Category: Furniture

Furniture

Why Wicker Outdoor Furniture will never become obsolete?

Wicker furniture is made of thin and flexible branches woven around the fixed frames. There are much beautiful outdoor furniture designs for the patio starting from basic range to expensive masterpieces designed with expert level artisanship. If you have a patio in your house, the wicker furniture is necessary to enjoy in this area.

Wicker furniture is made of bamboo stick, willow, reed and other synthetic materials. It looks quite decorative outside and one enjoys evening cool breeze and good family and friends sitting in the patio. There is indoor wicker furniture as well it is less common.…

October 2, 2013
Furniture / Interior

Great Tips For A Strong Home Improvement Plan

Home improvement is an activity of knowledge and skill. It is an activity with the goal of improving upon your home so that it looks the way you want it to. Easier than it sounds though, correct? Don’t let that put you off! Read the tips in this article, to see what you need to begin improving today.…

September 8, 2013
Furniture

Why Choose Modular Sectionals over Regular Sectionals

So you’re in the market for living room seating for your new home or an apartment or perhaps the current seating simply needs to be replaced. It’s a pretty big decision to make especially deciding between a sectional versus a few individual pieces such as sofas, loveseats, and chairs because you’ll live with this decision for quite a while. There is not really a rule book but comfort, overall size of the furniture, and style all come into play. If you’ve decided on a sectional do you go with a regular sectional or a modular one?…

August 30, 2013
Furniture

What is Hotel Liquidation?

At Southwest Surplus, we have some of the best used furniture Houston has to offer. Now, the term “used” can often bring with it some undesirable stigma, but our selection of wholesale furniture isn’t just an amalgamation of random scraps from garage sales. You won’t find any mothy recliners from your grandma’s attic in our store. Our furniture is of high quality because our sources are of high quality: through the process of hotel liquidation, we get our furniture from 4-5 star hotels.…

August 20, 2013
Furniture / Interior

Liquid Leather

Caring for an expensive piece of leather furniture, whether a modern sofa or something a lot older, requires the right products.

Gliptone Liquid Leather and Leather Preserve products have become renowned as being the best leather furniture care products available. They were the original leather care products sold by World of Leather, Kingsbury Interiors, Harveys, Courts, Furnitureland, Pendragon Furniture, Fraylings Land of Leather, Yarwoods Leather and the Co-op.…

July 24, 2013
Furniture

Task Chairs Are An Element Of Style

A task chair adds an air of professionalism to any home office. The right task chair transforms a den into a home office. When you see a Herman Miller Embody Chair or a Steelcase Leap Chair you know that the owner of the chair takes seating seriously. Moreover, these chairs reflect an element of style.

The first time I ever saw the Herman Miller Aeron Chair was in my third year of law school. I became obsessed with the chair. I read everything that I could about the chair. I study the lines of the chairs and finally acquired it. …

July 24, 2013
Furniture

Modern Meets Traditional Style When Combining Old and New Furniture

Stylish and modern or classy and traditional, both looks are possible when you combine old and new furniture. The juxtaposition of a sleek black leather chair and a un-varnished wooden bookshelf gives a room ambiance and charm. While a total high tech and ultra modern look can leave a room impersonal and cold and a old fashioned room can seem stuck in time, combining both looks lends balance, functionality and style to any room. And you don’t have to be a designer to understand the basics ideas behind combining styles.…

July 12, 2013
Furniture / Interior

Leather couches

There are many different colours and types of leathers available: bovine (cow), game skin (Oryx, Eland, Kudu) and bovine or game hides.
A hide is a skin with it’s hair still on.
A skin is when the hair has been removed and the skin is coloured.

The most popular colour for leather upholstery is Oxblood (chocolate brown), and most people use bovine leather when buying leather couches for sale.
Bovine leather is the most cost effective to use, because the skins are bigger than those of game skins, which means that you can get more upholstering panels out of …

July 2, 2013
Furniture / Interior

Vintage Furniture with G Plan

It is an important thing to support our own national industries. It seems that these days every kind of commodity you can think of is imported, shipped in from some other country. Each import supports the economy of another country, sure, but what about the British economy? We used to have a massive industry here for all sorts of things, coal and textiles amongst other things, for which we now barely produce anything. However there are still a few British companies going strong, even in the midst of a sharply rising rate of import.…

June 14, 2013
Furniture / Interior

Personalized rugs

Borrow an abundance of home decorating ideas from professional interior designers. Look for style ideas to turn your home into a dreamy luxury residence. Pay attention to color combinations, decorative accent pieces and imaginative layouts that stimulate and inspire.

Reach for the style, elegance and personal appeal of dramatic living room interior schemes. Create beautiful design in your rooms for a flowing, cozy and inviting modern elegance. A stylish décor has major focal points and supporting accessories that suit your taste and lifestyle. Personalized rugs are a great idea to give your home a nice warm feel.…

May 16, 2013