Take care of your furniture
Your furniture is a huge investment! So is your car and your house. So if you put a lot of work into your car or your house, like getting oil changes or putting in new floors, why would you not do the same with your furniture? Your furniture gets used a lot and you can help maintain its value by following these ideas.
Keep your furniture clean. If it's cloth furniture, you should vacuum it regularly. If it is leather furniture, you should wipe it down and use leather treatment regularly. And if it's made of wood, you need to keep it polished.
But what if it has already taken a beating? What can you do then?
If you have wooden furniture you have a few options. Painting is one idea. In fact, two dressers from different manufacturers can be made to look like they are part of a set with a paint job and a new set of handles!
If you do not want to paint your furniture you still have other options. If it has been badly abused, you can sand off the finish, sand out the nicks and scratches, and then varnish it. Or, if it is not badly scratched, you can use children's crayons in a color that matches the wood (like light brown) and color in the scratch.
Scratch filler is available at hardware stores but children's crayons can work just as well.
Another way to revive your tired furniture, like couches and chairs, is to get them re-upholstered. After all, you have probably painted your living room a couple times, so having furniture that matches again will make your room look that much better. Instead of buying brand new furniture, just get your furniture re-upholstered.
And yet another way to revive tired looking furniture is to simply move your room around or switch the rooms that your furniture are in. Take the armchair that has been in your living room since you bought the house and move it to the bedroom. Take the unused chair in the spare room and move it by the front door.
Simple changes like this will help you cycle your furniture from heavy use areas to light use areas, which will help maintain their life, and will help you enjoy them as if they were new.
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Custom Decorating for Kids' Bedrooms: Now It's for Every Mom
There was a time when custom decorating was for only one type of mother. She had hours of time to sort through paint samples and fabric swatches, personal shoppers and interior decorators on call and, most importantly, lots of money.
Today, with a do-it-yourself home improvement show on every TV channel, custom decorating has lost much of its "members only" status. According to a survey conducted by the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co., 90% of mothers from middle income households consider creating a custom look for their children's bedrooms "important" or "very important."
This finding could not be more in tune with the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co.'s mission. "We want to make custom decorating easy, affordable and fun for the everyday mom," owner Vicki Bodwell explained when asked about her children's bedding catalog and website.
In addition to a line of baby bedding and children's twin bedding, the Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. offers vintage fabrics by the yard for custom...
Custom Decorating for Kids' Bedrooms: Now It's for Every Mom
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Contemporary Bedroom Furniture: An Introduction
There was a time when bedroom furniture was essentially utility oriented. Bedroom furniture is no longer limited to basic functions, though. Contemporary bedroom furniture includes bedding sets and frills, fashionable, chic and space saving modern and platform beds, bed sets and frames. The use of contemporary furniture items has a unique and appealing bedroom effect.
Contemporary bedroom furniture includes furnishings made from solid maple and cherry wood of superior quality.
The furniture is not restricted to only beds and wardrobes but also includes other arrangements such as desks, drawers, nightstands, armoires, dressers and storage boxes. This makes it possible to lend an eclectic look to the bedroom by combining traditional furniture with the contemporary furniture accessories.
Contemporary style can also be incorporated in the children's bedrooms. Bedroom space is essential for teenagers and youth in terms of privacy and development. Contemporary...
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Jacksonville furniture website features Thomasville, Drexel-Heritage, Henredon and more
Jacksonville, FL (ContentDesk) July 30, 2004 -- www.jacksonville-furniture.com is the informative website of Robin Busche, Liberty Furniture salesperson/design consultant. A native of Jacksonville, Robin has earned a reputation in the industry for her friendly, personable manner, astute listening ability and creativity, and her outstanding home interior decorating and design skills which encompass all styles and tastes. "Liberty Furniture has served the North Florida/South Georgia market for 80 years," says Robin. "It offers a great selection of traditional, modern, continental, casual, transitional and eclectic furnishings. Liberty Furniture offers three comprehensive galleries: * Thomasville* Drexel-Heritage* HenredonLiberty Furniture is also a retail dealer for other quality manufacturers: Bradington Young, Frederick Cooper, Hekman, DIA, Karges, Serta, Hooker, Sphinx Carpets, Ficks Reed, Lane, Cox, Fine...
Jacksonville furniture website features Thomasville, Drexel-Heritage, Henredon and more
Bedroom furniture > Jacksonville furniture website features Thomasville, Drexel-Heritage, Henredon and more
Tips For Designing A Unique Bedroom
You've finally saved up the money to redo your bedroom and you want the room to be a statement
of who you are with a unique flair.
Whether you are doing a major remodel or just some light redecorating, there's a few things you should think about when designing your new bedroom.
First off, if your bedroom is a suite with a master bath or even a sitting room, you want to make sure you carry the main theme throughout all the rooms to tie them all together.
Not only that but also make sure you coordinate your floors, walls and windows in each room.
Recent studies have
shown that balancing the cloth of your living room upholstery to the window and floor
treatments can spark sensations of appreciation and pleasure in household members and
guests.
Now having said that, I don't mean that you necessarily have to duplicate exactly the look in each room, but try to carry over something from the bedroom...
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New Online Furniture Feed: One Historic Step in Shopping
(ContentDesk) July 28, 2006 -- Todays advanced computer and Internet technology mean one historic step ahead in shopping. The powerful wired combination brings consumers online to sites like FurnitureFeed.com with multiple search & shopping features.
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