you’ll need the right products. So what qualifies as the right car care products? Well that can boil down to a few factors. The first and actually the most important to consider is effectiveness and reliability of the car care products....
November 2011
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Furniture store helps foodbank charity →
Well done
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What is Quercus Furniture?
Quercus furniture is a range of contemporary furniture designed from solid oak. Although you may think that oak is just one type of tree, you may be surprised to find out that this is not the case.
The name Quercus is Latin for oak and there are around 600 species of this tree, ranging from deciduous (trees lose leaves in winter) to evergreen and semi evergreen.
For classification purposes, the...
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Oak Furniture Care
Oak furniture is beautiful and elegant and tends to look better and better the longer you have it. However, for this to be the case, looking after it properly is essential. Although oak is very durable, if your hardwood furniture is not cared for adequately it can get ruined and end up scratched, split, warped, faded or stained. Caring for your oak furniture is actually simple. Advice falls into...
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Soft Furnishings for Christmas
Christmas is a time for celebration and a time when we dress our home festively. Christmas decorations such as holly, baubles and candles are the things you may first think of but soft furnishings can make a home look very cosy and festive too. Whether your home is decked out in designer furniture, family heirlooms or flat-pack furniture, everyone want their home to look fab at Christmas. Soft...
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Oak Furniture for the Home
Hardwood is gorgeous in the house and perfect for your furniture. It gives style and elegance and it comes from renewable sources. There are many different hardwoods to use in the home but the most popular in the United Kingdom is oak which has been used for hundreds of years because of its beautiful looks, the wonderful properties it possesses to make it a useful construction and craft wood, and...
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The Fabulous Pine Tree
Pine trees are wonderful. If you have ever strolled through a pine forest you will know the lovely fresh aroma of these evergreen trees. They are very useful to mankind for wood, pulp, and in some cases, pine nuts. There are over 100 types of pine tree and they are all classified under the genus Pinus in the family Pinaceae. They range in size from 3-80 metres in height. The tallest species is the...
