Furniture Makers Are Getting Creative
Steel prices up 300% during the last five years, experts say, and 50% in the last nine months alone have already affected industry players such as Leggett & Platt, which makes furniture swivels and coil springs. The Missouri company has had to raise prices on some recliner mechanisms three times in as many months. “Metal [...]
Add style and comfort to your garden with the right furniture
I love to lounge about, lie down, spread out, get comfortable and relax in my garden with friends in the evenings and at the weekend. Of course, the main purpose of garden furniture is for sitting or dining on, but furniture can also help to style a garden, give it a destination point and bring [...]
Rare mouseman furniture goes under the hammer
IN the league of Yorkshire craftsmen, Robert “Mouseman” Thompson is perhaps second favourite after Thomas Chippendale.
An enormous collection of his furniture, maybe the biggest ever assembled, is now to go under the hammer at Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, from July 17-19.
Tags: auction, bookcase, bookcases, bur, bursary, cabinets, chairs, chippendale, church mouse, crafts, craftsmen, cupboard, cupboards, decorative [...]
Victorian Dining Room Chairs
Price: $18,950.00
Circa: 1870
Dimensions table: 30.5″H x 49″Diameter (opens to 77″ with the two leaves in)
Dimensions chairs: 38″H x 22.5″W (arm) 36″H x 18″W (sides)
Finish: Each piece is excellent polished original finish except the table top which is refinished.
Description: Fantastic nine piece walnut Renaissance Revival Victorian dining room suite consisting of eight chairs (one arm) and [...]
Council approves DDA funds for Town Square’s furniture
Sometimes it pays to have friends in high places.
And due to Empire Deli owner John Colombani’s connections, the city of Northville is getting quite a deal on furniture for the Town Square.
City council approved funding for the DDA’s initial purchases of the furniture at Monday night’s meeting.
Tags: andries, antique iron, arc, arm chair, arm chairs, [...]
Eco Franken Furniture: Jetske De Groot Multiple Family
We never thought the Frankenstein approach would work for eco-design, but Dutch designer Jetske de Groot shows that it works beautifully. A refreshing change to all the super-slick design at the Milan Furniture Fair, de Groot’s chairs and tables are as sustainable as they are appealing.
The project, entitled ‘Multiple Family’, is driven by a brilliant, [...]